Ito Aghayere is a Nigerian, Canadian-American actress popular for her television role in Carol’s Second Act. Her other popular roles are on Broadway in Junk and Hamlet and the film Familiar. She was nominated for an Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Award. Her major roles are on Star Trek; Picard in 2022, Logan Lucky in 2017, and Carol’s Second Act released in 2019. Ito is estimated to have a net worth of $1 million from her successful acting career and investments.
Career Life of Ito Aghayere
Ito began her acting career by playing a role in Night Home in 2010, and Wet Behind the Ears in 2013 and this paved the way for other roles as her schedule was busy from there. Thus was an episode on Orange is the New Black, The Knick, three episodes of The Unforgettable in 2014, TV series Forever, Brain Dead for an episode, and Elementary and Falling Water in 2016. In 2017, she was featured on the tv series The Blacklist, Doubt, Mater of None, Logan Lucky, Instant, Goldie and Right Song Wrong Chord.
Carol’s Second Act was shot from 2019 to 2020 and she played her role for 18 episodes. Her recent projects were Fear the Night as Noelle in 2023 and Chicago Med as Elise Thompson for an episode in 2024. The role on Familiar got her a nomination for an Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Award. Ito has also landed minor roles like in the 2017 action film Logan Lucky where she plays an FBI Agent featuring Seth MacFarlane. She was a co-star in the comedy series Carol’s Second Act starring Scott Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer.
Who is Ito Aghayere?
Ito Aghayere was born in Alberta, Canada although her parents are Nigerians, and grew up in Toronto, Rochester, New York, and Canada. After attending high school, she graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University. She is a 5’7, dual citizen with three passports, and can speak Chinese, Mandarin, and French.
Ito engages in public conversations like recently she was part of a Q&A in the Rubenstein Arts Center Theater and she enjoys talking to students about acting and the history behind it. She is passionate about educating and helping new actors navigate the acting and entertainment industry. Currently, she doesn’t seem to be seeing anyone and that’s according to her social media status. Ito has black hair and eye color, weighs around 125 lbs., is slim, and is 5 feet 6 inches.
Growing up, she was from a strict family that was conserved on what they were watching and one of the shows allowed included Star Trek; The Next Generation being a fan of Star Trek, she always knew she would love to be on TV as an actress, especially on the series. When she landed a role on Star Trek; Picard, it was a dream come to reality most unexpectedly. Ito is not so active on social media although she has a page on Instagram that she rarely posts on.