Patience Ozokwor, (born March 25, 1958) is an award winning Nigerian Actress widely known for her portrayal of devious characters. She made her acting debut in 1998, and rose to prominence in the 1999 film, “Authority”. She won the Ghana Movie Awards for Best Actress-Africa Collaboration in 2012, and 2013. In 2014, she won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at 10th Africa Movie Academy Award for her role in “After the Proposal”; and was honored with a Nigerian Centenary Award by the Nigerian Government.
Patience Ozokwor, popularly known as Mama G, was born in Ngwo, Enugu State. She attended Abimbola Gibson Memorial School, Lagos; Afikpo Teachers Training College; and Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Enugu, where she studied Fine and Applied Arts
Following her rise to prominence, Patience Ozokwor has acted in over 150 movies including: “Heritage”, “Strength to Strength”, “Revenge of the Gods”, “Arrows”, “My Saviour”, “Annabel”, “Royal Wives”, “Ijele”, “Ukwa”, “No Nonsense”, “Old School”, “Area Mama”, “Market Sellers, Submission, One Dollar, Price of the Wicked, Billionaires Club, 2 Rats, Hope for Tomorrow, Blood Sisters, Sisters on Fire, Roasted Alive”, “Under Fire”, “My Mother my Marriage”, “Peace Talk”, “Eyin Oka”, “Police Woman”, “Authentic Queen”, “Open and Close”, “Heart of a Slave”, “The Devil in Her”, “Mothering Sunday”, “Hatred”, “The Millennium, Lady”, “Living in Pain”, “Pounds and Dollars”, “Desperate Women”, “Mama G”, “Mama G in London”, “Coincidence”, “Broken Ambition”, “Asunder”, “Demon-in Law”, “Aguba Igogoro”, “Abuja Top Ladies”, “Love and Age”, “Naked Kingdom”, “Goddess of The Sun”, “Kingdom Apart”, “Final Kingdom”, ‘Evil Agenda”, “Royal Wives”, “Indian Doctor”, “New Jerusalem”, “Son of a Soil”, “Two Become One”, “Private Sin”, “Behind Closed Doors”, “Lost in the Jungle”, “Prince of Peace”, “After My Heart”, “Mega Mama”, “Divide and Rule”, “Covert Operations”, “Strange Madness”, “Slave Boy”, “Fire on the Mountain”, “Wind of Mistakes”, “Critical Truth”, “Royalty Apart”, “Mama on the Run”, “King’s Battle”, “Alice: My First Lady”, “Naked Wrestler”, “Marcus D’Millionaire”, “Onoja”, “Evil Queen”, “Plane Crash”, “The Wrong Money”, “Female Lion”, “Heaven After Hell”, “Heavy Storm”, “The Enemy I See”, “Missing Child”, “My World”, “The End is Near”, “Turning Point”, “Deep Water”, “To Rise Again”, “Idemili”, “Overseas”, “Untamed”, “After the Proposal”, “Code of Silence”, “Bloody Will”, “Omugwo” and “The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai”.
Patience Ozokwor is a widow. She has stated that her marriage at the age of 19 was forced by her parents. She has 4 children.
