Meet Patience Ozokwor (Mama G)
If you are conversant with Nollywood actresses, then you must have come across this name ” Mama G”. Patience Ozokwor fondly called Mama G is among the actresses who brought Nollywood to limelight. The talented actress became more popular after a role in movies which she normally likes to act which is ” wicked person role”. Not that she doesn’t act other roles, but they way she acts this role, makes her stand out. Despite acting wicked roles in most of her movies, Mama G has a good heart in which those who have come across her always testify, hence the name, ” Mama G.
Biography
Mama G hails from Ngwo in Enugu State in Nigeria. She was born on March 25, 1958. She came from a polygamous family and was raised partly in Enugu and also in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Education
Patience Ozokwor attended Abimbola Gibson Memorial School in Lagos state, Women’s Training College, before proceeding to Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, where she obtained a degree in Fine and Applied Arts.
Marriage and Late Husband
Patience Ozokwor got married at an early age of 19 years. The marriage is blessed with three children which are her biological children and five other adopted children who also bears her name. In the year 2000, Mama G lost her husband to the cold hands of death.
Sons and daughters
Mama G also have children who are popular children. Her son and daughter are also in the entertainment industry. One of his sons is also a footballer.
Career
Mama G is multi talented. It has always been her dream to be an actress, but she taught before joining radio station where she took part in radio dramas and also a broadcaster. Later Mama G joined Nigerian Television Authority, where she participated in the soap opera ” Someone Cares”.
Her breakthrough in the Movie Industry was when she was invited in 1999, to act in the movie, ” Authority “. Her performance in that movie was great,and hence Mama G became more popular.
Mama is a Fashion designer.
Mama G is also a singer who has released a number of albums.
It may interest you to know that Mama G has given her life to Christ, and she is now a lover of God who inspires and helps people through evangelism and other forms of help.
Awards
She has won the Best Supporting Actress at the 10th African Movie Academy awards. She has also been awarded as Member Federal Republic ( MFR) by the Nigerian Government in 2014.
Movies
Patience Ozokwor has acted in many movies too numerous to mention, some of her movies are;
- Blood sisters
- Alice, my first lady
- Naked wrestler
- Peace talk
- 2 rats
- The wedding
- Indian doctor
- Heart of a slave
- The devil in her
- Omugwo
- Abuja top ladies
- Kings battle
- Mothers in law
- Chief Daddy
- Reincarnation
- Lost in the jungle
- Johnny just come
- Royal wives
- Return of Jerusalem
- Desperate soul
- North and South
- Arrows
- Coincide
- Heart of Isiaku
- Zonal leader
- Roasted alive
- Authority
- Agbonma
- Chief Daddy ETC
Songs
Mama G list of songs includes;
- This kind of woman
- Jolly forget your sorrow
- See me see trouble
- Iyo ngwo ngwo 1 and 2
- Nothing do you
- National moi moi
- My people how far
- We go shake body
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