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Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Nwaturuocha
(born 12 July 1975) is a Nigerian actress. In 2012, Rita Dominic won the  Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Rita Dominic is a multiple award-winning Nollywood actress, producer, model, television personality, investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Audrey Silva Company. She has been regarded as one of the best industrious actresses in Nollywood and also one of the highest-paid actresses in Nigeria. Rita Dominic is currently a GLO Ambassador and the CEO of Rita Dominic Productions.
Dominic is a member of the Royal Nwaturuocha family of Aboh Mbaise local government area in Imo State.Rita Dominic is the youngest of four children. Her late parents were health care professionals, and her father was a medical doctor and mother, a nursing officer. Dominic attended the prestigious Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, before heading to the University of Port Harcourt, where she graduated with a BA (Honours) Degree in Theatre Arts in 1999.

Rita Dominic started performing as a child, appearing in school plays and children's television shows in Imo State. In 1998, she starred in her first movie, A Time to Kill.Over the years. She produced a lot of movies. The therapist, light in the dark, bound, the blindspot and Desecration. Over the years, she has gotten a number of honours. She also won the top actress in a movie titled" The meeting" in the year 2013 and 2017. She won the best actress in the Tv series. Rita Dominic won the City People Awards in 2004 as the Most Outstanding Actress. Rita Dominic has starred in over 100 Nollywood productions.

On 5 April 2022, Dominic announced her engagement to Daily Times publisher Fidelis Anosike for the marriage slated for 18 and 19 April. On 19 April 2022, Dominic and Anosike did their traditional wedding in Imo State, Rita Dominic's state of origin.
In November 2022, Rita Dominic held her white wedding with Fidelis Anosike in England, in attendance were Kate Henshaw, Chioma Chukwuka, and others.