Nija Okoro movie list

Nija Okoro is a Bronx, NY native. She is an actress of the stage and screen. Her love of acting began when her mother enrolled her in the Harlem School of the Arts as an inventive way to busy her and keep her off the streets. To further her studies Nija decided she would attend the elite LaGuardia HS of the Performing Arts (the "Fame" school). When a guidance counselor advised her against it, because "no one from here ever gets into there", Nija refused to apply to any other school. She got in. The first from her Junior High School. Eventually she went on to attend Juilliard on a full merit-based scholarship where she also received the Marian Seldes award. As a lover of the theatre she has had the pleasure of working on plays directed by Phylicia Rashad and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. She has also starred in a world premiere of a Matthew López play. For her stage work Nija has received four LA Drama Critics Circle Awards and an Ovation award among others. Most recently Nija can be seen starring in the biopic of 1920's actor Charles Gilpin and in the upcoming thriller The Stay. Sometime this year she will return to the stage in the world premiere of Dominique Morisseau's new play Confederates in NY.

ReBroken

6.7United States2023DramaThriller

A devastated father receives recordings from a mysterious stranger that allow him to communicate with his recently deceased daughter.

Hollywood Stargirl

7.9United States2022ComedyDramaRomanceOthers

When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.

Howl

3.9United States2021Thriller

A young woman leaves the sanitarium to watch over her grandmother's house. As she descends into madness, she must decide whether to be devoured or embrace her true nature in this reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.