Hilda Dokubo

Hilda Dokubo is a Nigerian award-winning film actress, author, social justice advocate, and politician who once served as special adviser on youth affairs to Peter Odili, a former Governor of Rivers State. She is currently the Chairman of Labour Party in Rivers State.

Early life and education
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. Her father was an engineer, while her mother was a school teacher. She is an alumna of the University of Port Harcourt where she earned her bachelor's degree and master's degrees in Theatre Arts.

Career
Dokubo made her screen debut during her youth service (NYSC) in a 1992 film titled Evil Passion. She has since been featured in and has produced several Nigerian films. 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   11th Africa Movie Academy Awards. In 2019, she featured in the movie Locked, a story about mental health awareness   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

Activism
In June 2020, Dokubo joined other protesters in a street march in Lagos against rape and other violent crimes against women In October 2020, she was part of the End SARS protests in Port-Harcourt against police brutality  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

Filmography

 * Without Love
 * Forever (1995)
 * Jezebel
 * Evil Passion(1996)
 * Hour of Grace
 * Fatal Desire
 * Error of the Past (2000)
 * Sweet Mother (2000)
 * Black Maria (1997)
 * End of the Wicked (1999) as Stella
 * "Confidence"
 * Onye-Eze (2001) as Feoma
 * My Good Will (2001)
 * Light & Darkness (2001)
 * A Barber's Wisdom (2001)
 * My Love (1998)
 * Above Death: In God We Trust (2003)
 * World Apart (2004) as Rhoda
 * With God (2004)
 * Unfaithful (2004)
 * Chameleon (2004)
 * 21 Days With Christ (2005)
 * Gone Forever (2006)
 * Stigma (2013) as Mama
 * The CEO (2016) as Superintendent Ebenezer
 * "Locked (2019) as Dr. Mrs. Ife Adu
 * Stigma (2013) as Mama

Fatal
 * ‘’Strange sisters’’