Early life and education
Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, but grew up in Lagos. The fourth of eight children, she was brought up in a middle-class environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery school teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring to the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.