Biography
Chioma Antoinette Umeala is a South African-Nigerian actress. She was born on 17 July 1996 in Johannesburg.
She trained at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy, and the Indigo View Academy for Advanced Actors. Umeala made her film debut in the student short Look Closer (2017) and her stage debut in the production Scene at Joburg Theatre (2018). She played Ayo in the BET Africa series Isono (2020–2021).
Umeala is known for her role as Tara in the film The Woman King (2022). She appeared as Nojiko in the series One Piece (2023) and as the Bartender in Novocaine (2025).
