Damarea Ogbuewu
Damarea Leah Ogbuewu(Simplified Chinese:文涵; born August 8,2005), better known in China as Chen Han is a Nigerian-American influencer, model, singer-songwriter, author, and motivational speaker of Chinese descent. She began her acting career in 2021 after she landed the lead role in the remake of The Karate Kid remake. In November of 2021, she began modeling, leaving behind her acting career and leaving the cast. (See Awards of Damarea Ogbuewu). She rose to fame after landing the lead role of Yemi Adeyemi in A Promise in Africa, a 2021 movie.
Early Life and Education
Damarea Leah Ogbuewu was born in Columbia, South Carolina to an American-Chinese parent, and an African, specifically Nigerian dad. Her mother is a physician and her dad was a consultant. Through her father, she claimed Nigerian decent. Her father immigrated to the United States in the year 2000 from Greece after traveling from Nigeria. She was given the nickname Hui (Clever, intelligent)because of her intellect and creativeness. Her younger sister came two years after her. Han was raised in a town called Irmo until she moved to Shanghai, China at the age of four. Since then, she recalled becoming an exchange student to foreign countries. During this time, she learned three languages fluently, later learning her fourth language. She attended Pine Grove Elementary School for two years, and then attended Concordia International School Shanghai until the year 2015 when she moved back to South Carolina to attend a school in Columbia. In 2019 she attended Dutch Fork High School in Irmo South Carolina and then Dreher High School in 2020 before moving back to China. This time she moved to Beijing.
2020-2021: Breakthrough
In 2020, Ogbuewu signed with a film company in Africa, which led to her breakthrough in the acting industry. She was announced as the lead of the nonfiction film, A Promise in Africa, (2021) of the role Yemi Adeyemi. The movie took place in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2021 Sony announced her as the first African-American female lead of The Karate Kid franchise. Two months later, she left the cast of the movie. In April, it was implied that she was the newest member of K-Pop group, Blackpink, which initially had four members.
Personal Life
