| Biography |
| Phina Oruche is a woman of many talents. She was selected to go as a gymnast in the pre-Olympic qualifying team. Something that through circumstances beyond her control she didn't get to complete. It made her determined to never let an opportunity pass her by again, she has held fast to that early promise. She started her career in London then and Paris, as a fashion model, after getting her start in ID and The Face then onto the world stage in New York where she worked extensively in American fashion magazines, and advertising, she represented The Gap there for 5 seasons. Until her desire to become an actor made her turn her back on her lucrative modelling career and take a chance on acting, this took her to the famed Actors Studio where after auditioning for two years, she became a lifetime member. She is blessed to be instructed by Martin Landau, Mark Rydell and Barbara Bain Her gamble paid off and she was soon to feature in a number of hit shows including NYPD BLUE, NIP/TUCK, CHARMED, SHE SPIES, DIAGNOSIS MURDER( as two different characters) and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. However in the UK it was her role as Liberty Baker in FOOTBALLERS WIVES that brought Phina to prominence, she starred simultaneously as Heather Less on THE BILL and won a Screen Nation Award for FOOTBALLERS WIVES. She is a hugely versatile performer, which she ably demonstrated when impersonating Lauryn Hill for ITV1's CELEBRITY STARS IN THEIR EYES. Phina ran the 2006 London Flora marathon raising funds ands awareness for the ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST, but later braved the greater challenge of swimming with crocidiles in the Austrailian jungle in ITV1's I AM CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE. Just completed THE UNIT David Mamets hit CBS drama, which airs in April in the US.. This is already a busy year for Phina, a writer/director/producer determined to continue her filmaking career which was essentially disrupted by the success of her foray into British TV she launched her production company IBOGIRLfilms. and is in post production for her first of three feature films the documentary THREE which she shot the final pieces for in February in Los Angeles. A girl with passion and not afraid to state her opinion, which she uses to her advantage whilst working as a guest on THE WRIGHT STUFF for channel 5. |
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