Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ikubese (born 12 August 1991) is a Nigerian model and actor who won the SilverBird male Pageant for '' Mr. Nigeria'' in 2014. In 2015, he won the ''Peace Personality of the Year'' at the Peace Achievers Awards and in 2016 won the ''City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English)'' at the

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. Ikubese, in 2017 was appointed

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Ambassador.

Early life and education

Ikubese is from Delta state in Nigeria, a geographical area occupied by the minority tribes in Nigeria as well as the

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. Ikubuese obtained his ''First School Leaving Certificate'' and '' West African Senior School Certificate'' from local learning institutions within Delta state. In bid to obtain a university degree, he migrated to

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where he applied to

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to study International Relations and eventually got accepted and obtained a B.Sc. degree upon completion of his course duration.

Career

Ikubese began his career as a professional model in his university’s campus and eventually was crowned Mr.Nigeria as well finishing as first Runner-up at the Mr.World male pageant. Ikubuese after his successful run as a model, ventured into the Nigerian movie industry which is known most commonly as

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and gained significant recognition after he secured a role in the

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Tv series titled Shuga where he played the role of a character named Femi. Ikubese made his directorial debut in 2019 with a Tv series titled ''Kyaddala'' which is a Ugandan word meaning “its real” when translated to the English language.

Awards

Ikubese won the ''City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English)'' at the

. Ikubese won the ''Peace Personality of the Year'' at the Peace Achievers Awards.

Personal life

In 2019, Ikubese got engaged to Nigerian beautician Anita Adetoye. Ikubese in an interview with

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media press listed playing basketball, playing soccer and cooking as his hobbies.

Selected filmography and Tv series

*''Kyaddala (2019) as Jeff'' *''Shagayas and Clarks (2018) as Lanre Shagayas'' *'' Shuga (2012-2019) as Femi'' *''Run (2017)'' *''My Flatmates (2017-) as Sammy *'' Ojukokoro (2016)'' * A Simple Lie (2021 film)

References

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* Living people 21st-century Nigerian male actors Igbo male actors United States International University alumni 1991 births Mr Nigeria winners Male actors from Delta State Nigerian male film actors Nigerian male television actors Actors from Delta State Nigerian male models Nigerian beauty pageant contestants Nigerian media personalities Nigerian film directors Nigerian television actors {{Nigeria-actor-stub