Chelsea Eze is a daring award-winning Nigerian actress and TV personality. She aspires to be a movie producer/filmmaker in the nearest future.
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Chelsea Eze Background
Chelsea Ada Ezerioha was born on the 15th of November to Mr. and Mrs. Ezerioha, in Kano State, Nigeria. She grew up and schooled in the North, though she hails from Umuahia, Abia State.
She attended Federal Government Girls College Minjibir and St. Louis Secondary School, Kano. After her secondary education, she enrolled at the University of Maiduguri, where she studied and obtained a BSc. in English and Linguistics in 2008.
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Chelsea Eze Career
Chelsea grew up as an introvert, but she learned to speak and express herself by joining the literary and debate club of her secondary school. She never saw herself as an actress, as she first wanted to be a lawyer, then a doctor, and an aeronautical engineer. So you can say acting came to her by chance.
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Her friend introduced her to the industry when she asked her to accompany her to Emem Isong’s movie shoot. During the shoot, Emem Isong wanted to see how she would look on the camera, so she did an audition for her.
She looked good on camera and was told she would be contacted if the need arises. This whole event took place sometime in 2007, a year before she graduated from university.
In 2009, Emem Isong’s friend, Vivian Ejike, required a supporting actress who had the same physique as Chelsea for a movie, Silent Scandals, but couldn’t get any popular actress that fit the cast.
Emem Isong remembered Chelsea’s audition and called her to audition for the role. She aced the audition, got the role and the rest is history.
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Her role models in the industry include Genevieve Nnaji, Bimbo Akintola, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Kate Henshaw, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, and Al Pacino. Chelsea has featured in several movies, however the most memorable of them is Two Brides and a Baby, while the most challenging stands to be Hood Rush.
Filmography
2009 – 2016
- Cat and Mouse
- Guy Next Door
- Silent Scandals – 2009
- Two Brides and a Baby – 2011
- Twist – 2011
- Timeless Passion – 2011
- Hood Rush – 2012
- Closed Door – 2012
- Laugh won kill me die – 2012
- The Kingdom – 2012
- Tears of Passion – 2012
- Murder at Prime Suites (TV Movie) – 2013
- Dawn in the Creeks (TV Series) – 2014
- Doll House – 2015
- Ikogosi – 2015
- Scorned – 2016
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2017 – 2020
- Last Affair – 2017
- Side Chic Squad – 2017
- One Crazy Night – 2017
- Benson Ville (Short Video) – 2017
- His Addiction – 2017
- The Friend Zone – 2017
- Side Chic Squad – 2019
- Murder Call – 2019
- Her Faithful Man – 2019
- 72 Hours – 2019
- Being Annabel – 2019
- Disentangled – 2020
- When Love Hurts (Post Production) – 2020
- A Story From Zazu – 2020
- Separated – 2020
- Faith Beyond Fate – 2020
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Chelsea Eze Awards And Nominations
- Africa Movie Academy Awards for Most Promising Talent – 2010
- Nominee at the Best of Nollywood Awards for the Most Promising Talent – 2010
- Revelation of the Year at the Best of Nollywood – 2010
- ZAFAA Awards for the Best Upcoming Actress – 2010
- Nominee at the Best of Nollywood Awards for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role (English) – 2011
- Nollywood Movies Awards nominee for the Best Actress in a Supporting role – 2013
- Nominee for the Best Kiss in a Movie at the Best of Nigeria (BON) Awards – 2017
Chelsea Eze Quotes
“Your answers lie hidden in your situation! In your situation, he gives you revelation! Your revelation then becomes your manifestation!”
“It doesn’t matter, how or how many times you fall, but how you get up and keep going.”
“…Doesn’t matter how you started or what happened in the middle, but how you finish. Finish Strong.”
“I am W.O.M.A.N, I am Beautiful, I am Strong, I am Confident, I am Smart, I am ENOUGH…”
“The fact that you’re there doesn’t mean nobody is coming after you, there are trucks of them coming, so you have to just keep up your game going and try and maintain that place that God has given you.”
“I had a lot of challenges trying to stay relevant, it’s a big deal trying to stay relevant…”
“…I know what I want to do, I have that drive, I have the passion for it, but I end up committing everything to God and ask him to just lead me.”
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More Quotes
“I am not desperate but hungry, I have that hunger in my spirit which is equal to passion and drive. I feel desperation is negative if you’re desperate, it’s negative….”
“…To change a community, you start from yourself and the thinking of other people because if you think positive and I think positive, together, we’ll do positive things. I want us to think outside the box.”
“Nollywood is growing and I’m so grateful to be part of it at this point when it is evolving.”
“I thank my parents, they did the best, they gave me that one thing that any parent can give their child, which is education. When you have that, whatever you decide to do in life, you’re secured.”
“No relationship or marriage should hinder you from doing what you love, because in the end you will always go back to it, and if one is not careful, one might end up hating himself/herself.”
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Entrepreneurial Lesson
Embrace Opportunities
Chelsea Eze had no idea she would one day become an actress. She wasn’t working towards it and had no intentions whatsoever to pursue acting as a career. But then, the opportunity landed itself to her, and she embraced it with open arms without a second thought.
Today, she is a successful Nollywood actress who is making conscious efforts to stay relevant in the industry. She is also aspiring to become a director.
Entrepreneurs should learn to recognize opportunities and embrace them. Most times, these opportunities knock when we least expect them to. You have to be prepared because magic happens opportunity meets preparation. Once you experience that rare magic, take action!
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