Ego Boyo

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Ego Boyo
Ego Bayo.jpg
Boyo in 2020
Born
Nwakaego Nnamani

(1968-09-06) September 6, 1968 (age 53)
Nigeria
EducationUniversity of Benin
Occupation
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active1982–present
Works
Checkmate
Spouse(s)Omamofe Boyo
Children3
President of the International Women's Society, Nigeria

Nwakaego (Ego) Boyo (born September 6, 1968) is a Nigerian actress and movie producer who is popular for her role as Anne Haastrup in the late 80s soap, Checkmate. She was the 60th president of International Women Society (IWS), an independent, non-political, non-governmental and non-profit organisation founded in 1957. She is the executive producer and chief executive of Temple Productions, Temple films and Temple Studio .[1][2]

Early life[]

Bayo was born in Umushi, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War to the family of Augustine Nnamani and Gloria Nnamani Nee Harewood.

She left Nigeria at just ten days old during the Nigerian Civil War and lived in Barbados for the first four years of her life before returning to Enugu in 1971. In 1976, her family moved to Lagos.

Career[]

Ego Boyo started her career in the early 1990s series Checkmate, where she played the character of Anne Haastrup, acting alongside Francis Agu and Richard Mofe Damijo. After Checkmate wrapped up in 1995, Boyo started work with Igwe on the film Violated, which was released in 1996. Several members of the Checkmate cast and crew also worked on the film, which was well received by audience.[3] She started her own production company, Temple Productions in 1996.[4] She produced the silent movie A Hotel Called Memory in 2017, which won the audience award for best experimental film at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia.[5]

The studio was set up in 1998 with its fist set of digital equipment, one of the first companies to do so as the industry made the gradual change from unstick equipment. In 1998 she bought digital equipment and opened an office on Dolphin Estate in Lagos with a staff of ten.

Temple's first major client was The Obasanjo For President campaign, for which the company produced jingles and advertisements. Other major corporate clients including-dividing technical support for the industry meant the company went on to great success.

Filmography[]

Year Film Role Note
1996 Violated Producer and Actress As Peggy
1998 To Live Again Producer and Actress As Dr. Zainab
2002 Keeping Faith Producer and Executive Producer
2007 30 Days Producer and Executive Producer
2017 A Hotel Called Memory Producer and Executive Producer
2019 The Ghost and the House of Truth Executive Producer

Advocacy[]

She was Global Rights Ambassador for Global Rights Nigeria; whose work focuses on combating sexual violence against women.[6]

As the founder of Temple Media Advocacy and Information Foundation (Tempio foundationI), she is focused on highlighting women's education and women's healthcare. The foundation works with the non-governmental organizations on their visual messaging to help educate the less privileged. She has worked on documentary and advocacy videos focusing on maternal health as well as sexual assault.

As an advocate for education, Boyo was on the advisory board of Oando Foundation, which has founded schools across Nigeria to create a sustainable educational system that will empower pupils.

She is a founder-director of the Lagos Preparatory and Secondary School Ikoyi. She is interested in advancing the teaching of Nigeria's history in the schools with which she is involved.

Personal life[]

Ego is married with children to Omamofe Boyo since 1992,[7] the deputy group chief executive officer at Oando Plc.[8] She has three children.

References[]

  1. ^ Akinwale, Funsho (15 September 2018). "Ego Boyo is joyful at 50". Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "How Nigeria police can improve image through film – Ego Boyo". 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "Why I may never act again —Ego Boyo". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ^ Anonymous (13 June 2016). "Talent is not enough — Boyo". Punch. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ Daniel Anazia, A Hotel Called Memory comes on big screen in Lagos tomorrow, The Guardian, 18 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Mrs. Nwakaego Boyo - Immediate Past President - International Women's Society, Nigeria". www.iwsnigeria.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. ^ Mosope, Olumide (6 September 2018). "Veteran Nigerian Screen Goddess Ego Boyo Is 50 Years Old Today". The Net. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16185056

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