Rachael Okonkwo is from Ukpata in Uzo Uwani Local government area of Enugu State, located in South East (Nigeria).
She studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in Enugu state. She started acting when she was a child, but due to a lack of movie roles, she switched her career to dancing.
She joined Nollywood in 2007 playing very minor roles. In 2008, she played a supporting role to Ini Edo& Van Vicker in Royal War 2, also in 2010 alongside Patience Ozokwor and John Okafor in Open and Close 1&2
Her first major role and consequently her breakthrough movie came in 2014, where she played the lead character in Nkoli Nwa Nsukka as Nkoli.
Rachael Okonkwo has acted in more than 100 Nollywood movies which include Nkoli Nwa Nsukka, Royal War, Ekaette Goes to School, White Ladies, Open & Close, Sister Esther, Paw Paw the Guitar Boy, Bloody War, Ogidi, Teri Teri, Arthur One Eye, Onwa Na South, Left Over, Zee World Madness, University Girls, Vale of Tears, Ojawa-Nwa, Justify My Love, Eno My Calabar Love, Ijele the Princess of Fire, Local Prostitute, Please Leave My Husband, Tears of Betrayal, The Gods Anger, Pinging Ladies, White Ladies, Agatha, Blackberry Madness, Tears of Olamma, etc. She acts both in English and Igbo speaking movies.
May God bless her new age
Happy birthday to you all
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