Yvonne Orji

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Facts of Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Orji is a Nigerian-American actress who is famous for her role as Molly in the HBO American-comedy drama television series Insecure.

Married, Husband

Yvonne was dating Emmanuel Acho who is a former American football linebacker played in the National Football League (NFL) and is currently working as an analyst for ESPN. 

The couple affair started in May 2018 and soon after they began dating, she got engaged to her then-boyfriend Emmanuel. They called off their engagement at the end of February 2019 before they became husband and wife.

Here is a picture of Yvonne Orji and Emmanuel Acho sharing a sweet moment in prayer back to the time when they were together.

She announced her break-up in an episode of her podcast Jesus and Jollof with author Luvvie Ajayi. 

In the same podcast, she also revealed that even after her break-up, she is happy not at all sitting around depressed, sad or crying. 

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Yvonne follows Christianity and wants to remain a virgin until she gets married. 

She also revealed that she did not sleep with Acho and believes that due to lack of sex is what has allowed making her clean emotional and spiritual break forms Acho.

Here is an interview of Yvonne where she talks about her show about being a virgin, her strict parents, her show Insecure and many more.

The rumor about Yvonne being pregnant is false as she has said on several occasion that she is still a virgin and will only have sex after marriage.

Net Worth

Yvonne has an estimated net worth of around more than $500 thousand. 

She has earned a massive salary from acting on series Insecure where she is cast as a lead in the series. 

However, her income in the series is not disclosed. 

She also revealed that she got the role in Insecure without any agent, manager and any acting experience.

She has made an appearance in few episodes in other TV shows such as Love That Girl (2011), Sex (Therapy) with the Jones (2013), Jane the Virgin (2017) and Flip the Script (2017).

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She also acted in the movie Night School in 2018 and played as Maya which was made on a budget of $29 million and was a massive hit in the box office and was able to collect $103.1 million.

She will be leading in the movie Spontaneous along with Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Hayley Law, Piper Perabo, and Rob Huebel. Yvonne Orji will be seen playing as Agent Rosetti.

She also bought a house from her hard-earned money on January 2011. 

She posted on Instagram about her purchasing her first house captioned as 

“NEW YEAR, 

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They are fashion designers and former child actresses and began their career when they were young.

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Yvonne has landed book deals with Flatiron Books, and her new book will be published as titled “Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams (and 20 Lessons I Learned Along the Way). 

The release date for the book has not been set.

Info and Highlights

  • Yvonne nationality is Nigerian-American, and she is of mixed ethnicity.
  • Her height is of 5 feet 7-inch-tall, and her weight is 57 kilos.
  • Her birth sign is Sagittarius.
  • She has naturally black hair.
  • Her eyes are dark brown.
  • Yvonne celebrates her birthday, December.
  • She was born Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 1983.
  • The details about her parents are not available, but her mother name has been revealed and is Celine Orji.
  • She has three other siblings, all brothers and two of them are twins.

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