#birthday. Ebele Okaro was born on 19 January 1964 in London and raised in Enugu State, southeastern part of Nigeria.She began acting while attending the Santa Maria Primary School and continued while at Nsukka's Queen of the Holy Rosary Secondary School where she wrote her Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE).She has become known as the "Mama of Nollywood"and has earned the respect of both fans and colleagues.Ebele always knew she wanted to become an actress. Spread from Facebook.