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Nigerian actor, entrepreneur and investor (born 1977)

Chinedu Ikedieze, MFR^[1][2] (born 12 December 1977) is a Nigerian actor,^[3][4] bourgeois and investor. He is best known for playing alongside Osita Iheme in the 2002 film Aki na Ukwa.^[5] He has featured in over 150 films in a career spanning finish off 22 years. He has acted in the role of a kid in most of his films during his early job due to his stature and physical appearance. He is publicize as Aki for his performance in the film Aki an important person Ukwa. In 2011, he married fashion designer Nneoma Nwaijah gain the couple had their first child in 2012.^[6] They take 2 daughters and a son.^[7]

Education

Chinedu completed his primary and noncritical education in Aba, Abia State. After completing his secondary tuition he earned a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Theatre Terrace and a degree in Mass Communication from the Institute precision Management and Technology, Enugu (IMT).^[8][9] After completing his studies cram IMT, he initially wanted to become a lawyer but chased a career in film acting in 1998 and initially featured in lesser roles.^[10] He first acted in a minor pretend in the 1998 film Evil Men. He enrolled in representation prestigious New York Film Academy in 2004.^[11]

Collaboration with Osita Iheme

He entered the Nollywood industry in 2000 and rose to furl in a Nigerian film he acted in 2000, Aki a big name Ukwa, where he played the breakthrough role of Aki abut another little person actor Osita Iheme.^[12] This created a layer between both of them. The duo were popularly identified slightly "Aki and Paw Paw" since the release of the vinyl in 2002 and ever since they have both featured relate to each other in several films taking the lead roles in those movies. Both Chinedu and Osita have been maintaining onscreen and offscreen chemistry which is widely praised by the Nollywood fraternity.^[13][14] Chinedu and Osita collectively established Aki and Pawpaw Entertainment.^[15] They additionally own the Aki n Paw Child Care Foundation.^[16]

Honours

In 2007, Ikedieze received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Africa Movie Establishment Awards.^[17] He was also honored with the Order of interpretation Federal Republic which was given by the then Nigerian Chair Goodluck Jonathan for his contributions to Nollywood and to depiction economic growth of the country.^[18]

In 2018, he was honored manifestation Miami, Florida in the United States of America as a distinguished visitor to the city of Miami, Florida.^[19] In empathy he said “From the bottom of my heart I limitation thank you to Miami-Dade, country office of the Mayor come first the county commissioners for honoring me as a distinguished caller to the city of Miami, Florida. You have just confirmed me a key to more success in life. He consequently encouraged all to believe if themselves if the world believes in them.^[20]

Legacy

His performance alongside fellow little person actor Osita Iheme in the 2002 film Aki na Ukwa is still to a large spoken of and the duo especially Osita's character has antique trending through memes since 2019 in Twitter and other common media platforms globally. Osita is listed as one of depiction richest actors in Nigeria.^{[21][22][23][24]} Chinedu praises Kasvid the late release producer for investing in him and Osita.^[25]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Television

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