Faith Ridge was born and raised in West Africa, Nigeria, to Veronica Obi-Ridge and Joseph Brown Ridge. Her father was half English and half African, with a Caucasian ancestry. Faith is the third of six children; she has two sisters and three brothers. Faith has always had a love for acting, fashion, and music; and was a choreographic dancer and singer at the International Gospel Center in Africa, where she traveled statewide with groups for gospel performances and recordings for various artists. Some of her group performances were aired over African Broadcasting Networks and European satellites for the nine years she performed which started as a teen. Faith moved to Chicago to go to college for a Business degree, and while in college she fell in love with the city and made it home. She has strong interest in acting and has worked as a principal talent in Planet Dead, Fraternal Nightmares, and various commercials; all filmed in Chicago and Wisconsin, IL. She has also worked as a featured and non-featured talent in the American drama series, The Chicago Code (2011), the crime, drama series, Boss (2011-2012) with Kelsey Grammar, Mob Doctor (2012-2013), One Small Hitch (2015), Contagion (2011), The Vow (2012), Underemployed (2012), Shameless (2011), and more.