Background
Ethnicity:
Both parents are from the South-Eastern part of Nigeria
Genevieve Nnaji was born on the 3rd of May, 1979 in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria into the family of Theophilus and Benedatte Nnnaji. She grew up in Lagos, the commercial city of Nigeria. The fourth of eight children, she was brought up in a middle-class environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother worked as a teacher.