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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.
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, and her frequent
appearances on TV AM for Irelands TV3
Guest starred in the US show THE UNIT David Mamet's hit
CBS drama...Just completed the comedy HAPPILY EVER
AFTERS.
A certified hatha yoga instructor, she is fit, funny and
fearless!!!
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.
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, and her frequent
appearances on TV AM for Irelands TV3
Guest starred in the US show THE UNIT David Mamet's hit
CBS drama...Just completed the comedy HAPPILY EVER
AFTERS.
A certified hatha yoga instructor, she is fit, funny and
fearless!!!