GENEVIEVE...Her name ring a bell in every bodies head and by everybody i mean both old and young; because she has left a bold footprint of a her's in Nollywood's sand of time...............
ABOUT HER
Genevieve Nnaji, MFR was born May 3, 1979'she is an actress in Nigeria's movie industry (NOLLYWOOD) . In 2005 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. CNN states that she is referred to as the "Julia Roberts of Africa". WHAT A GREAT NAME HAS ACQUIRED FOR HERSELF AND HER FATHER'S LAND..............
Genny as she's called in the industry was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. The fourth of eight children she was brought up by her father who worked as an engineer and her mother as a teacher. She attended the Methodist Girls College Yaba before heading onto the University of Lagos commonly reffered to as the school of first choice and nations pride {WHO KNOWS HOW TRUE THAT IS?} and it all started from there.
She started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8.[10] In 1998 at the age of 19 she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most Wanted. Her subsequent movies include Last Party, Mark of the Beast andIjele. In 2010 she starred in the award winning film Ijé: The Journey. Nnaji has starred in over 80 Nollywood movies. Genevieve Nnaji is considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Nollywood. In 2004 she signed a recording contract with EKB Records, a Ghanaian record label, and released herdebut album One Logologo Line, a mix of R&B, Hip-Hop and Urban music
Nnaji has received several awards and nominations for her work, including the Best Actress of the year award at the 2001 City People Awards and the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2005 African Movie Academy Awards.She Nnaji has featured in several commercials some of which include Pronto beverage and Omo detergent. In 2004 she became the "Face of Lux" in Nigeria in a highly lucrative sponsorship deal. 2008 saw Nnaji launching a clothing line, "St. Genevieve", which donates its proceeds to charity.In May 2010 she was appointed to be the official "Face of MUD" in Nigeria.......
She is a mother, a model and a mentor all roled into one
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