Hilda Dokubo

Hilda Dokubo is a Nigerian award-winning[1] film actress,[2] author, social justice advocate, and politician who once served as special adviser on youth affairs to Peter Odili, a former Governor of Rivers State.

Hilda Dokubo was born as the first of six children in Buguma, a town in Asari-Toru, Rivers State in the South-South region of Nigeria, she went on to complete her primary and secondary school education at St. Mary State School Aggrey Road and Government Girls Secondary School respectively.

[5] Dokubo made her screen debut during her youth service (NYSC) in a 1992 film titled Evil Passion.

[6] including Gone Forever, End of the Wicked, My Goodwill, and The CEO Upon starring in a supporting role in a 2015 film titled Stigma, Dokubo won Best Actress in a Supporting Role and best actress in the comedy category [1] 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards.

[7] In 2019, she featured in the movie Locked, a story about mental health awareness [2] She founded and runs a non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Creative Arts Education (CREATE), which deploys the creative arts to empower women and the youth [8][9] In June 2020, Dokubo joined other protesters in a street march in Lagos against rape and other violent crimes against women [3] In October 2020, she was part of the End SARS protests in Port-Harcourt against police brutality [4] Alongside Kate Henshaw in March 2020, Dokubo launched an online protest against the appointment of Senator Ishaku Elisha Dabo of Adamawa North Senatorial District as a patron of the Actors Guild of Nigeria [5] Fatal