Nse Ikpe Etim who is the first of six children of her parents was born in the 70’s on the 21st of October. She attended Awa Nursery School Kaduna, Command Children’s School Jos, St Louis College Jos, Federal Government College, Jos and Ilorin and finally bagged a degree in Theater Arts at the University of Calabar, Nigeria.
She is a thespian with a lion’s heart. Nse was Miss University of Calabar 1992/93. She also won the Miss NTA Calabar contest. During the course of her education, she was seen to be eloquent and articulate and this was the birth of her compering most social functions/shows that took place in the university, hence exposing her to the world of compering.
At 18, Nse started acting on stage and was often applauded for her eloquent diction and swift interpretation of roles during stage performance at the university. Her first television appearance was in a family soap titled Inheritance.After her graduation from the University she took a break from the film industry.
This beautiful and assertive actress, having run away from the industry to other known fields like Banking, Fashion, Radio and Television, finally came to berth with “Reloaded” which can be described as her comeback after a decade. The Silent Invasion of Nse is what earned her a nomination in the 2009 AMAA Awards where she was nominated for best actress in a leading role in the movie “Reloaded”. This was an unprecedented decision in the history of AMAA. Two actresses tied for the Award for Best Actress from the same movie. This is no small feat since this was her first major role in a movie. In Nollywood, Nse has been described as “the silent tsunami”. She brings with her a breath of freshness. The ingenuity of Nse is that you really don’t know she’s there. She tries so hard to unassumingly blend into the woodwork…. until her performance hits you just like a tsunami and then you realize she has been there all along. Nse is an ardent fan of Manchester United FC. She loves the game. She enjoys a good game of Scrabble, cooking, reading and writing. Nile, as she is fondly called, is constantly looking for new challenges as she believes that “the race is not to the swift". Ever since her comeback into Nollywood, she has featured in many movies like Guilty Pleasures, Phone Swap and many more.