15 Popular Hollywood Actors/Actresses who have Nigerian backgrounds

12. Caroline Chikezie

Caroline was born in England, 1974. When she was younger, her parents sent her back to a boarding school in Nigeria. This was in an attempt to make her quit acting and someday take over her father’s hospital in Nigeria, but she left the school because her lecturers thought the academic life wasn’t for her. She later won a scholarship to the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and today she is best known for her roles as Sasha Williams in As If, and the Cyberwoman in Torchwood.

13. Dayo Okeniyi

Dayo was born in Jos and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a literature teacher from Kenya. In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana, United States, and earned a bachelor’s degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009.

Prior to playing the role of Tresh in The Hunger Games, Dayo worked in local theatre and in film shorts. He also starred in the 2014 drama film Endless Love, also portrayed Danny Dyson in the 2015 film Terminator Genisys.

14. Hakeem Kae Kazeem

Kae-Kazim was born in Lagos, Nigeria, 1962, and spent his early years there before his family re-located to London, England. He is best known for his work in the Starz television series Black Sails and his portrayal of Georges Rutaganda in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda.