Nancy Isime

Nancy Isime is a Nigerian television host, actor and producer known for creating and executive-producing The Nancy Isime Show, hosting major Nigerian entertainment programmes and events, and appearing in the Netflix series Blood Sisters and Shanty Town.

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About Nancy Isime

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Nigeria · Television host, Actor, Producer

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Known for: Nigerian television hosting; Talk-show production; Nigerian screen acting
Country: Nigeria

Television host
Actor
Producer

At a glance

Isime created and executive-produced The Nancy Isime Show, which was publicly announced in 2019.
Her hosting credits include The Headies and the third season of The Voice Nigeria.
Netflix lists her among the casts of Blood Sisters and Shanty Town.
She won The Future Awards Africa Prize for On-Air Personality (Visual) in 2017.

Background and entry into entertainment

In a 2017 interview, Isime said she is from Esan in Edo State and studied through a six-month basic course at the University of Port Harcourt and a Diploma in Social Work at the University of Lagos. She said she entered entertainment through ushering work, moved into modelling and won the Miss Valentine International beauty pageant in 2009.

Television hosting and production

Isime's public profile has been shaped by hosting and programme production. She won The Future Awards Africa Prize for On-Air Personality (Visual) in 2017, co-hosted The Headies in 2019 and the 2020 edition held in 2021, and hosted the third season of The Voice Nigeria alongside Toke Makinwa. In 2019, she announced The Nancy Isime Show as a programme she created and executive-produced.

Screen acting

Alongside her work as a host and producer, Isime has established screen credits in Nigerian drama. Netflix identifies her as a cast member of the limited series Blood Sisters and the drama series Shanty Town.

Timeline

2009 Won the Miss Valentine International beauty pageant, according to her 2017 interview.
2017-12-09 Won The Future Awards Africa Prize for On-Air Personality (Visual).
2019-10-19 Co-hosted The Headies ceremony with Reminisce.
2019-10-26 The Nancy Isime Show was publicly announced, with Isime described as its creator and executive producer.
2021-02-21 Co-hosted the 2020 edition of The Headies with Bovi; the ceremony was held in 2021.
2021-03-27 Hosted The Voice Nigeria Season 3 alongside Toke Makinwa.
2023 Appeared in Netflix's Shanty Town.

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Current context

Isime's official website describes her as the creator, executive producer and host of The Nancy Isime Show, and describes the programme as running from 2019 to the present and being in its fifth season. This is a self-published professional-site claim. The reviewed source set did not include independent broadcaster or distributor confirmation of the programme's current season or distribution status.

Biographical facts

In a 2017 first-person interview, Isime said she is from Esan, Edo State, Nigeria.
In the same 2017 interview, Isime said she completed a six-month basic course at the University of Port Harcourt and a Diploma in Social Work at the University of Lagos.
Isime said she entered entertainment through ushering work, later became a model and won the Miss Valentine International beauty pageant in 2009.
When The Nancy Isime Show was announced in 2019, Isime described the programme as created and executive-produced by her.
Netflix lists Nancy Isime among the cast of the limited series Blood Sisters.
Netflix lists Nancy Isime among the cast of the Nigerian drama series Shanty Town.