10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NOLLYWOOD SUPER STAR, CHINEDU ‘AKI’ IKEDIEZE

By AZUH AMATUS

1 Name: Chinedu Ikedieze aka Aki.

2 This famous actor joined Nollywood in 1998, as an undergraduate.

3 He rose to global prominence with the 2002 hit comedy movie, Aki na Ukwa, produced by late Chukwuka Emelionwu and directed by Amayo-Uzo Philips.

4 Aki na Ukwa, was where Ikedieze, who was decorated with the national honour of MFR, got his now very famous nickname, Aki.

5 The movie also helped launch Ikedieze’s now very successful acting career and marked the beginning of a historic collaboration between him and his equally famous on-screen twin brother and real life partner, Osita Iheme ( Pawpaw)

6 Amiable Ikedieze is an HND graduate of Mass Communication from the Institute of Management and Technology, (IMT), Enugu, where he made 2.1.

7 He also did his mandatory one year NYSC at the ministry of arts and culture, Enugu state.

8 Ikedieze who got married to his darling wife, Nneoma in 2011, was born on December 12, 1977.

9 The multiple award-winning thespian, entrepreneur and serial investor hails from Uzuakoli, Abia State.

10 The hugely celebrated entertainer is the first in a family of four boys and has featured in over 200 Nollywood movies and several mouth-watering corporate endorsements.