Famous Nigerian celebrity, Ibinabo Fiberesima is a nollywood actress, former beauty queen, model, producer, businesswoman, television personality and the former National President of the Actors of Nigeria. Ibinabo has been an active member of the Nollywood industry for over two decades.
The beautiful actress was born on January 13th in the year 1973 in Port Harcourt, River State Nigeria to Dr. and Mrs. V.B. Fibersima. Ibinabo started and completed her primary school education in Port Harcourt, and then proceeded to have her first ever School Leaving Certificate. After completing that, she joined the Federal Government Girls College, Bussa in Niger State in the northern part of Nigeria, where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate.While still in secondary school she was actively involved in drama, stage play and performing arts. After high school, Ibinabo proceeded to the University of Ibadan in Oyo State where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature.
In 1991, she began her professional career in modelling and participated in the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant in the same year, where she finished as the first runner-up. Before that, Ibinabo had won the Miss Wonderland beauty pageant in 1990 and in that same year, she was the first runner-up at the Miss NUGA competition held at the University of Calabar in Cross River State, in the south southern part of Nigeria.
In 1997, Ibinabo Fiberesima participated in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) beauty pageant “Miss Nigeria” and once again ended up as the first runner-up in the competition. That same year, which was in 1997, Ibinabo Fiberesima was crowned the winner of Miss Wonderful. In 1998, Ibinabo Fiberesima participated for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) beauty pageant hosted by Silverbird Television again and emerged as the second runner-up in the competition. The beautiful lady, then decided to take a break from modelling and ventured into acting with her debut movie being“Most Wanted” an action thriller movie directed by Teco Benson. Since then, her acting career has only known its peak and in 2012, she became the National President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Ibinabo Fiberesima has acted in more than 300 Nollywood movies. Some of the movies she has acted include Most Wanted, The Ghost, St. Mary, The Twin Sword, Ladies Night, The Limit, Letters to a Stranger, 76, Rivers Between, A Night in the Philippines, Pastor’s Wife, and many more.
It was all rosy for the actress until in 2009, she was charged for manslaughter and for driving reckless after she accidentally knocked dead a man identified as Giwa Suraj in 2006. she was eventually sentenced to a 5 year prison term by the Federal High Court, Lagos, nigeria, however, in 2016, she was granted a bail of ₦2 million was pending a determination of her appeal at the Supreme Court.
Ibinabo until her manslaughter case was arguably one of the most awarded Nollywood stars. Some of the awards she has won include Most Prominent Actress in Nigeria at the Africa Movie Academy Awards and Best Actress in Nigeria at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. She has also won the Best Actress in Drama at the Golden icon Movie Academy Awards. She has also won the Best Actress in Action Movie at the Best of Nollywood Awards. Ibinabo Fiberesima is a legend in Nollywood and has contributed immensely to the growth of Nollywood in Nigeria and rest of the world.
Ibinabo Fiberesima currently has an estimated net worth of over $2.2 million, making her one of the richest and most influential actress in Nigeria.