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{{short description|Nigerian-born Irish actress (born 2000)}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name= Demi Isaac Oviawe
|name= Demi Isaac Oviawe
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|2000|11|2|df=yes}}
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|2000|11|02|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Benin City]], [[Nigeria]]
|birth_place= [[Benin City]], Nigeria
|residence= [[Mallow, County Cork]], [[Ireland]]
|occupation = Actress
|occupation = Actress
|yearsactive = 2018–present
|yearsactive = 2018–present
|height={{Height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/wow/Two-years-ago-I-was-just-a-normal-schoolgirl-6ca6ab7e-a80f-4b98-bf7c-3a2ee08b2381-ds|title=Two years ago, I was just a normal schoolgirl|website=Echo Live}}</ref>
|height={{Height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-40161738.html|title=Two years ago, I was just a normal schoolgirl|website=Echo Live|first=Colette|last=Sheridan|date=2 January 2019|accessdate=2 August 2021}}</ref>
|known=''[[The Young Offenders (TV series)|The Young Offenders]]'' (TV)
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'''Demi Isaac Oviawe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|m|iː|_|ˈ|aɪ|z|æ|k|_|ə|v|ˈ|j|aː|w|eː}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQsOgtrYOjU|title=unrehearsed scene/infomation about me for vico young offenders|first=|last=Demi Isaac|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> born 2 November 2000) is a [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]]-born [[Irish people|Irish]] actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/the-young-offenders-6-3919604-Mar2018/|title=Linda and Siobhán's audition tapes for The Young Offenders prove that they were made for the show|first=Fionnuala|last=Jones|publisher=}}</ref> She is best known for her role as Linda Walsh in the 2018 [[RTÉ]]/[[BBC]]-produced comedy series ''[[The Young Offenders (TV series)|The Young Offenders]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/young-offenders-set-sights-on-cork-again-466764.html|title=Young Offenders set sights on Cork — again|date=6 February 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
'''Demi Isaac Oviawe''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|v|j|aː|w|eː}} {{respell|ə|VYAH|way}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQsOgtrYOjU|title=unrehearsed scene/infomation about me for vico young offenders|last=Demi Isaac|via=YouTube}}</ref> born 2 November 2000) is a Nigerian-born Irish actress who grew up in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/the-young-offenders-6-3919604-Mar2018/|title=Linda and Siobhán's audition tapes for The Young Offenders prove that they were made for the show|first=Fionnuala|last=Jones|publisher=The Daily Edge|date=23 March 2018|accessdate=2 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="IT">{{cite news |last=Brady |first=Tara |date=18 July 2020 |title='Proudly on the Offence' (Interview with Demi Isaac Oviawe) |work=[[Irish Times]] Magazine |location=Dublin }}</ref> She is best known for her role as Linda Walsh in the [[RTÉ]] and [[BBC]] comedy ''[[The Young Offenders (TV series)|The Young Offenders]]'' (2018–2020).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/young-offenders-set-sights-on-cork-again-466764.html|title=Young Offenders set sights on Cork — again |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date=6 February 2018}}</ref>


In 2017, the Irish Examiner named Demi as one of their annual 'Ones to Watch for 2018'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/2018s-ones-to-watch-465075.html|title=2018's ones to watch|date=30 December 2017|publisher=}}</ref>
In 2017, the ''[[Irish Examiner]]'' named Oviawe as one of their annual "Ones to Watch for 2018".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/2018s-ones-to-watch-465075.html|title=2018's ones to watch |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date=30 December 2017}}</ref>


She appeared on [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|2019 series]] of the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'']].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1207/1015948-young-offenders-star-joins-dancing-with-the-stars/|title=Young Offenders star joins Dancing With The Stars|date=7 December 2018|publisher=|journal=RTÉ.ie|via=www.RTÉ.ie}}</ref> She was eliminated on 17 February, making her the fourth celebrity to be voted off.
She appeared on the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|2019 series]] of the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'']].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1207/1015948-young-offenders-star-joins-dancing-with-the-stars/ |title=Young Offenders star joins Dancing With The Stars|date=7 December 2018|journal=RTÉ.ie|via=www.RTÉ.ie}}</ref> She was eliminated on 17 February, making her the fourth celebrity to be voted off.

==Early life==
Oviawe was born in [[Benin City]] and moved to Ireland at two where she grew up in the [[County Cork]] town of [[Mallow, County Cork|Mallow]]. Oviawe's parents, Joy and Joe, named her after the actress [[Demi Moore]]. They had two sons upon moving to Ireland. Oviawe lost her mother at five and her father at 15, both to cancer. She and her brothers were taken care of by their Irish stepmother Kim Carroll, with whom their father had two more sons, and their paternal uncle Courage.<ref name="IT" /><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://evoke.ie/2020/10/03/entertainment/demi-isaac-oviawe-family|title=Young Offenders' Demi Isaac Oviawe: 'You can never take my culture away from me'|journal=Evoke.ie|date=3 October 2020|accessdate=2 December 2021}}</ref>

Oviawe attended Mallow No 1 National School and then [[Davis College (Mallow)|Davis College]], completing her [[Leaving Cert]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40146530.html|title=Young Offenders star Demi joins the thousands of Cork students collecting their Leaving Cert results|journal=Echo Live|first=Sarah|last=Horgan|date=13 August 2019|accessdate=2 December 2021}}</ref> She first discovered acting at the former when she was cast as Mary in the school's [[nativity play]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40189815.html|title='Mallow is brilliant' — Young Offender Demi Isaac Oviawe defends hometown|journal=Irish Examiner|first=Eve|last=Kelliher|date=14 December 2020|accessdate=2 December 2021}}</ref> At the latter, she played [[camogie]] and [[Gaelic Football]], and starred in school productions of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' and ''[[Sister Act (musical)|Sister Act]]''.<ref name="IT" /> Initially, Oviawe planned to train as a secondary school teacher. However, in 2017 she auditioned on [[YouTube]] for a role in the TV series ''The Young Offenders'', and won the role of Linda Walsh.<ref name="IT" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
|Denotes works that have not yet been released
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===Television===
===Television===
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! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|-
| scope="row" | 2018–present
| scope="row" | 2018–2020
|''[[The Young Offenders (TV series)|The Young Offenders]]''
|''[[The Young Offenders (TV series)|The Young Offenders]]''
| Linda Walsh
| Linda Walsh
| 7 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/the-young-offenders-tv-series-2-3812302-Jan2018/|title=The Young Offenders TV series is being released in just over two weeks|first=|last=DailyEdge.ie|publisher=}}</ref>
| 10 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/the-young-offenders-tv-series-2-3812302-Jan2018/|title=The Young Offenders TV series is being released in just over two weeks|last=DailyEdge.ie}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2019
| 2019
| ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (Ireland)
| ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (Ireland)
| Herself
| Herself
| Irish version <br> Contestant
| Contestant
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
| ''[[Holding (TV series)|Holding]]''
| Aoife
|
|-
|''[[The Restaurant (Irish TV series)|The Restaurant]]''
|Herself
|Contestant<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Elaine |date=3 October 2022 |title=Young Offenders star cooks up a storm in new season of ‘The Restaurant |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40974992.html |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=echolive.ie}}</ref>
|}

===Film===
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!scope="col"| Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| 2020
| ''To All My Darlings''
| Adaeze
|Short<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.movieextras.ie/notices/5891/@@index.html|title=Casting for student short film 'To All My Darlings'|first=Movie Extras|last=Ireland|website=www.movieextras.ie}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
|''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]''
| Anadil
| Direct-to-streaming film<ref name="Oddo">{{cite web |last1=Oddo |first1=Marco Vito |title=First Teaser for 'The School for Good and Evil' Lets You Meet the Coven of Netflix Adaptation |url=https://collider.com/school-for-good-and-evil-teaser-trailer-netflix-kerry-washington-charlize-theron |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=10 June 2021 |date=9 June 2021}}</ref>
|}
|}


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 01:42, 17 November 2024

Demi Isaac Oviawe
Born (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24)
Benin City, Nigeria
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]

Demi Isaac Oviawe (/əˈvjɑːweɪ/ ə-VYAH-way;[2] born 2 November 2000) is a Nigerian-born Irish actress who grew up in Ireland.[3][4] She is best known for her role as Linda Walsh in the RTÉ and BBC comedy The Young Offenders (2018–2020).[5]

In 2017, the Irish Examiner named Oviawe as one of their annual "Ones to Watch for 2018".[6]

She appeared on the 2019 series of the Irish edition of Dancing with the Stars.[7] She was eliminated on 17 February, making her the fourth celebrity to be voted off.

Early life

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Oviawe was born in Benin City and moved to Ireland at two where she grew up in the County Cork town of Mallow. Oviawe's parents, Joy and Joe, named her after the actress Demi Moore. They had two sons upon moving to Ireland. Oviawe lost her mother at five and her father at 15, both to cancer. She and her brothers were taken care of by their Irish stepmother Kim Carroll, with whom their father had two more sons, and their paternal uncle Courage.[4][8]

Oviawe attended Mallow No 1 National School and then Davis College, completing her Leaving Cert in 2019.[9] She first discovered acting at the former when she was cast as Mary in the school's nativity play.[10] At the latter, she played camogie and Gaelic Football, and starred in school productions of Beauty and the Beast, Grease and Sister Act.[4] Initially, Oviawe planned to train as a secondary school teacher. However, in 2017 she auditioned on YouTube for a role in the TV series The Young Offenders, and won the role of Linda Walsh.[4]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2018–2020 The Young Offenders Linda Walsh 10 episodes[11]
2019 Dancing with the Stars (Ireland) Herself Contestant
2022 Holding Aoife
The Restaurant Herself Contestant[12]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 To All My Darlings Adaeze Short[13]
2022 The School for Good and Evil Anadil Direct-to-streaming film[14]

References

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  1. ^ Sheridan, Colette (2 January 2019). "Two years ago, I was just a normal schoolgirl". Echo Live. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ Demi Isaac. "unrehearsed scene/infomation about me for vico young offenders" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Jones, Fionnuala (23 March 2018). "Linda and Siobhán's audition tapes for The Young Offenders prove that they were made for the show". The Daily Edge. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Brady, Tara (18 July 2020). "'Proudly on the Offence' (Interview with Demi Isaac Oviawe)". Irish Times Magazine. Dublin.
  5. ^ "Young Offenders set sights on Cork — again". Irish Examiner. 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "2018's ones to watch". Irish Examiner. 30 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Young Offenders star joins Dancing With The Stars". RTÉ.ie. 7 December 2018 – via www.RTÉ.ie.
  8. ^ "Young Offenders' Demi Isaac Oviawe: 'You can never take my culture away from me'". Evoke.ie. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. ^ Horgan, Sarah (13 August 2019). "Young Offenders star Demi joins the thousands of Cork students collecting their Leaving Cert results". Echo Live. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. ^ Kelliher, Eve (14 December 2020). "'Mallow is brilliant' — Young Offender Demi Isaac Oviawe defends hometown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ DailyEdge.ie. "The Young Offenders TV series is being released in just over two weeks".
  12. ^ Whelan, Elaine (3 October 2022). "Young Offenders star cooks up a storm in new season of 'The Restaurant". echolive.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ^ Ireland, Movie Extras. "Casting for student short film 'To All My Darlings'". www.movieextras.ie.
  14. ^ Oddo, Marco Vito (9 June 2021). "First Teaser for 'The School for Good and Evil' Lets You Meet the Coven of Netflix Adaptation". Collider. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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