The big and beautiful Grace Ofre hails from Cross River, Ogoja to be precise. Born and bred in Lagos, and calls herself Omo Eko. She's the first from a family of four. She attended SAN nursery/primary school, Agege, had her secondary school in Lagos,Pere Han's Secondary School. She served as the senior prefect, Assembly prefect (though she said she wasn't so sure why she had to hold this position, 'cos at the time, she wasn't punctual and was a bit rascal) #Hehe, but it became a work over at the long run, she was also made the health prefect 'cos of her caring heart.
She is currently an undergraduate of the Lagos state Univeristy-LASU, studying English and literary studies.
Singing has been her first love, she has gone for auditions but it wasn't paving way for her so she bent to her second love which is acting. She started acting officially in 2006, where she starred in "Troubled Water', a tv series. Then she moved on to:
-Black Silhouette directed by Charles Uwagbai who also directed Okoro the prince. Here, she acted as a prostitute who hustled life to the fullest...
- Trulis- she played the character "Ekaette", a house help.
- The Johnson's where she played Dorothy. A challenging role that made her act a 16 year old. She gives credit to the make up artiste on set who gave her the perfect look. The tv series starred: Ada Ameh, Chinedu Ikediezie, etc.
- Find the dream directed by Doris Ariole, she played the role of a step mother, a drunk
and an addict
and an addict
- Benevolence directed by Doris Ariole. Starred Kalu Ikeagwu, Emeka Smith, Patrick Doyle, Tim Godfferey,etc.
- Freezing Point directed by Rotimi Raju.
Grace has been lucky enough not to be among the long queue of those who wait hours for movie auditions. It all comes through referrals, lucky her I must say.
She believes versatility makes a real actor. She has also participated in a stage drama, titled: "Ikosi". In her words, "you need to be extra-ordinarily talented to be on stage and make the impression".
In future, she'd love to work with the likes of Joke Silva, Genevieve Nnaji, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Mercy Johnson. And for directors: Lancelot Imaseun and Emem Isong.
When Clarexpression asked where she sees herself in five years, this was what she told us:
"I'll love to bless people with my acting, i'll also love to be a lecturer at the New York Film Academy" and asides these, I hope to kick off my foundation to cater for the widows, to be the crown over their heads".
If it wasn't singing or acting, Grace Ofre would be a radio presenter.
When asked if she could date a colleague in the industry, she said, Never say Never...
Her words to the young ones: STAY OUT OF DRUGS.
It was great spending few minutes of our time with the graceful Grace. A minute with her is filled with laughter.
Twiiter: @grace_modiva
Facebook: Grace Ofre
Email: graceofre@yahoo.com
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