She left Nigeria at just ten days old during the Nigerian Civil War and lived in Barbados for the first four years of her life before returning to Enugu in 1971.

[3] Boyo started her career in the early 1990s series Checkmate, where she played the character of Anne Haatrope, acting alongside Francis Agu and Richard Mofe Damijo.

Temple's first major client was 'The Obasanjo For President' campaign in 1998, for which the company produced jingles, music videos and advertisements.

She is the Chair of the Advisory board of the Lagos Fringe Theatre Festival, a multi disciplinary Festival which runs annually in Nigeria and encompasses the full spectrum of artistic diversities and also on the governing board of the Mirabel center, the first sexual assault referral center (SARC) in Nigeria.

[20] In 2024, Ego Boyo was featured as one of Vogue UK's "Forces of Change," nominated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who commended her charity work focused on Nigerian's women Education and Healthcare.