Patience Ozokwor
Patience Ozokwor, also known as Mama G and G for General, is a Nigerian actress and musician. She won Africa Movie Academy Awards's Best Supporting Actress in 2012 and 2013. She is best known for playing villainous roles. Ozokwor was among the top 100 Nigerians honoured by the government to celebrate the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates in 2014.
On 20 May 2023, she received the Merit Award at the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards.
Early life
Ozokwor was born in the village of Amaebo, Ngwo in present-day Enugu State, Nigeria, and attended Abimbola Gibson Memorial School in Lagos. Ozokwor developed a passion for acting in primary school, where she took part in various stage plays. She later attended the Institute of Management and Technology Enugu, where she obtained a degree in fine and applied arts. Before starting as an actress, she was part of a radio drama.Career
Ozokwor worked as an announcer and broadcaster with Radio Nigeria before becoming an actress. She rose to fame with her role in the 1999 film Authority and her first TV drama was a soap opera titled Someone Cares on the Nigerian Television Authority. Since her breakthrough, she has appeared in over 100 films.She starred in the Mo Abudu Netflix films Chief Daddy and Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke as Madam Pat.