JOYCE KALU NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS

 


                             Joyce Kalu



                Born.                    25 September.                       

                                              1970 (age 53)

                                              Ohafia, Abia state, Nigeria


              Education.             Marketing, Lagos State 

                                               University (LASU) 

                                               Computer Science              

                                               (Diploma)

             Occupation(s)        Actress, film producer 

                

             Years active             2005-date

                              

             Children                   3


             Awards                   Best Actress in Nigeria,                                                      Best Actress in a Leading 

                                              Role, Most Promising Act,                                                and Most Prominent         

                                              Actress in Nigeria


Biography

Joyce Kalu was born on 25 September 1970 in Ohafia, Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria. The last daughter in a family of nine, she is now married with three children.[1]


Education

Kalu's primary and secondary education was in Abia State, Nigeria. She also has a bachelor's degree in Marketing, which she obtained from the Lagos State University (LASU). Kalu also has a diploma in Computer Science.[1]


Career

Joyce Kalu started her acting career in 2005. She became prominent after featuring in a Nollywood movie Take me Home. She is also a business woman.

In 2018, Joyce Kalu featured alongside Rita Dominic, Enyinna Nwigwe and other Nollywood actors in an award-winning movie Bound,[2] which was produced by Lilian Afegbi. Bound won the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) 2018 for Best Indigenous Language (Igbo).


Based on her involvement in the Nigerian Film Industry, community and charity organizations, she was honored with a chieftaincy title of Apunawu I of Ohafia Community, Abia State by His Royal Paramount Ezieogo, Prof. U I.E. Imaga alongside the entire Ohafia monarchy. She was conferred with the chieftaincy title on January 1, 2016.

Joyce Kalu received an honorary award from the Niger Delta Icon and Dynamic Awards (NDID) as the Most Influential Actress of the year (2020).


Selected filmography

Take me Home (2007)

Pride of a Woman (2007) 

as Presido A Dance for the Prince (2011)

 as LoloPalace of Sorrow (2013) 

as ElizabethThe Illuminati Cult (2014) 

as Madam DollarQueen Aziza (2016) 

as Chief MumaDance of Grace (2016) 

as AmuchePrince on Fire (2018) 

as QueenObianama (2018)

Oderi gwugwu(2018)

Isioma Scotland (2018)

Bound (2018)

Throne of Madness (2020) 

as Ezenwa's MotherWhere Men Rule (2021)

 as DaluchiThe Anointed Bride (2022)

 as QueenAngel in Crisis (2022) 



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