Rita Dominic is a multiple award-winning Nollywoodactress, producer, model, television personality, investor, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Audrey Silva Company. She has been regarded as one of the best industrious actresses in Nollywood and also one of the highest-paid actresses in Nigeria.
Rita Dominic is currently a GLO Ambassador and the CEO of Rita Dominic Productions.[7]
Dominic is a member of the Royal Nwaturuocha family of Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria.[1] Rita Dominic is the youngest of four children.[2] Her late parents were health care professionals, her father was a medical doctor and her mother a nursing officer. Dominic attended the prestigious Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, before heading to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where she graduated with a BA (Honours) Degree in Theatre Arts in 1999.[8]
Career
Dominic plays Clara Ikemba in The Meeting, a movie about a corporate executive finds himself at the mercy of political patronage, bureaucratic red-tape and his tender heart when he embarks on a seemingly simple business trip to Abuja to secure a government contract.
Dominic started performing as a child, appearing in school plays and children's television shows in Imo State. In 1998, she starred in her first movie, A Time to Kill.[2] Over the years, she has produced a lot of movies: The Therapist, Light in the Dark, Bound, The Blindspot and Desecration. Over the years, she has gotten a number of honours. She also won the top actress in a movie titled The Meeting in 2013 and 2017. She won the best actress in TV series.[9] Rita Dominic won the City People Awards in 2004 as the Most Outstanding Actress.[10] Rita Dominic has starred in over 100 Nollywood productions.[4]
Personal life
In 2019, Dominic, via her Instagram page, called for the prosecution of 28-year-old Idris Ebiloma. Dominic accused Ebiloma of raping 15-month year old Khloe, on August 31, 2016 at the victim's home in Asokoro, Abuja.[11]
On April 5, 2022, Dominic announced her engagement to Daily Times publisher, Fidelis Anosike, for the marriage slated for 18 and 19 April 2022. On 19 April 2022, Dominic and Anosike did their traditional wedding in Imo State, Rita Dominic's state of origin.[12][13]
In November 2022, Rita Dominic held her white wedding with Fidelis Anosike in England. In attendance were Kate Henshaw, Chioma Chukwuka and others.[14]
This film received 12 nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2008, winning 4 awards, including the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound.[16][17]