Chiagoziem Ugoeze Nwakanma popularly known as Chy Nwakanma or Chy Leona, is a Nigerian Actress, Model and TV host. She was born on December 19, 1990 in Aba, Nigeria.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance and a minor in Communication from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her stage credits include playing the Viola in ” The Twelfth Night”, Pecola in “The Bluest Eye” and Kleopatra Maximovna in “Dying for it” all at the UIC theatre.
In 2016, Chy Nwakanma made her television debut in Lowladee’s TV series This is it, where she played the role of Dede, a young, naive and clueless wife to Kenyan Actor, Nick Mutuma who played the role of Tomide.
She has since then featured in other TV series including “Hustle” on Mnet as “Lisa”, “Life 101” on “Ebonylife TV” as June / Jules and “Valerie” in Accelerate TV’s “Corper Shun”.
Chy made her cinema debut as “Kate” in 2018 in the movie “Disguise”.
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