Ruth Kadiri

Ruth Kadiri (// ^ⓘ; born 24 March 1988) is a Nigerian actress, screenwriter and film producer.^[1]

Ruth Kadiri
Kadiri in the 2016 Nigerian film First Class
Born	24 March 1988 (1988-03-24) (age 37) Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Alma mater	University of Lagos Yaba College of Technology
Occupations	Actress Screenwriter Film producer
Years active	2005–present
Children	2

Early life and education

Ruth Kadiri was born on 24 March 1988^[2] in Benin City, Edo State, south-south Nigeria. She was the first child of two children, her father's name is Desmond Kadiri. She studied Mass Communication at the University of Lagos and Business Administration at Yaba College of Technology.^[3]

Personal life

Ruth kept her love life private until December 2017, when she announced that she was engaged on social media.^[4] On August 26, 2019, Kadiri gave birth to her first child.^[5] On July 20, 2022, she gave birth to her second child.^[6][7][8][9]

Career

Kadiri ventured into Nollywood in the movie Boys Cot^[10] and since then has over fifty movies to her credit. As a screenwriter, Ruth Kadiri has written and co-written several movies including Matters Arising, Heart of a Fighter, Ladies Men, Sincerity, First Class and Over the Edge. Ruth also produced films such as Matters Arising,^[11] Over the Edge,^[12] Somebody Lied^[13] and Memory Lane, which deals with the issue of lies and deceit.

Filmography

• Mercy the Bus Driver (2012) as Onyi
• Airline Babes (2012) as Maureen
• Brazilian Hair Babes (2013) as Silver
• Tears in My Heart (2013) as Nene
• Matters Arising (2014) as Ogor
• Unspoken Truth (2014) as Rebecca
• The Pains of Chimamanda (2015) as U.K.
• Miss Taken (2015) as Ruby
• First Class (2016) as Charity
• Memory Lane (2016) as Gina
• In Your Arms (2017)
• Black Bride (2017)
• Gateman (2017) as Frances
• We Cheats More (2017) as I.T.
• WET by Ruth Kadiri (2018) as Sharon
• Tripod by Ruth Kadiri (2018)
• Black Men Rock (2018) as Becky
• Sex & Love (2018) as Christy
• Love is Beautiful (2019)
• Tender Lies (2019) as Blessing
• Unfounded (2019)
• Murder Call (2019) as Isabella
• Stab (2019) as Olivia
• The Final List (2019) as Idara
• The Dumb Wife (2020)
• Too Old for Love (2020)
• Tears of Rejected Seed (2020)
• Babies and friends (2020) as Funbi
• Too old for this (2020) as Lycia
• Shrine Girl (2020)
• Space Out (2020) as Toria
• Larry Cold (2021) as Precious
• Pair (2021) as Shade
• Adunni (2021)
• Taking chances (2021)^[14] as Nurse Angela
• Love Me (2021) as Oreoluwa Jegede
• Craving (2021)
• 5 is company (2021) as Josephine
• Out of Love (2021) as Tejiri
• Nasty Jane (2021) as Janelle
• House Boy Wanted (2021) as Joan
• Boiling point (2021) Roli
• Everybody wants Alvin (2022) as Funke
• Breakfast (2022)
• Something Fishy (2022) as Toke
• Honey We Are Broke (2023) as Lucy
• Hot Mess (2023) as Marie
• Alaye (2024) as Catherine
• Perfect Nobody (2024) as Idia
• Trading Your Heart (Food For Thought) (2025) as Rebecca

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Category	Result	Ref
2015	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Actress of the Year	Won	[15]
	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Best Female Viewers Choice	Nominated	[16]
		Best On-screen Duo (with Majid Michel)	Nominated	[17]
		Best Actress	Nominated
2018	City People Movie Award	Best Actress of the year	Won	[18]
	City People Movie Award	Face of Nollywood	Nominated
2019	Ghana Movie Awards	Best Movie African Collaborations	Nominated	[19]
	Ghana Movie Awards	Best Actress African Collaboration	Nominated
2020	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Supporting Actress – English	Nominated	[20]

See also

• List of Nigerian film producers