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BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood Actress, Rachael Oniga, Is Dead
- Veteran Nollywood actress, Rachel Oniga, is dead.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that veteran Nollywood actress, Rachel Oniga, is dead
Rachel Oniga was pronounced dead on Friday at the age of 64.
The veteran actress, EKO HOT BLOG reports, was born on May 23, 1957.
Rachel Oniga hails from Eku, Delta State.
She was born in 1957 in Ebutte Metta, Lagos State. She began her acting career in 1993, shortly after her divorce.
Rachael Oniga had her primary education in Lagos at Abule-Oja but had her secondary school in Edo state. According to her, she was withdrawn from secondary school in Lagos by her father and was transferred to Edo because she was always fighting and was a typical tomboy. He did that to calm her down.
She claims it was a devastating experience for her because she got separated from her childhood friends and playmates who were mostly boys. She returned to Lagos after her secondary school education and went ahead to further her education, studying Computer programming. After graduating, she worked for a while at Asoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company.
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Rachael Oniga officially ventured into acting in 1993 after separating from her husband.
Before she made her major acting debut in Nollywood with “Onome,” Oniga worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company. Her passion and love for hard work have been behind her consistency in the industry.
Though not Yoruba by origin, Rachael Oniga got a certain prowess which enabled her to pick up Yoruba movie roles. Her versatility is certainly one to admire. Her first major appearance was in a soap opera titled ‘Memorial Hospital’, where she acted as a patient. She became popular for her role in the Yoruba movie ’Boorepo’. She has since then been part of so many other movies.
Rachael Oniga is also a movie producer and has been doing very well. Over the years, she had featured in classics and successful movies such as “Sango,” “Died Wretched,” “The Only Nigerian Girl” and “Doctor Bello.” Oniga is also a producer.
In 2005, she produced “True or False,” a movie about abiku/Ogbanje. Some of her movies include EbonyLife Films’ “The Royal Hotel Hibiscus,” which debuted in cinemas in February 2018, and Toka McBaror’s “Kada River,” which is yet to get an official release date.
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