Actress Uche Jumbo is on a nine month course!
The delectable actress cum producer is expecting her first child with husband Kenney Rodriquez. She showed off her growing baby bump at The Other Side movie premiere in Houston over the weekend.
This has elicited joy among her fans who were worried that she was not pregnant after two years into her marital journey.
Screen diva Uche started her career at a tender age when she used to dress up and tell her stories to family and friends in her hometown of Abiriba in Abia State.
She was born in Abiriba on the 28th of December 1979.
The highly energetic lady graduated from the University of Calabar with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics.
Before gaining admission into UNICAL, she bagged a diploma in Computer programming at the Federal university of Technology in Minna, Niger state Nigeria.
She joined Nollywood in 1999 with her role in Visa to hell movie. Since then, she has featured in over 60 interesting Nollywood movies.
After years of working as a Nollywood actress, she ventured into script writing where she co-wrote movies like Girls in the hood, A time to love, Games men play and The celebrity.
She later ventured into movie production phase with her business named Uche Jombo Studio in 2012.
Uche Jumbo’s Studio has since produced close to five movies and they include; Damage, Misplaced and many others.
She has received several awards which include the Best Actress by AfroNolly Group in 2008 in London, England; The City People Entertainment awards for Best Actress 2010; Life Changers award, (Nollywood Personality of the Year) United Kingdom; Humanitarian Award for Haiti in New York, USA; Abriba Youth Honour of Pride Award 2010, Abriba, Abia State as well as the Abia State Honours Award 2010 .
Uche Jombo got married to Kenny Rodriguez on May 16 2012 in the Caribbeans.