Biography

Ida Onyango was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1984. At the age of 4 years, Ida and her mother followed Ida's musician dad Benji Bendrix who had moved to the United States to attend University at California State University, Stanislaus a year earlier. Ida started singing at an early age and by the time she was 6 she joined on stage her musician parents singing and dancing traditional songs for University crowds and people at farmers markets in Turlock, CA.At age 8 Ida's dad enrolled her in the John Robert Powers School of modeling in Stockton, CA where she learned a few things about the glamour life.

Career:
At the age of 10 Ida started singing and performing on her own and attending showcases where she won some and lost some. At the age of 13 she was spotted singing at a school function by a Hollywood Producer who signed her to a recording contract for three years. Under this producer Ida blossomed and made several potential hit songs. The lack of finances to promote and market Ida was frustrating and at the age of 15 she temporarily switched from music to acting. After several TV and Film jobs as an extra she finally landed a recurring role on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” where she worked in 48 episodes playing the character “Georgia Delgado”.

In 2002 at the age 18 she was cast in the movie “Tears of the Sun” starring Bruce Willis where she played the character of “Lasana”, a rape victim. Refreshed from the two year lay-off Ida picked up music again and has never looked back. In 2005 Ida visited her home country Kenya where she was received very well. While there, she worked with top Kenyan producers who produced her collabo work with top Kenyan Artistes. She also shot two music videos: “Nairobi” and “Make it Hot” off of her sizzling sophomore Album, NAIROBI.

Ida continues to bridge the gap between the young and the old with her style of music in which she blends R&B/Hip Hop with Pop and World music. Ida Onyango, now 27, is a vivacious young woman who has already taken the people in her stratosphere by storm and is ready to take on the world. This beautiful young lady has been leaving audiences in awe with her soulful singing and dazzling performances. She has built up an impressive resume with performances in festivals, school concerts, Performing Arts Conservatory public showcases, Jingles, and movie skits. A natural songwriter and composer, Ida blends her creative abilities with her music to form a style that is unique and truly refreshing. A singing virtuoso in her own right, with good guidance and a great management team behind her, the sky is the limit for this young performer.

In 2006 her hip party song “Don't Stop” won the Kisima Awards for Boomba Female, and was nominated in 2007 for Best Female Video and Best East African Video in South Africa's Channel O Music Video Awards. Ida is currently in the Studio working on new material under her husband Lovy Longomba’s production company “Badman Production” that is rumored to take her to the next level.

Current and future movie offers:

AMR Films has locked in their choice of Ida as their leading lady in their feature film CHEZA tentatively scheduled for shooting in  late Summer of 2011. This dramatic thriller will be shot in Kenya and Los Angeles. For a synopsis of Cheza click here.  Other Kenyan actors expected for significant roles in this movie are: Benjamin Ochieng, Tears of the Sun, X-Files, General Hospital and Kwame among others and American Film Industry newcomer Chris Kamau.

Ida is also rumored to be cast in a Richard Jones Production, AMANI which will be shot in New York and Kenya in Spring 2011.

In 2010 Ida played a part in the short Film MIND TRICKS written and directed by her father Benji Bendrix in which she played Dr. Stanley Peters’ secretary, Wendy. Ida also acted in the feature film JUST ANOTHER TIME IN THE CONGO, written and partly directed by Said Kakese Dibinga in which she played a fierce, no nonsense, lady Ambassador.