Ngozi Onwurah daraktar finafinai ce a Burtaniya da Najeriya, furodusa, samfuri, kuma malama ce. An fi saninta da suna 'yar fim don fim ɗinta mai suna The Body Beautiful (1991) da fim dinta na farko, Maraba II da Terrordome (1994). Aikinta yana nuna abubuwan da ba a tantance su ba na Diasporaan Baƙin Diasporaasashen Waje waɗanda suka taso da ita. Ngozi Onwurah an haife ta a shekara ta 1966 a Nijeriya ga mahaifin ta ɗan Nijeriya, kuma mahaifiyar ta farar Biritaniya, Madge Onwurah. Tana da yayye biyu, Simon Onwurah da Labour mai wakiltar Chi Onwurah . Tun tana ƙarama, mahaifiyar Onwurah ta tilasta wa ƴaƴanta gudu daga Najeriya don gudun yaƙin basasar Najeriya . Sun gudu zuwa Ingila, inda Ngozi da Simon suka yi yawancin lokacin yarintarsu. Girma a cikin galibi fararen fata, Onwurah da dan uwanta sun jimre da cin zarafin jama'a da wariyar launin fata, wanda ya samo asali daga asalinsu na asali da rashin mahaifinsu. Onwurah ta fara karatunta na fim ne a makarantar St. Martin's of Art a London . A ƙarshe ta kammala karatun shekaru 3 a Makarantar Fim da Talabijin ta inasa a Beaconsfield, Ingila.