Nse Ikpe-Etim is a Nigerian actress. Nse won the Best Actress in a Drama award in 2014 and She’s arguably the best African Actress.
Nse Ikpe-Etim was born in 1974 in Lagos. Etim attended Awa Nursery School and Command Primary School in Kaduna State, from where she then furthered her studies at St Louis College, Jos, and the Federal Government Colleges in Jos and Ilorin. 
She said that her family was often transferred to various regions of Nigeria due to her father’s career with the Central Bank of Nigeria. Etim got her first degree in Theater Arts from the University of Calabar.
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Etim is the first of six children. She married her childhood friend Clifford Sule on 14 February 2013 at a Lagos registry. A traditional wedding ceremony followed in her hometown in Akwa Ibom State and Lagos State, respectively, some months after the civil union. She resides in London with her husband, a senior lecturer at Middlesex University who frequents Nigeria for film engagements.
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At 18, Etim started acting on stage at the university. Her first television appearance was in the family soap Inheritance. After her graduation from university she temporarily left the film industry to venture in other endeavours before making a comeback with Emem Isong’s Reloaded .
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