Chinwe Isaac

Chinwekene Isaac Udokporo is a Nigerian actress. She won the 2019 City People Movie Award for Face of Igbo Movie of the Year, presented by City People Magazine.

Early life and education

Isaac was born in Owerri, Imo State. She celebrates her birthday on 5 September.
Issac earned a national diploma in music from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. Thereafter, she studied political science at the Lagos State University part-time while acting.

Career

Isaac's acting career started in 2008, she became prominent when she was featured in the Nollywood movie One Last Feeling. However, she became more notable when she featured in the movie Isioma Scotland. Because of her role in this movie, she won an award as the Face of Igbo Movie of the Year. Isaac's passion for acting started when she was a child. She played major roles in school dramas. Coincidentally, both her parents were actors. They used to act in church dramas, so they were very supportive of her.
In a 2012 list compiled by Vanguard, Isaac was listed as one of the top five hot Nollywood actresses to watch out for.
Isaac declared her intention to quit acting to focus on a new direction for her life.
Her decision to stop acting was because she wanted to build a happy marital home. She later featured in some movies. She became an A-list actress three years after joining the movie industry. While she was in Imo State, she registered with the state chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria before relocating to Lagos State for her studies.

Personal life

Isaac had to quit acting to get married. She met her lover, Laclass Ozuogwu, an Enugu-based producer, at the Actors Guild of Nigeria office in Surulere.

Selected filmography

Uncomfortable Truth as Maya
Painted Lies as Maya
Icheke Oku as Nwaka
Loud Silence as Thelma
Isioma Scotland
Queen of the Sun as Adaku
A Taste of Grief as Juliet
Mr Lover Lover
Please Say No as Diane
Far In-between as Sophy
Sweet16
Girls War
Leave my Wife
Twisted Desires
Untamed
Cobra
Destitute''