Chinyere - Yvonne Okoro

Chinyere Yvonne Okoro was born on November 25th, 1984 in Accra, Ghana to a Nigerian father from Abia state and a Ghanaian mother from Accra. She is a famous actress, model, television personality and philanthropist.

Yvonne Okoro Age

Yvonne Okoro is 40 years old.

Yvonne Okoro Early Life

Yvonne is the first child of five children. She is from a polygamous home. She attended Achimota Preparatory School in Accra, Ghana after which she went to Lincoln Community School in Accra, Ghana. She studied English and Linguistics at the University of Ghana. She also studied Press Civilization, Drama and Marketing at the University De—Nates in France.

Yvonne Okoro Career

Yvonne started showing interest in acting while a little child but her father was very strict on education and could not allow her time to follow through with her talent. However, after successfully completing senior high school, she was now free to pursue her favorite career. Despite her achievement, Yvonne’s father is still unhappy with her TV career.

Yvonne joined the Ghanaian movie industry in 2002. Even as a child, Yvonne was already showing interest in acting but did not get a chance to pursue her dreams because of schooling. Her debut came just after completing senior high school in a movie entitled “Sticking to The Promise” which was produced by a Nigerian producer known as Theo Akatugba and later in hit series “Tentacles” also produced by Theo. She played cameo role in these movies, which catapulted her to fame and enabling her produce her first, “Beyonce.”

She is one of the highest paid actresses not only in Ghana but also in the rest of Africa. Her movies are some of the best selling in Ghana and the rest of the world. These are not the only sources of her income. She is one of the youngest but upcoming entrepreneurs in Africa and has been interviewed by BBC on this before. Not only is Okoro good hearted, she is kind, loving and very charitable. She has been involved in numerous charitable causes and considered by many to have fulfilled her social responsibilities as a role model and mentor to many upcoming actresses in both Ghana and Nigeria.

Yvonne Okoro Personal Life

The film star has utterly refused to make public her social life but rumours have it that she is dating the Togolese soccer star, Emmanuel Adebayor. She has denied this claiming that she and Adebayor are just friends. Making the rumors even stronger is the N12 million Mercedes Benz C–Class that Adebayor gave her as a gift. There are also rumors that Yvonne Okoro was pregnant with Adebayo’s baby. Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie confessed sometime this year that he is in love with Yvonne but the latter maintains she is single.

Yvonne Okoro Awards

Yvonne has made tremendous achievements since she started active acting. She has as many as 12 movies to her name and several more where she played a supporting role. She won the African Movie Academy Awards best actress two times in a row in 2011 and 2012 for the moves “Single Six” and “Pool Party.” She has been nominated several times for similar awards.

Yvonne Okoro Net Worth

Her net worth is not available.

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