Patti Boulaye, born Patricia Ngozi Ebigwei is a singer, actress, painter, choreographer, producer, wife, a proud mother of two children who left Nigeria for the UK aged 16.
Patti last week, received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire, OBE, from HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
The award however was not in recognition of her services to entertainment but to charity in the UK and Africa.
Patti first hit it big in the entertainment scene while on a sightseeing tour in the UK when she mistook queue for Hair auditions as the queue for Madame Tussauds. S
he got a job and that is how launched her career in entertainment.
She became prominent after her appearance on popular 70s TV show New Faces, where she made history as the first contestant to receive maximum points from the judges.
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