Uche Mac-Auley

Uche Mac-Auley, also formerly known as Uche Obi Osotule, is a Nigerian writer, movie producer and a veteran actress. Mac-Auley can be described as a veteran actress and one of the pioneers of the Nigerian movie industry. Mac-Auley began acting Nigerian movies long before it became as structured as it is today. A Guardian print media described Mac-Auley as a timeless actress and a quintessential thespian . Mac-Auley debuted into the Nigerian movie industry with the 1991 Nigerian TV series titled Checkmate which was produced and directed by the now deceased veteran producer Amaka Igwe where she played a significant role as a character named Nkemji, as the village “beauty queen” and featured alongside Nollywood actors such as Richard Mofe-Damijo, Norbert Young, Francis Agu, Bimbo Manuel, Kunle Bamtefa, and Binta Ayo Mogaji. In the book titled The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres, by American author Jonathan Haynes, Mac-Auley was cited amongst the earliest faces to appear in the Nigerian movie industry before it was structured as well as a pioneer of the Nigerian movie industry. Mac-Auley took a long break from acting] to become a children story book writer but returned to acting in 2016 when she featured in a movie titled Mid-Life. Mac-Auley asides being an actor is also a children story book writer, movie script writer and movie producer and has produced the movies; Dangerous Twins, Sins of my Mother and In a Lifetime.