Oruche was born in Liverpool, England, to Nigerian parents. She was discovered for the television screen by British commercial turned film director Tony Kaye he featured her in many of his television commercials and her desire to be an actress was born.
Oruche began her career as a fashion model. In London before she emigrated to New York City. She represented Gap for five years in the United States, and was featured as a cover model on many United States magazines. But had a special relationship with Essence magazine and was often featured on its pages and doing a cover.
Oruche started her acting career in the states after an education in the Actors Studio in Los Los Angeles
She has appeared in American and British television shows including The Bill, Nip/Tuck, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Diagnosis Murder, New York City Police Department Blue and The Unit. Her film credits include The Forsaken (2001) and Happy Ever Afters (2009).
She made a cameo appearance in a January 2008 episode of the British sketch comedy show Little Mission Jocelyn. On 29 March 2010, it was revealed she was cast to play a mother of a new family in teen soap Hollyoaks.
In 2012 she featured as the celebrity bedtime story reader reading a story a day for children the week of the Queens Diamond jubilee.
Also featured as a special correspondent on North West tonight reporting on the 30 year anniversary of the Toxteth riots. In Dublin, Oruche presented a show three days a week on Ireland Department of Administration and Management for TV3 and in London as a continued regular panellist (The Wright Stuff) she was the "Babe in the Booth" for the week starting 29 April 2008 on the morning discussion programme, The Wright Stuff she was 36 weeks pregnant. Oruche now lives in her native Liverpool where she is presenting and producing the Saturday night radio programme Upfront on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Merseyside.
Oruche has recently produced and hosted six Upfront Live shows for British Broadcasting Corporation Merseyside in Liverpool, at The Brink a non alcoholic bar in Liverpool, that she is in support of.
Local singers such as Kof, Chelcee Grimes, Mic Lowry, Chi Temu and Jamie Broad performed on the show
A published writer, Oruche had a weekly column in the Liverpool Echo. She had an autobiography "Liberating Character" published April 2012
She also has a film company called Ibo Girl Films Limited., for which she directs, edits and produces digital shorts and videos.
