Ethel Ekpe

Ethel Aderemi
Born
Ethel Ekpe

(1963-11-30)30 November 1963
Lagos, Nigeria
Died5 February 2024(2024-02-05) (aged 60)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Calabar
OccupationActress
Known forPortrayal of Segi in Basi and Company
RelativesDamilola Adegbite
(niece)

Ethel Aderemi (née Ekpe; 30 November 1963 – 5 February 2024) was a Nigerian actress.

Career

Aderemi was born the youngest of 5 children on 30 November 1963 in Lagos to civil servant parents.[1] She graduated from the University of Calabar.[2] She was the second actress cast as Segi in Basi and Company, and appeared alongside Patrick Doyle in the video for Lorrine Okotie's Love Medicine. She also had roles in Forever by Amaka Igwe and Sons of the Caliphate, along with Heartbeats by Aguila Njamah, Speak the Word by Tchidi Chikere and Traumatised by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen.[3]

Personal life and death

She was of Yoruba ethnicity and a Christian. She was married. Ethel Aderemi was Damilola Adegbite's aunt.[4] Diagnosed with cancer in late 2023, Aderemi died of this illness in Sacramento, California, where she resided, on 5 February 2024, at the age of 60.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Light dims on Basi and Company Star, Ethel Ekpe". The Guardian Nigeria News. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024. the screen beauty who delighted fans playing the role of Segilola ... in Basi and Company, marked her 60th birthday on November 30, 2023
  2. ^ "Actress Ethel Ekpe-Aderemi is dead". WITHIN NIGERIA. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024. The University of Calabar graduate .. died of cancer on Monday.
  3. ^ "JUST-IN: Nigerian Actress, Ethel Aderemi Is Dead". New Telegraph. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024. The deceased was featured in Aguila Njamah's .., Heartbeat, Tchidi Chikere's Speak the Word, .. Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen's Traumatised.
  4. ^ "Tinsel Star Actress, Damilola Shares Exclusive Details Of Her Life..." Peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024. I have an aunt in the industry, .. Ethel Ekpe.
  5. ^ "Light dims on Basi and Company Star, Ethel Ekpe". The Guardian Nigeria News. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024. Ethel Ekpe, .., .. died of cancer on Monday in Sacramento, California, .., where she resides.