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Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G is a well-known face in the Nigerian home video industry. The talented actress from Enugu-Ngwo, Enugu State, who everybody loves because of her notable interpretation of roles.

Patience Ozokwor relocated to Enugu State after the completion of her primary education because of the Nigerian Civil War. She continued her secondary education, got married and trained at a Teacher's Training College. After four years of teaching, she got a job as a broadcaster at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria. She was later promoted to producer. Unfortunately at the time or fortunately for her fans she was retrenched in 1985.

It was Chika Okpala (Chief Zebrudaya of New Masquarades) that invited her to take part in a commercial in which she played the wife of Pete Eneh. The commercial was a mass orientation promo by the Anambra State Government to encourage her citizens to acquire education before venturing into trading. After the promo was shot, there was this positive reaction from the people and Chief Zebrudaya was so impressed that he said, ‘what have you been doing with yourself, where are you, I am so impressed.’ He later confessed he never knew that he was doing the right thing by inviting me for the commercial. When Pete Eneh had the opportunity of shooting a serial (Someone Cares) for a television station, he gave her the lead role. During the shooting of the serial, many of the established faces that saw her commended her. They urged her not to light the candle and keep it under the table.But as a member of the Scripture Union, she felt that coming into Nollywood would give me an unnecessary exposure and secondly she was very shy. But those of them that wanted her on board were adamant until they succeeded in pulling me in and she was pleasantly surprised the way she rose in the industry. After her first movie in 1998, I was already being recognised by people. But when she did Authority (1999), the movie became very popular and it really shot her into limelight. After Authority, she have been moving from one movie set to the another by the grace of God.

A proud and caring mother of four, Uzokwor's first son is an engineer while the last is a footballer with Rangers International of Enugu.Although she lost her husband a few years ago to a terminal disease, Uzokwor was full of joy and gratitude to God for her achievements in the entertainment world.