Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has revealed that only he and his two sisters are alive from his immediate family.
The 58-year-old stated this on Saturday in the caption of an Instagram post bearing a picture of him, his late parents and older brother, and younger sister.
“My lineage. My father, Mr Donatus Onyekwere, My mother , Ezinne Isabella Onyekwere, my elder brother, John Onyekwere (the boy is good) and my younger sister, Chinasaokwu. Cordelia was not born as at this time, 1965/66. To God be all the glory, it’s just me and my sisters that are still in this land of the living. I am a full ORPHANAGE, having lost both parents and only brother,” he wrote.
Born Anayo Onyekwere in Mbaise, Imo State, Kanayo O. Kanayo made his debut movie appearance in the 1993 classic Living in Bondage.
He has starred in multiple movies including Occultic Altar, Occultic Mission, Occultic Battle, Family Battle, Up North and Living in Bondage: Breaking Free.
A 2018 law graduate of the University of Abuja, he was called to the Nigerian bar in September 2020.