Gender Equity

Stephanie Linus is an award-winning actress/filmmaker who has starred in more than 100 films and has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress and producer. These include; the Afro-Hollywood Awards, Film Makers USA Award for Excellence, Reel Awards for Best Actress and recently, the prestigious AMVCA Award for Best Overall Movie in Africa and AMAA Awards for Best Nigerian Film for her most recent work - DRY. This comes after her highly successful directorial debut in 'Through The Glass', the country's first box office movie, which set the trend for Nigerian film to be seen in the cinema and then carted away several awards.

In 2010 she joined Hollywood A-list star Meryl Streep for an exclusive stage reading of the play "Seven" at the Hudson Theatre in New York City as part of the Women in the World Conference, opened by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

On a special invitation from the Queen of England, Stephanie was one of the distinguished guests who attended the 2015 Queens Young Leaders Award in Buckingham Palace, where 60 young people across Commonwealth Nations were honoured. As an avid campaign supporter, Stephanie met with England's Queen Elizabeth II and other dignitaries at the Palace.

Beyond her work as an actress, she is passionate about women's rights, and she is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Ambassador on Maternal and Reproductive Health for West and Central Africa. Stephanie is also passionate about raising her voice against electoral violence. In March 2016, she spoke alongside other world leaders like the First Female U.S. Secretary Of State, Madeleine K Albright and the Canadian First Lady, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, at the #NotTheCost Conference in New York in her capacity as the NDI's Celebrity Ambassador for the 'STOP Violence Against Women In Elections' campaign. She was awarded Nigeria's fourth highest award, Member of the Order of the Federal Republic.