Blessing Effiong, a happily married mother of 2 daughters, studied Theatre Arts at the University of Calabar, had a career in cat-walking that took her across several cities in Europe, USA and South Africa.

She started acting in 2003 with the movie "Before the Vow" giving her a break into the movie industry. Her first professional movie was titled "Bleeding Heart". She has won for herself few awards such as, the Best International Drama Award at the 2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival and also represented Nigeria at the top model competition in Lebanon in 2003.