Weruche Opia parents: Who are her father and mother?

Reanne Weruche Opia is a British-Nigerian actress and businesswoman who was born on April 11, 1987. She established Jesus Junkie Clothing and is its first CEO. Her work in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You earned her a nomination for a British Academy Television Award (2020).

Reanne Weruche Opia is a British-Nigerian actress and businesswoman who was born on April 11, 1987. She established Jesus Junkie Clothing and is its first CEO.

Her work in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You earned her a nomination for a British Academy Television Award (2020).

Opia spent a year in Nigeria with the Renegade Theatre Company after making her television debut in a 2010 episode of The Bill. When she returned to England in 2012, she appeared in the crime drama Top Boy on Channel 4 and the procedural Suspects on Channel 5. Opia rose to prominence as Cleopatra Ofoedo in the third series of BBC comedy Bad Education and its 2015 spinoff film. Opia was nominated for Nollywood Actress of the Year at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2015 for her performance in the film When Love Happens. Opia starred as Naomi in the Dave sitcom Sliced from 2019 to 2020.

Opia played Terry Pratchard in Michaela Coel’s BBC series I May Destroy You, which premiered in June 2020. Opia received a British Academy Television Award nomination and a Black Reel Award for her performance. She appeared in the ITV thriller Our House in 2022.

Weruche Opia’s parents: Who are her father and mother?

Opia was born in Lagos and moved to South East London when she was 13 years old. Her father is a social scientist and author, and her mother is veteran Nigerian broadcaster and television host Ruth Benamaisia-Opia. Opia graduated from the University of the West of England in Bristol with a degree in drama and sociology.

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