Amarachi Okorom

Amarachi Okorom

Amarachi Okorom is a Nigerian-born Igbo actress and spoken word poet. She grew up in Auckland, New Zealand until moving to Melbourne in 2013, where she studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Technology. She spent most of her time pre-COVID working at the Wyndham City Libraries and being involved in Wyndham Edge sessions.  

Amarachi currently works with WEYA as a Support Artist and a member of our Leading Edge Ensemble. She is also a Writer in Residence with Lonely Company, developing a play about identity and pre-colonial Nigeria, and was featured in the Queen Victoria Women Centre’s Home Truths series. Outside of her commitments she is usually practicing and perfecting her spoken word skills and writing stories.