Chidinma Ifunanyachi goes from Nollywood to Hollywood

Actress and writer from the deprived South-East London, went from Camberwell to Nollywood and now to Hollywood.

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Chidinma Ifunanyachi

Los Angeles, CA (October 24, 2024). Chidinma Ifunanyachi is an actress and writer. She that grew up in South-East London, or Camberwell to be precise. She is making a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Chidinma grew up in a single-parent household. There she had to learn to be independent at an early age. Chidinma had a desire to teach in schools and always had a love for education. She saw how education helped her have financial freedom. After the years went on she found herself being inquisitive for the Arts and wanted to pursue a career in acting.

Chidinma then started asking more women about their experiences with this topic and found it was common amongst many women. Chidinma then wanted to write a script around this topic and spread awareness to women letting them know this isn’t right, even though many of the women felt as though this was how most marriages are. 

Ifunanyachi in Violated – 2021 Latest Short Film


As a leading actress, Chidinma is focused on making impactful films that look at what is happening around the world and is having meetings around the world about future projects in Los Angeles, London and Nigeria. She wants to drive positive change through her commitment as an actress and writer. She has been cast in a new feature film Boy Soul Man Heart set to shoot in 2025, telling a gripping story about a young Black man that was abused. We see how he dealt with the trauma over a period.

Chidinma was inspired by Uzo Aduba from the hit series Orange is the New Black who played ‘Crazy Eyes’. She listened to Uzo’s Ted Talk in 2017 where she discussed her name. Chidinma has said  “Watching Uzo give a Ted Talk about the importance of your name, and how the pronunciation of your name becomes important, once you become important, was life changing for me. Being Nigerian, our names can sometimes be sentences, usually in reverence to God.

Chidinma in Music video, ‘More to Me’  by Dexter in the newsagent



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