Phina Oruche
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Phina Oruche | |
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Born | Liverpool, England | 31 August 1969
Occupation(s) | actress, radio host/presenter |
Years active | 1995 - present |
Phina Oruche
Early life
Oruche was born in Liverpool, England, to Nigerian parents of Igbo descent.
Early career
Oruche began her career as a
Acting
In July 2020 Oruche appeared as Aunt Venn in poignant BBC1 drama “Anthony” directed by Terry McDonaugh for LA Productions and simultaneously starred as Marvellous in BBC’s “ Taken Down” directed by BAFTA-winning David Caffrey for Spiral pictures. Oruche started her acting career in the US after an education in the Actors Studio in
She made a cameo appearance in a January 2008 episode of the British sketch comedy show Little Miss Jocelyn.
On 29 March 2010, it was revealed she had been cast to play Gabby Sharpe, the mother of a new family, in teen soap Hollyoaks.[1]
On 1 November 2012 she made a return to television on the
Other television appearances
In 2012 she featured as the celebrity bedtime story reader, reading a story a day for children during the week of the
In Dublin, Oruche presented a show three days a week on Ireland AM for TV3 and in London as a continued regular panellist on the morning discussion programme The Wright Stuff she was "Babe in the Booth" for the week starting 29 April 2008, when she was 36 weeks pregnant.
Oruche lives in her native Liverpool, where she has presented and produced the Saturday-night radio programme Upfront on BBC Radio Merseyside. She has produced and hosted six Upfront Live shows for BBC Merseyside in Liverpool, at The Brink a non-alcoholic bar in Liverpool that she supports. Local singers such as Kof, Chelcee Grimes, Mic Lowry, Chi Temu and Jamie Broad performed on the show.[2]
Identity Crisis
Her one-woman Identity Crisis, based on her own life story, received its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016,[3] subsequently playing in 2017 at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, before its first London run at the Kennington Ovalhouse.[4][5] Identity Crisis finished its run in Soho Playhouse NYC.
Other professional activities
Oruche hosted Merseyside Black History Month Achievers Awards at
A published writer, her children’s book series “Jacopo Jacopo Football Star” and “Jacopo Jacopo on Lockdown” about a 10-year-old mixed heritage boy from Liverpool and his quest to become a premier league football player, are both on Amazon both published in 2020 during the
She also has a film company called Ibo Girl Productions, for which she directs, edits and produces digital shorts and videos.
References
- ^ "'Footballers' Wives' actress joins 'Hollyoaks' – Hollyoaks News – Soaps". Digital Spy. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Phina Oruche: Why does someone always try and spoil the party?", Liverpool Echo, 8 May 2013.
- ^ "BBC News Phina Oruche Identity Crisis", 10 August 2016.
- ^ Phina Oruche website.
- ^ "Identity Crisis by Phina Oruche", Ovalhouse.
External links
- Phina Oruche at IMDb
- Official website