Already during her teenage years in 1997 she starred in two Nollywood movies , '' Compromise 2 '' and '' Waterloo '' . During the 2002 '' Most beautiful girl in Nigeria '' beauty pageant Okereke reached 2nd place . A year later in 2003 , Okereke won two awards , out of the eight nominations she received , at the 2003 Reel Awards for ' Best Actress - English ' and ' Best Actress of the year 2003 ' . After graduating from the New York Film Academy in 2007 , Okereke released the movie '' Through the Glass '' in which she served as director , scriptwriter , producer and actress . The film received an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for '' Best Screenplay '' in 2009 . In 2014 , she released another movie , '' Dry '' and again served as a director , scriptwriter , producer , and actress which won many awards including 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards and 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards best movie overall movie with the prize of a brand new car . Okereke has starred in over 90 movies
12th Africa Movie Academy Awards
12th Africa Movie Academy Awards
Stephanie Okereke Linus