Dr. Alex Okoroji is a Nigerian Actress, Multiple Award-Winning Media Personality, Communication Specialist and Creative Consultant - who has reinvented herself at every stage of her creative career as a Performing, Literary and Visual Artist - navigating the world of Art, Media and Entertainment for almost two decades.
She is the Founder & President of The BRAG Media Group, a global creative communications company with several sub-brands. She leads as CEO & Chief Creative Director at The BRAG Media Company LLC - a service arm offering brand consulting, creative services and multimedia communication to clients worldwide. She has dedicated her career to multimedia content development across various applications from film to television to radio, digital media, and print, as an Actor, TV Personality, Talk Radio Host, Speaker, Author, Publisher and Voice Artist. She is also a Brand Communication Specialist who helps high-performing experts around the world, amplify their influence and create a bigger impact with their brands, platforms, message, products or services.
Referred to as "Queen of Expression" for using different mediums of art to empower people with the freedom to express their truth, talent, and personal greatness. Dr. Alex Okoroji is a trusted advisor to individuals and organisations, who want to express their brilliance and successfully REINVENT themselves or their business with the right Content, Creativity and Communication. With expertise in Media and Marketing Communication, and specialised practice in Brand Development & Communication, Media Content Development & Production, Public Relations, Design and Visual Communication. She helps individuals and organisations turn their ideas into reality, working with them to improve their mindset while providing creative strategies to drive brand growth and maximise their message, mission, method, and market visibility.
Dr. Alex Okoroji is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). She is also a member of the eminent G100, a Group of 100 global women leaders where she serves as the G100 Global Chair for Media Arts & Communication - leading the global wing across 100 countries. She has been featured and mentioned in over 250 Media Platforms around the world like Huffington Post, The Guardian, CNN, The Telegraph, Mogul, The Sun, The New York Journal, Fox, ABC, NBC, Market Watch and many more national and international media.
In 2018, she was nominated for "Woman of The Year in Entertainment" at the annual Her Network 'Woman of the Year Award' (HNWOTY). In 2019, she received the "Exceptional Woman of Excellence" Award at the Annual Global Women Economic Forum (WEF) in India and in February 2020 in London, she received the prestigious "SHINE Legacy Award in Media". In 2019, she was named in Opera News as one of the 10 Most Influential Women in the Entertainment industry in Nigeria and also received the award for "Africa Most Influential Creative Consultant of the Year" at the 2020 edition of the Africa Leading Women Award (ALWCA). In November 2020, she was named one of 60 Women to Watch in 2021 by PAW Africa and one of 20 Brilliant Shine-Stars to Watch in the 2021 Shine Magazine Power List.
In July 2022, Alex Okoroji received a Doctorate Degree (honoris causa) from Rai University, India and was conferred a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil).
She has been listed as one of the 'Top 250 Most Influential Women in the World by Richtopia, showing up in 2017, 2018 and 2019 as one of only 5 Nigerians on the list (alongside Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili, Abike Dabiri, Amina J. Mohammed) and joining other women like Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Theresa May, Ellen DeGeneres, JK Rowlings, Melinda Gates, Arianna Huffington, Winnie Mandela, Brene Brown, Yoko Ono, Christiane Amanpour, Sofia Vergara, Madeleine Albright and more powerhouse women - impacting millions of people with their work.
In 2018, Alex Okoroji was invited to join other celebrities and celebrity activists around the world like Serena Williams, Usain Bolt, Demi Moore, David Beckham and Anil Kapoor to add their voices to the CNN Freedom Project - an annual global media campaign against modern-day slavery. She was featured on CNN International in 2018, 2019 and 2020. In March 2019, CNN Anchors, John Vause and Rosemary Church introduced her and shared her #MyFreedomDay message on a 3-Day live TV broadcast.
In 2017, she was honored with a Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador Award as an agent of Positive Change in Nigeria and for her Selfless Contributions to Humanity. She also received the 2017 Peace Achievers Award as 'Media Personality of the Year', and an African Icon Award (2017). She was a recipient of the "Iconic Woman" Creating a Better World at the 2017 Annual Global Women Economic Forum (WEF) in New Delhi, India. In 2016, she was featured as a 'Guardian Woman' on the Front Cover of "The Guardian" Newspaper. She also received a nomination for Upwords Achievers Award (2019) from Upwords Magazine, Kolkata. Alex Okoroji is the 'First African Woman in Africa' featured on the Women Rock Project. She was also named one of 35 Personal Brands To Watch in 2017 (The Global List).
She began acting on Television in 2005 and has over a decade of acting experience well-versed in most aspects of performing - on Television, Film, Theatre, Radio and Voice acting. With training, which includes two years in community theatre, acting training workshops at the New York Film Academy and over 25 productions to her credit. Alex Okoroji is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) since 2006. She was appointed in January 2021 as Senior Special Adviser and served in the President's Cabinet as Director of International Affiliations. She has been involved in different television projects, movies, documentaries, and events. She has performed in movies like CALABAR GIRL, FREEDOM BANK, TRINITY, DESTINY, STATE OF THE HEART, HERO’S BRIDE, WAITING YEARS, THE GUIDE, CAJOLE, etc where she has played both lead and supporting roles.
Alex Okoroji has also played some of the best characters in popular television soap operas and drama series like HEAVEN’S GATE, US, WIVES N' CONCUBINES, RUSH, G.R.A WOMEN, TALES OF EVE, on terrestrial television and popularly remembered as the entitled 'Betty' in the popular TV Soap Opera 'SPIDER' and the feisty lawyer 'Susan' in MNET’S dazzling production 'TINSEL' on DSTV across Africa for three (3) Seasons.
Her voice has graced several Public Service Announcements (PSA), commercials, narrations and jingles for radio and television, as well as podcast intros, animation and games. She has written several scripts for TV Commercials, Documentaries, and award-winning Screenplays for Movies.
As the creator of The NAKED Philosophy and an Advocate for EXPRESSION & Freedom, Dr. Alex Okoroji is a Thought leader and Multi-Platform Ambassador for Transformation - known for her practical wisdom, straight talk, and ability to connect with any audience. She championed the movement for Raw & Honest Expression and uses The Naked Philosophy to help people strip down limited mindsets, and promote FREEDOM while giving people a safe space to have a VOICE and embrace their authentic selves. As a speaker, her fusion of real-life stories, humour, and conversational illustration allows her to engage with an audience at an intimate, intense, and inspiring level. She was spotlighted as a 2015 Global Consciousness Raiser and was RB Magazine Writer of the Season (Spring 2015).
She holds an Executive Master's in International Marketing Communications and studied Mass Communication for her bachelor's. She also has PG diplomas in Media Studies, Acting and Performance, and Creative Writing. She has earned Professional Certificates in Brand Management from the University of London, Marketing and Communications from the International Business Management Institute, Berlin and a certificate in Women's Entrepreneurship from Cornell University. She is an alumna of the Metropolitan School of Business & Management, UK, an associate alumna of the Brand Management course facilitated by the London Business School and a beneficiary of the Bank of America (BofA) Institute of Women's Entrepreneurship Program.
Dubbed the "Oprah of Africa" by many of her guests, and as mentioned in Brazilian National Daily Newspaper "Diario Industria & Comercio" - Alex Okoroji is also the host of a LIVE International Talk Radio Show - THE NAKED TALK w/ Alex Okoroji broadcast LIVE from Africa into New York and syndicated as a podcast on 14 Networks around the world with over 4.6 Million Listens collectively in 150 Hours plus of Unfiltered and Heart-centered Conversations with high-profile celebrity guests, global icons and Influencers around the world like Lisa Nichols, Shawn Anderson, Phillip Galinsky, Tony Wrighton, OT Fagbenle, Richard Mofe Damijo, Mark Saxenmeyer, Ajit Nawalkha and more.
As a celebrated writer, she has contributed to several international publications including The Huffington Post and Newswire and now serves as editor-in-chief of her own global magazine, BRAG! She is also the author of 4 Books - The Naked Truth: Lies Stripped... (2015), Stripped Down Success for Creatives (2016), I Bared My Chest (a Global Anthology) 2017, and her latest Memoir - Uncovered! (2018). She is working to release her fifth book titled - SHIFT! (May 2023).