[1][2] She won the Best Supporting Actress award at The AMVCA in 2024 for her role in the Prime Video Original, Breath of Life.
[15][16] She also performed as Lami in Rue14 studios stage Play, High to shine a light on substance abuse amongst teenagers in December 2018 and 2019.
[17] Umeh booked her first lead role in A Tune Away (2020), which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice -Award 2022.
[18] In 2019, she began her on-screen journey with a small role in Love is War, a cinema film that eventually found its home on Netflix.
She then played Anita, a youthful London girl with a lot to hide in One Lagos Night released in 2021 and exclusive to Netflix two years after it was shot.