Career
She made her career debut in 2004 in the movie Stolen Bible alongside Kate Henshaw but gained prominence when she appeared in a lead role in a 2005 movie Trinity with several other prominent Nigerian actors Toplis, whose English name is Elizabeth, is a native of Umuahia, Abia State, in the South-eastern part of Nigeria. She is related to another popular Nollywood actor and past President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejike Asiegbu. Between 1979 to 1985, she did her primary school education at several schools: Street Michaels Primary School Umuahia, Orji Town Primary School Owerri, Umuhu Central School, Umuahia and 67 Infantry Battalion Primary School Faulks Road, Aba.
Between 1985 to 1990 she schooled at Ohuhu Community Secondary School Amaogwugwu, Umuahia.
When she left Nigeria and lived several years in London, she started at Valentine High School to study English Language and later enrolled at Barking and Dagenham College in 2003 to study Social Healthcare. Family Business Chioma Toplis is also a businesswoman with interest in clothings and cosmetics, and own a couple of shops in Lagos and London.