She later developed a deeper appreciation of the arts and went on to the University of Port-Harcourt where this love and her own talents matured into something that all appreciate today. 

 

Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Waturuocha, known widely as Rita Dominic has in all areas lived up to her billing as one of Nigeria's foremost actresses. 

 

She first appeared on screens in such TV programs as Children's Variety and Junior Opinion. As time went by and her profile grew, she started receiving invitations from the most successful directors in the Nigerian Film industry leading to her first movie appearance in A Time To Kill (1998). 

 

From then till now, Rita hasn't looked back and has won the respect and hearts of colleagues, fans, rivals, critics and the press alike. Rita is one of those actresses who can truly capture a role and breathe life into a script. 

 

To her credit, she has played many diverse roles and has escaped being stereotyped into a particular character/role unlike some of her not so lucky colleagues.

 

 Her appearances with Jim Iyke have formed what would go down in history as Nollywood's greatest duo. They starred together in countless pictures and had so much chemistry together on screen the world believed they were in a relationship.

 

 When the ban came, Rita was not even in the initial list- this was surprising considering her high earning counterparts were almost all involved. This was mostly because Rita has always stayed away from doing more than she can handle. Recently, the love scene in Total Control caused a lot of stirs.

 

 Many were convinced Rita was nude in that scene. Nollywood is known for unconvincing love scenes, scenes where people after making love get out of bed in their cloths. The scene from Total Control changed that. 

 

The scene was so real many people's eyes popped. Michael Jaja used the camera well and a brilliant Rita Dominic helped make it possible. Some of Rita's most recent works include Faces Of Africa, Signs Of Time and Total Control. 

 

A true gem to Nollywood in particular and Nigeria in general, Rita is definitely a role model worth emulating for upcoming Nigerian actresses. Viva Rita.