Eme Ufot Ekaette haifaffiyar 21 ga Yuli 1945 ta fito ne daga Nduo Eduo-Eket, a cikin jihar Akwa Ibom. Tana auren Obong Joseph Ufot-Ekaette tun shekara 1971. Eme tayi karatun farko a Banham Memorial School, Port Harcourt tsakanin 1952 da 1958. Ta halarci Kwalejin Queen's, Lagos tsakanin 1958-1963 da kuma Queen's School, Enugu tsakanin 1964 da 1966. Ekaette ta sami B.Pharm (Hons) a Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo, Ife a 1970. Masanin harhaɗa magunguna, Mace 'yar siyasa, Politan siyasa, Tsohon makeran majalisa An zabe ta a matsayin Sanata mai wakiltar mazabar Akwa Ibom ta Kudu ta Jihar Akwa Ibom, Nijeriya, inda ta fara aiki a ranar 29 ga Mayu 2007. Ita 'yar jam'iyyar PDP ce. Bayan ta hau kujerar sanata a watan Yunin 2007, an nada Ekaette zuwa kwamitocin Mata da Matasa, Bashi na cikin gida da na waje, Lafiya da Muhalli. A cikin tsaka-tsakin tantance Sanatoci a watan Mayu na 2009, ThisDay ta lura cewa ba ta dauki nauyin kowane kudiri ba amma ta nuna jajircewa ga Kwamitanta na Ci gaban Harkokin Mata.