Veteran Nollywood actor and lawyer, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo, is a year older today, March 1.
Sharing a photo of himself to celebrate the day, Kanayo wrote: “Cheers to a new age”
He was born 1962 in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria.
In 2006 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the movie “Family Battle”.
In 1992, Kanayo made his debut movie appearance in Living in Bondage. Kanayo has starred in over 100 films. He was nominated in 2008 for African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in the movie “Across the Niger”. His most recent movies are Up North and Living in Bondage: Breaking Free.
He is currently a United Nations ambassador and bears the title of MFR. Kanayo was among various Nigerians honored by the government in 2014 during the centenary celebration.
Kanayo enrolled with the University of Abuja and in 2019 graduated with a Law degree before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School Abuja campus. In 2020, Kanayo was called to the bar.
