Rachael Oniga Biography and Net Worth

Rachael Oniga Tabuno is a famous Nollywood actress, aspiring movie producer and a television personality. She was born on 23^rd May 1957 in Eku, a small town in Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria. She is currently 60 years old. She is very beautiful, gifted, creative, skillful and talented in acting and interpretation of movie roles and can fit in any character given to her by movie directors and producers in Nigeria.

Rachael Oniga is originally from Eku, a small town in Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria, where she completed both her primary, secondary and tertiary education and obtained her both First School Leaving Certificate, West African Senior School Certificate and Bachelor’s Degree.

Rachael Oniga began her acting career in 1993 and joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood), shortly after she divorced her husband who left her for another woman. She rose to fame in 1993 after featuring in the Nollywood blockbuster movie titled “Memorial Hospital” a movie that brought her to limelight. She became a celebrity after separating from her husband. Unfortunately her divorcee husband is currently late.

Before settling for acting, Rachael Oniga worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company before featuring in her first movie titled “Onome” and her most popular Yoruba movie “Owo Blow”. Over the years, she has featured in notable Nigerian films such as Sango, a movie scripted by Wale Ogunyemi, produced and directed by Obafemi Lasode.

She has also featured in Wale Adenuga television series “Super Story”. Rachael Oniga is a proud mother of three children. On 5^th September 2014, she became a grandmother after her daughter Georgia Oniga welcomed a baby girl.

Rachael Oniga has acted in more than 200 Nollywood movies and television series which include Sango, Senator, Memorial Hospital, Onome, Owo Blow, Super Story, Out of Bounds, Passion of Mind, Power of Sin, Restless Mind, Doctor Bello, 30 Days in Atlanta, Kada River, Agony of a Mother, Died Wretched, The Only Nigerian Girl, etc.

She acts most in English and Yoruba speaking movies. She always play the role of a caring house wife, good mother, mother in-law and sometimes grandmother in Nollywood movies. Apart from acting, Rachael Oniga is also an aspiring movie producer. In 2005, she produced her first film “True or False” a movie about abiku/Ogbanje.

Rachael Oniga in the cause of her acting career has won several awards which include Best Supporting Actress at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Best Indigenous Actress (Yoruba) at the Best of Nollywood Awards, Most Promising Actress in Nigeria at the City People Entertainment Awards and Best Actress in a Television/Drama at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Rachael Oniga is currently one of the richest and most influential actress in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $450,000. Unfortunately, she died on 30 July 2021 due to heart related issue, an ailment she battled for a short period of time before her demise. She died in a Lagos hospital on Friday 30th July, 2021 at about 10 pm. She died at the age of 64 years old.