Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Nwaturuocha is a Nigerian actress. In 2012, Dominic won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Rita Dominic is a multiple award-winning Nollywood actress, producer, model, television personality, investor, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Audrey Silva Company. She has been regarded as one of the best industrious actresses in Nollywood and also one of the highest-paid actresses in Nigeria.
Rita Dominic is currently a GLO Ambassador and the CEO of Rita Dominic Productions.
Dominic is a member of the Royal Nwaturuocha family of Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. Rita Dominic is the youngest of four children. Her late parents were health care professionals, her father was a medical doctor and her mother a nursing officer. Dominic attended the prestigious Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, before heading to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where she graduated with a BA (Honours) Degree in Theatre Arts in 1999. Dominic started performing as a child, appearing in school plays and children's television shows in Imo State. In 1998, she starred in her first movie, A Time to Kill. Over the years, she has produced a lot of movies: The Therapist, Light in the Dark, Bound, The Blindspot and Desecration. Over the years, she has gotten a number of honours. She also won the top actress in a movie titled The Meeting in 2013 and 2017. She won the best actress in TV series. Rita Dominic won the City People Awards in 2004 as the Most Outstanding Actress. Rita Dominic has starred in over 100 Nollywood productions.
