Small But Mighty Author-preneur


Okoronkwo Chinyere Maryjane, a pureblood Imo State-born actress and a screenwriter, hails from Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
The small but mighty author-entrepreneur is currently the customer service executive of United Airlines, Imo State station, the deft freelance artist attended Police Children School, Abosi and had her secondary education at Madona Model Secondary School, Owerri. As a brilliant student, she was admitted to Abia State University, and this will surprise you that she studied Industrial Physics, and graduated with 2nd class upper division from the Abia State citadel of learning.
The sociable Gemini was once a teacher at the Saint Michael Secondary school, Imo State, Akabo, teaching Sports and CCA, what was important about her teaching acumen was that she taught Physics, while teaching she won the best teacher for straight two years.
She grew up with her other siblings, 3 pretty girls and 2 boys totalling six children.
The idea of writing scripts crept into her subconscious mind while she was in Junior Secondary School, (JSS 2), and she has succeeded in writing some novels and several movies, she has written a book accredited by West African Examination Council for Junior WAEC pupils.
The cheerful thespian also has to her credit; Unroyal (2020), A Call from the Past (2019), Love Eternal (2022), Cocaine in South Africa and a couple of fantastic screenplays.
The young authorpreneur’s turning point came when she gained admission into the university and her part crosses with that of a director who saw her scripts and told her to screenplay them, the director gave her insights on how to go about them, and after screenplay, they were both impressed.
Maryjane with her methodical mind and knowledge has wrapped up a Youtube trending movie titled ‘Oh Blood Money’ produced under the stable of OG Best. She is a regular at Hephzee Films Production outfit, under the watchful eyes of our able cinematographer, Zion Onyeka.
The following Maryjane’s movies: ‘My Ex’, ‘Dead Man chest’, ‘Three Idiots’, ‘Matthias’, and ‘New Talent’ came to the fore under the auspices of Hephzee Films Production, due to job exigencies she has not explored her acting arts to the maximum.
The lead role she played in the movie titled; ‘Three Idiots’, shot her into prominence and earned her the ‘Most Outstanding Hilarious Actress of The Year 2023’, the beautiful actress speaks Yoruba, Igbo and English languages.
Her plan for the year 2023 is for her name to be written on a platter of Gold in the Nigerian Movie Industry.
At her leisure, she watches foreign movies where she gets inspiration and in-depth knowledge of her script paths.


