Veteran Nollywood Actress Rachel Oniga Is Dead At Age 64

By Stermy 2 Min Read

Another sad new hits the Nigerian Movie Industry (Nollywood) as it lost one of It’s veterans, Rachel Tabuno Oniga.

Waking an early Saturday morning to this sad news is very heartbreaking, the veteran actress, Rachel Oniga, 64, according to reports passed away on Friday, July 30th, 2021.

Rachel Oniga Dead
Rachel Oniga Dead

Information gathered by Townflex has it that she died from heart-related complications on Friday, July 30.

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Some colleagues, friends, and fans of the actress have taken to her official Instagram account in her comment session to pour in their in condolences.

Rachel Tabuno Oniga was born on May 23rd, 1957 in Lagos State, Nigeria to parents from Eku, a community in Ethiope East local government area of Delta State.

She began her acting career in 1993, starred in a number of successful Nollywood movies and she was loved in the community. She worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company before her first movie titled Onome, and her debut Yoruba movie was Owo Blow.

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Over the years, she has featured in notable Nigerian films such as Sango, a movie scripted by Wale Ogunyemi, produced and directed by Obafemi Lasode and Wale Adenuga’s television series, Super story.

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