Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji is 39 today. The popular Nigerian born actress started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8.
In 1998 at the age of 19 she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most Wanted” and since then her career has been on a steady rise!
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Checkout some things about her that you probably never knew..
- She was born in Mbaise, Imo state but grew up in Lagos.
- She is the fourth of eight children
- She attended Methodist Girls’ college, Yaba
- She started acting as a child actress at age 8
- She is considered to be the best paid Nollywood actress
- She was the first actress to be awarded as Best Actress by the Census Board of Nigeria in 2003
- Her clothing line “St. Genevieve”, donates its proceeds to charity
- She has a Bachelor’s degree in Creative arts from the University of Lagos
- She has a daughter.
- In 2004 Nnaji signed a recording contract with EKB Records, a Ghanaian record label, and released her debut album One Logologo Line
- She produced her first movir “Road to Yesterday” in November, 2015
- In 2009, she was referred to as the Julia Roberts of Africa by Oprah Winfrey
- In 2011, She was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood