Theresa Edem

Theresa Edem Isemin ( born 6 January 1986) is a Nigerian actress and filmmaker. She won the Best Actress in a Feature Film award at the Las Vegas Black Film Festival and has been nominated for several awards, including the African Movie Academy Awards. Isemin was born in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State into a family of four children, of which she is the fourth and only girl. She attended primary and secondary school in Akwa Ibom before proceeding to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, where she earned a degree in Animal Science and Technology. Isemin started acting professionally in 2012, after completing an acting course at the Royal Arts Academy. Her first major role was in After The Proposal, starring alongside Uche Jombo, Anthony Monjaro, Patience Ozokwor, Desmond Elliot and Belinda Effah. Following that, she starred in several films, TV series and stage plays, including The Antique, Tinsel and Twenty-Five.[5][6] She has also featured in a number of Africa Magic Original Films. Her cinema debut was in the 2016 epic, Ayamma. She was also in the movie My Village People alongside Bovi and Nkem Owoh. In December 2015, she married her friend of many years, Ubong Isemin. The ceremony was held in Uyo.