5 Nigerian Actresses Who Were Hot in Their Youth

5 Nigerian Actresses Who Were Hot in Their Youth (Pictures)

They are definitely still very hot, now imagine what they would’ve looked like at the peak of their careers. These are a few of the numerous fine faces we had gracing our TV screens from way back.

Rita Dominic

Rita Dominic is a multiple award-winning Nollywood producer, actress, and model. She is also a television personality and investor. She is also a philanthropist and investor as well as co-founder and president of The Audrey Silva Company.

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She is regarded by many as the most talented actress in Nollywood and is also among the most successful and richest performers in Nigeria. Her current role is as an ambassador to Glo the telecommunications company. She is the director of Rita Dominic productions.

Rita Dominic is unique in comparison to other top-selling artists from Nigeria in the 21st century. It’s no surprise that she’s on the very top of most wealthy actresses in Nigeria.

Rita Dominic is a member of the family Royal Nwaturuocha of the Aboh Mbaise local government area in Imo State.

She is the eldest among four siblings. Her parents, who died in the past, were health professionals. Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a nursing assistant.

Dominic was a student at the highly regarded Federal Government College Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, before heading to the University of Port Harcourt, where she earned a BA (Honours) degree in the field of Theatre Arts in 1999.

 

Genevieve Nnaji

Genevieve Nnaji started her acting career as a child actor in the popular television soap drama “Ripples” at the age of eight. She also appeared in commercials in various forms that included Pronto drink and Omo detergent. In 1998 at the age of 19 years old, she dug her first foray into the booming Nigerian film industry, with the film “Most Wanted.” As a young actress looking to establish a niche for herself in the industry, she slogged through several roles in minor roles looking to make the big break.

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Her subsequent movies–“Last Party,” Mark of the Beast,” and “Ijele” (which is still thought to be among her greatest dramatic performances to date)–brought her to the forefront as an icon to be adored and admired by a lot of.

The name of her character became an iconic household word and her image became the dream of every girl. She appeared in 2002 appeared in the film Sharon Stone (2002) and her popularity spread beyond the borders of Nigeria to the remainder of Africa as well as several European countries. It is said that because of the craze, Genevieve reinvented the Nigerian film industry, introducing Nollywood to the world at large.

Genevieve is equally appealing to Kenyans, Liberians, South Africans as well as Ghanaians who love to watch Nigerian home-grown videos both in their homes and at the international level. Genevieve has taken the market to new areas today.

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Ini Edo

Her acting career began in 2003 when she made her debut on The Thick Madam. Ini Edo was found by a producer during the audition she took. Her breakthrough was in 2004 when she appeared as a character in World Apart. She has been in more than 100 films. She received a “Best Lead Actress” nomination at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards for her role in the film “While you slept”

Ini Edo However, in 2017, Ini Edo she made it clear that only passion, hard work, and determination can take an actor to the very top of the Nollywood industry since there are numerous distracting factors. However, she emphasized that with perseverance, one can make it there.

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Stephenie Okereke

Currently, Stephanie Okereke Linus (born Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke on 2 October 1982) is a Nigerian actress, film director, and model.

She has received numerous nominations and awards for her acting career and director, including her 2003 Reel Award for Best Actress and the award for Best Actress in 2006, Afro Hollywood Award for Best Actress as well as three nominations for the Best Actress in a Leading Role during the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005, 2009, and 2010. The actress was the runner-up in The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty contest in 2002. In the year 2011she received the honor in 2011 The Nigerian government of the national award in the form of Member of the Order of Federal Republic, MFR.

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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade was first introduced to acting while accompanying a fellow on an audition. Her first performance was in the movie Venom of Justice written by Reginald Emere. She played the role of the lead on the screen. Her first big role came on the screen in Mortal Inheritance (1995), in which she was the role of a sickle cell patient fighting for her life despite the slim chances of survival. Since the film, she has been featured in numerous films, such as Games Women Play, Blood Sisters, All My Life, Last Wedding, My Story, The Woman in Me and many more.

In her role for her role in The Mortal Inheritance, She was awarded “Best Actress in an English Speaking Movie” as well as “Best Actress Overall” at the 1997 Movie Awards. It was her first time as the youngest actor from Nigeria at the time to be awarded this award.

In the latter half of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, she appeared in numerous sequel films that included Lost Kingdom IIKosorogun II as well as Blood Sister II and earned her a major success distinction at the Global Excellence Recognition Awards in 2004. She was awarded the award for best actress in a supporting role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005.

After having shot around 300 video films, Jalade received her first film part in the movie ” Ije. The film was shot in places in Jos as well as the United States. ” Ije” was the highest-grossing Nollywood film of the time and was overtaken by The Phone Swap (2012). In 2012, she starred in the Nollywood thriller, Last Flight to Abuja which became the second-highest-grossing movie in West African cinemas in 2012.

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