what is Yvonne Orji Net Worth 2024?
What is Yvonne Orji net worth
Yvonne Orji is a Nigerian-American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role in the television series Insecure , for which she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and three NAACP Image Awards.
Yvonne Orji net worth is estimated at $1 million
Biography
Orji was born on 2 December 1983, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, and grew up in Laurel, Maryland in the United States. She spent her high school career in the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania where she attended Linden Hall (school), the oldest all-girls boarding school in the country. She earned her BA in liberal arts from the George Washington University and then went on to receive a master’s degree in public health at George Washington University as well.
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Orji’s parents expected her to become a doctor, lawyer, pharmacist, or engineer. However, she was inspired to do comedy as a graduate student when she performed stand-up in the talent portion of a beauty pageant.
After graduate school, in 2009, Orji moved to New York City to pursue a career in comedy. In 2015, she landed the role of Molly on Insecure without an agent or any real acting experience. In 2021, began development on a series for Disney+ titled First Gen. The series is based on her personal life and is produced by Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo.
Yvonne Orji Net Worth
Yvonne Orji net worth is estimated at $ 1 million. She is one of the most successful actresses from Nigeria.
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Outside of her creative work, she is dedicated to philanthropy. In 2008 and 2009 she spent six months working in post-conflict Liberia, with Population Services International (PSI), an NGO that utilizes social marketing in the adoption of healthy behaviors. While in Liberia, she worked with a group of talented youth to help build a mentoring program as well as a weekly talk show that helped educate and prevent against the spread of teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. She currently lends her time and voice as a R(ED) Ambassador, a Literacy Champion for Jumpstart and working with JetBlue for Good.
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