Alex Okoroji

Alex Okoroji
Born	Alexandra Adaeze Okoroji (1984-03-10) March 10, 1984 Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Occupation	Actress, Writer, Talk Radio Host
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Amstel Malta Box Office
Notable work	Spider (TV soap opera), Tinsel (TV series), The Naked Talk (radio show), The Naked Truth: Lies Stripped (non-fiction book)
Television	Mega Vision, The Show TV
Website	alexokoroji.me

Alex Okoroji (born March 10, 1984) is a Nigerian actress, writer, television personality, talk radio host, speaker, author and self-help mentor otherwise referred to as the "Queen Of Expression"^[1][2] for using several mediums of the art to promote expression and empower her audience to live their authentic best, using her NAKED Philosophy. Mentioned as one of the beauties and beautiful things about Nigeria, alongside other top Nollywood Actresses in total facts about Nigeria.^[3]

She is an international contributor for The Huffington Post ^[4] and the first "African Woman Living In Africa" to be featured and spotlighted for women's wisdom on Women Rock Project in the "Actress category", and celebrated for her contributions to empowering society and changing the world, listed alongside other power actresses like - Vidya Balan, Kate Winslet, Drew Barrymoore, Debbie Allen, Lady Gaga, Suzanne Somers, Amy Walker and thought leaders like Arianna Huffington, Melinda Gate, Hillary Clinton.^[5][6]

Biography

Alex was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria with her musician father and former PMAN President, Tony Okoroji, her fashion designer mother, Queen-Mary Okoroji and five other siblings. She began her professional acting career on television when she "bumped into the consciousness of movie buffs with her superlative performance" in the maiden edition of the reality television show Amstel Malta Box Office (AMBO) in 2005.^[7][8]

She has worked on television as the host for the segment "Fitness At Your Finger Tips" (2008) on Africa Magic and was presenter of daytime program "Mega Vision" on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in (2008) and several other entertainment programs like "The Show TV" (2009), syndicated on cable and terrestrial channels. Okoroji has scripted content for television shows, movies and produced a documentary titled "Tales of An Enigma" (2008) spotlighting the book "Copyright, Neighboring Rights and The New Millionaires..." written by her father, Tony Okoroji and highlighting the need for copyright education in Nigeria, among elites, middle-class and entertainers. The documentary was directed by filmmaker John Njamah and featuring a cross section of powerful Nigerian celebrities.

As an actress she has worked in soap operas, film, theater and done voice acting. She has also featured in TV commercials, recorded PSA's & jingles for radio and appeared in several musical videos, including Weird Mc 2007 video "Ready to Party". Despite graduating from college as a science major, her film training includes two years in community theater and some of her selected acting credits include...

Films

• Calabar Girl (2006)
• Freedom Bank (2007)
• Trinity (2008)
• Destiny (2008)
• State of the Heart (2008)
• Hero's Bride (2008)
• Waiting Years (2009)
• The Guide (2014)
• Cajole (2015)

Where she has played both lead and supporting roles. Alex has also played some of the best re-occurring characters in popular Nigerian television soap operas and series like

Television series

• Heavens Gate (2006)
• US (2008 - 2009)
• Wives N' Concubines (2008)
• G.R.A. Women (2009)
• Rush (2010)
• Tales of Eve (2013)
• Tinsel (2008 - 2010) where she played the feisty lawyer "Susan" in M-Net Series multi-cam production on DSTV across Africa for three seasons.
• Spider - (2009 -2014) Notable for playing the character "Betty Umukoro"

Influencer

She is an advocate for expression, a reinvention activist and a multi-platform ambassador for self empowerment and transformation - who has managed to successfully re-invent herself at every stage of her career.^[9][10] As a thought leader and global connector spreading the naked philosophy and inspiring many from inside Africa,^{[11][12][13][14]} she is a noted speaker, panelist, and key presenter at several digital conferences, media workshops, podcasts and virtual summits around the world like the 2016 Women's Virtual Success Summit joining over 45 world-renowned business and industry experts from 7 countries in 6 continents,^[15][16] Idea Builder's Initiative - STOP campaign against gender violence,^[17] "Take A Leap" Twitter Conference featuring speakers from Australia, USA, UK and Nigeria in celebration of International Women's Day and more.

In December 2015, she celebrated with high acclaims from around the world in Africa's biggest On-Air Party, featuring 16 Live guests from 7 Countries, at the first anniversary celebration of her International talk radio show - The Naked Talk w/ Alex Okoroji.^{[18][19][20][21]} And then the following year, Hosted 6 Days of Creative Bliss at the first live virtual summit in Africa with 25 Creative Experts from around the world including #1 Best Selling Author Terry Lancaster, Award Winning Author - Felice Cohen, Pop Rock Singer - Peter Kelly, Nigerian Actor - Chidi Mokeme, Ambassador of Happiness - Maura Sweeney, Frankie Picasso of Good Radio Network and more influencers at The Naked Challenge Creative Mastery Global Summit in the summer of 2016,^[22][23] She is the Head Coach at The Naked Bliss Academy, the Founder of The Naked Movement, Alex's Brag Community (ABC) Editor in Chief of BRAG magazine and President of The Brag Club for Influencers.

Personal life

Alex Okoroji's social life and alleged relationships have gained widespread coverage in the media, with the most prominent being her on and off relationship with British Nigerian Actor, Kalu Ikeagwu whom she dated for several years^{[24][25][26][27]} and then married one of Ghana's top Actors and former Tinsel co-star, Omar Shariff Captan in a private wedding ceremony in Lagos in (2010).^[28][29] The brief union produced a son, Ray Okoroji-Captan born on the same birthday as the Ghanaian star & ex husband.^[30] Both Alex and Omar parted ways less than two years after their marriage.^[31][32][33]

Radio

As the star of her own show, she is achieving huge success on radio as host of The Naked Talk w/ Alex Okoroji ^[34][35]- an International Globally Syndicated Talk Radio Show broadcast live from inside Africa, to the world on BlogTalkRadio, a New York based Internet Radio Network. The show is streamed live and automatically archived & distributed across several other Global Networks like Acast, PlayerFm, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn Radio, Itunes, Pod Africa and The Good Radio Network in Canada, as Podcast.

The show features unscripted & unfiltered conversations with Global Icons, Business Leaders, Entertainers, Motivational Speakers, Authors, Life Coaches, Relationship Experts and Extra-ordinary Friends from around the world ^[36]- as they strip themselves, their experiences and share their honest unfiltered thoughts. She has featured high profile and celebrity guests like American Citizen Advocate - Joan Treppa, Mark Saxenmeyer, Jeta Amata, Philip Galinsky, Tony Wrighton, Michael Modzelewski, Ellie Savoy, OT Fagbenle, Richard Mofe Damijo, Segun Arinze, Joseph Benjamin, Femi Branch, John Njamah, Stella Damasus, Kalu Ikeagwu, Elliot Katz.

Books

She is the author of the widely acclaimed self help books...

• The Naked Truth: Lies Stripped (2015) An intimate and relatable book, offering wisdom to those struggling to accept the TRUTH about who they really are and what they want out of love, life & re-invention of self - available on amazon, barnes n' nobles, okadabooks, gumroad and the digital smashwords edition distributed to online retail stores and libraries in 120 countries ^{[37][38][39][40][41]}
• Stripped Down Success For Creatives (2016) - a book bundle that offers creatives, actionable principles and practical wisdom for achieving huge success.

Alex With Fellow Actresses

Events

Alex has hosted several red carpet events like the Nigerian Music Awards (NMA) in 2007, the Red Carpet at the Soundcity Music Video Awards (SMVA) in 2009 and was also the Official AMAA Red Carpet Co-Host alongside, Soundcity TV Popular VJ Adams at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards held at the Eko Hotel, Lagos in 2012. In the year 2014 she was an award presenter with fellow actor, Femi Brainard at the Coson Song Awards at the Grand Ball room of Oriental Hotel, and the following year in May (2015) She co-anchored the prestigious "Coson Roll Of Honor" with ace Nigerian TV broadcaster, Etoma Edu at the Copyright Society Of Nigeria (COSON) 5th Anniversary Celebration.

Coaching

She is a verified clarity expert on clarity.fm,^[42] a reinvention expert on self growth.com^[43] and provides one-on-one virtual coaching service through AskAlex Coaching. As a thought leader known for championing the naked movement for raw and honest expression, she authors her own personal blog "Alexandra N' Her Naked Thoughts", a platform where she writes articles about her personal experiences, opinions and voices her thoughts on love, life, sex, inspiration, career and reinvention, whilst using it as a medium to empower her readers to build a presence of mind.

Accomplishment

She is a 2015 Global Consciousness Raiser,^[44] a 2016 Cover Guardian Woman,^[45] RB Magazine Blogger of the month/ spring 2015, an international ambassador for She Matters Movement,^[46] an international contributor for The Huffington Post,^[47] the first "African Woman Living In Africa" to be featured and spotlighted on Women Rock Project,^[5][6] She is a member of the Advisory Executive Council (AEC) under Theme Vertical 18 for the Women Economic Forum (WEF 2017),^[48] and a Women Mentoring Women's Mentor for Idea Builders Global Initiative.

References

External links

• Official website