Uzoamaka Aniunoh

Uzoamaka Aniunoh is a Nigerian actor and writer. She has been a regular cast member of MTV Shuga appearing in several series including the first and the sixth.

Life
Aniunoh was born in Onitsha. She studied English & Literary Studies and History & International Studies at the University of Nigeria. In 2015, she moved to England where she studied creative writing at the University of Birmingham gaining a master's degree.

Actor
She returned to Nigeria in 2017 and attended the open auditions for a new series named MTV Shuga. She was one on the few actors chosen as her role was to be Cynthia.

She has been a lead in the film "Stuck" with Seun Ajayi and Lala Akindoju.

Series six of MTV Shuga returned to be based once again in Nigeria and Aniunoh reprised her role as Cynthia in that year's series sub-titled "Choices". Fellow actors included Timini Egbuson, Rahama Sadau, Yakubu Mohammed, Bukola Oladipupo, Helena Nelson and Ruby Akabueze.

Aniunoh was in series six of MTV Shuga and the role of Cynthia was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus on 20 April 2020. The series was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every night - its backers include the United Nations. The series was based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story progresses using on-line conversations on location between the characters. All of the filming was done by the actors who include Lerato Walaza, Mamarumo Marokane, Jemima Osunde, Folu Storms and Aniunoh.

She plays the role of Kumene in Africa Magic's Riona.

She was listed as a Nigerian actress to look forward to in 2021 by Nigerian Entertainment Today.

She starred alongside Neo Akpofure in the short film Sister Rose. She was also in a short film Title Ije.

In 2022, she starred in the Nigerian streaming series Diiche which was produced by James Omokwe and co-starrs were Uzoamaka Onuoha, Chinyere Wilfred, Gloria Anozie-Young and Frank Konwea. The premier in October in Lagos was hosted by Chigul.

Writer
Aniunoh is also a writer and has had work published. An excerpt from her work Balcony was edited and published by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Television

 * MTV Shuga
 * MTV Shuga Alone Together
 * Rumor Has it
 * Riona
 * Diiche

Films

 * Ponzi (2021) as Abike
 * Stuck (2018) as Dara Akpabio
 * Ife (2020) as Ife
 * The Zipman
 * Sister Rose (2021) as Sister Rose
 * Ananze
 * A Naija Christmas (2021) as Cassie
 * Mami Wata (2023) as Zinwe