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Sunday, September 14, 2014

#11: International Celebrities You Did Not Know Are Nigerians


Nnamdi Asomugha {Ex-football player}


NAMDI ASOMUGHA: Is a former American football cornerback. Born on July 6, 1981 to Nigerian parents from the Igbo tribe. The football star, Asomugha is married to top American actress, Kerry Washington. They welcomed their daughter in April 2014. For many years he was frequently mentioned as one of the best shutdown corners in the National Football League. Meanwhile aside being a football player, Nnamdi is also an actor.
  



#12: International Celebrities You Did Not Know Are Nigerians


SOPHIE OKONEDO {British actress}


Sophie is a British actress born to Nigerian father, Henry Okonedo and a Jewish mother, Joan nee Allman. Popularly known for her role in top movies such as After Earth, Hotel Rwanda. She also acted in the TV series ‘Doctor Who’. In 1991, she made her acting debut in the British drama, Young Soul Rebels. The Award winning actress, Sophie soaring high in her career was nominated for an Oscar. In 2010, she was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Sophie, a graduate of Cambridge University is single mother of one.
  


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