Okwui Okpokwasili

Okwui Okpokwasili is a Nigerian-American artist, actress, performer, choreographer and writer. She became known for stage pieces that combine theatre, dance and installation art in a single work. Okwui Okpokwasili appears nude from behind alongside Helena Howard in Madeline's Madeline (2018). She was born on August 6, 1972, in The Bronx, New York. Television viewers know her best as Vertigo in the miniseries Agatha All Along. Much of her own work deals with historical events in Nigeria and with cultural memory. She also looks closely at how Western audiences have viewed and imagined African bodies.

Okwui Okpokwasili shares scenes with Helena Howard on CelebMasta.