{{Short description|Nigerian actress (born 2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Angel Unigwe | image = | caption = Edisco lala | birth_name = Divine-Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|06|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria | citizenship = Nigeria | occupation = Actress, model, presenter | years_active = 2011{{ndash}}present }} '''Angel Unigwe''' {{Audio|Ig-Angel Unigwe.ogg|Listen|help=no}} (born Divine-Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe; 27 June 2005) is a Nigerian actress, model, and presenter who has also featured in popular television commercials.
== Career == Introduced to the movie industry by her mum, Unigwe started as a child actor making her debut in 2015 after taking up roles in ‘Alison’s Stand,’ a popular Nigerian television series; and since then she has continued to warm the hearts of film audiences’.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=5 May 2019|title=Angel-Onyi wins child actor award|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/angel-onyi-wins-child-actor-award/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=7 November 2021|newspaper=The Nation|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Filmography == Unigwe has played several dominant roles in no fewer than 30 films produced in Nigeria, an industry adjudged to be the second-largest in the world after Bollywood. Some of the films Unigwe has featured in include ‘Woe man’, ‘Everything in Between’ series, ‘Middle of nowhere,’ ‘Light in the Dark,’ ‘Three Thieves,’ ‘Ajoche,’ ‘King of boys,’ ‘Code Wilo,’ ‘Mute,’ ‘Bereaved: Pains of Aliyah,’ ‘My Siblings and I,’ ‘Zuriel's Diary,’ ‘City Crimes,’ ‘Bobo A Rats Tale,’ ‘Nigerian trade,’ ‘Ten years Married: Mirage,’ ‘Freedah,’ among others.<ref name=":0" />
In 2018, Unigwe starred in Light in The Dark, a movie produced and directed by Ekene Som Mekwunye that was released on 25 January the following year featuring Joke Silva, Rita Dominic, Kalu Ikeagwu, Ngozi Nwosu, Saidi Balogun, Kiki Omeili, Nonso Odogwu, Big Mickey and Prince Unigwe among a host of others.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 December 2018|title=Light in The Dark hits cinemas January 25|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/light-in-the-dark-hits-cinemas-january-25/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=7 November 2021|newspaper=The Sun|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019, Unigwe played Fuwe in “Three Thieves”, composed by the trio Sammy Egbemawei, Abba Makama, and Africa Ukoh.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 September 2019|title=In search of three thieves|url=https://guardian.ng/art/in-search-of-three-thieves/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=7 November 2021|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-US}}</ref> The movie released to the cinema in Nigeria on 4 October had Babtunwa Aderinokun and Uche Okocha as the Executive Producer and producer respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 September 2019|title=Three Thieves Shows in the Cinemas|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/09/20/three-thieves-shows-in-the-cinemas/|access-date=7 November 2021|newspaper=This Day|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021 Unigwe starred in the television series “The Olive,” released in May 2021 directed by Yemi Morafa and produced by Esse Akwawa and Chidinma Igbokweuche.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tv|first=Bn|date=21 May 2021|title=Anayo Finds Another Secret in Episode 3 of Accelerate TV's New Series "The Olive"|url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2021/05/accelerate-tv-the-olive-s1-e3/|access-date=7 November 2021|website=BellaNaija|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations == Unigwe has received multiple nominations and awards throughout her career. In 2019, she was named Child Actor of the Year at the Intellects Giant Awards<ref name=":0" /> and won Best Young/Promising Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held on 27 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Winners for di 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-50176271 |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=BBC News Pidgin}}</ref> She later received the Best Child Actress in a Movie award at the 2021 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards for her performance in ''Strain''.<ref name=":0" /> On 20 May 2023, she was honored with the TrailblazerAfrica Magic Viewers' Choice Awards.<ref name="Ige Ige 2023">{{Cite news |last=Ige |first=Rotimi |date=2023-05-21 |title=Winners at 9th edition of Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards [Full List] |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/winners-at-9th-edition-of-africa-magic-viewers-choice-awards-full-list/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |newspaper=Nigerian Tribune}}</ref>
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