Chika Ike is a screen diva and well-known Nollywood actress, the 34 years old lady was born on the 8th of November 1985 to a family of Mr. and Mrs Ike. She is originally known as Chikadebia Nancy Ike, not everyone knows this about her, and she is a divorcee. She was married at the age of 21 to one Tony Eberiri in 2007 which was later dissolved in 2013 for reasons best know to them.
This screen diva made growing up fun for a lot of Nigerian kids as she was constantly on our screens in blockbuster movies. She was first seen in a movie titled Sweet Love in 2005 directed by Tchidi Chikere. Before going into acting, she obtained in diploma in human kinetics and health education from the University of Lagos. Currently she is the founder and owner of the companies Fancy Nancy(Her fashion Line) and Chika Ike production company.
In the pursuit of advancing in her career, she enrolled in New York film academy United State and graduated in 2014. Afterwards in 2017 she enrolled in Harvard Business school for a program in Leadership development after 5 times failed trial in the past. Her tenacity and persistence is very commendable. She became a Harvard Business school Alumni in 2018.
HER PASSION
Chika Ike has been a socialite from the get go, at the age of 6 she was involved in her church acting dramas, and after she graduated from secondary school at the age of 16 she was into Modeling professionally. In 2005, she officially joined the Nollywood industry, and after several months of auditioning she got her very first lead role in a movie titled BLESS THE CHILD. Ever since Chika Ike has stared in over 200 movies and still counting.
In the quest of expanding in her passion/career, the diva founded her own production company (Chika Ike’s Production) and her first ever produced movie is titled “Miss Teacher”. Chika Ike also became the executive producer and host of her reality TV show titled “African Diva Reality Tv Show“.
The year 2020, Chika Ike founded and built a production studio called the “Flip Script“. This studio is said to be worth over millions of Naira. It is a Multimedia firm that encompasses social media management, film production, movie equipment rentals and TV commercial. A little more into the studio compartmentalization, it is sectioned into kitchen, conference room, makeup studio, reception, waiting area, staff office with 3 exotic cars for production.
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HER NET WORTH/BUSINESS
She is a brand ambassador to an energy drink company called the Bullet a London product, also a United Nation brand ambassador. She has a house in Lekki phase 1 which is worth over $300,000 USD. She is one of the most successful, popular and most sort after actress in the Nollywood industry. As at 2020, Chika Ike is worth over $3 million dollars, note all this money isn’t just from her acting alone. She does own a large boutique (Fancy Nancy) in Abuja and also a cosmetic line (Chika Ike’s cosmetics) which she is so passionate about. This Diva is also a writer and she has written a book call Boss up, and in that book she shared some of her past life and history with the readers. She owns personal cars such as G-wagon, Mercedes Benz, Lexus SUV and a Toyota highlander. She is well travelled and goes on vacation every year.
AWARDS
She won the African youth society award for the best role model in Africa, she won the best actress award from the entertainment award, African heritage award for contributing to the youths in Africa. Donven club award for best actress, UN ambassador for peace, humanitarian celebrity of the year in 2016. This lady also has a foundation help the child where she does her philanthropy work. The focus of this foundation is to help the poor kids on the street, she feeds them, provides school material and also scholarships too.