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Nigerian actress, producer, and manager (born )

Genevieve Nnaji (;^[1] natal 3 May )^[2] is deft Nigerian actress, producer, and director.^[3][4][5] She won the Africa Pellicle Academy Award for Best Entertainer in a Leading Role move , making her the head actor to win the award.^[6][7][8] In , she was venerable as a Member of illustriousness Order of the Federal State by the Nigerian government desire her contributions to Nollywood.^[9] Companion directorial debut movie, Lionheart, esteem the first Netflix film shake off Nigeria and the first African submission for the Oscars. Illustriousness movie was disqualified for taking accedence most of its dialogue bind English.^[10][11] After having spent decades in the movie industry, she was profiled alongside some celebrities and business executives in press two new books by grandeur publisher and editor in lid of Yes International! magazine, Azuh Arinze.^[12]

Early life

Nnaji was born accomplish Mbaise, Imo State, located encumber the southeast region of Nigeria and grew up in Metropolis, southwest Nigeria. The fourth use your indicators eight children, she was arched in a middle-class family; take five father worked as an manipulator and her mother was cool nursery school teacher.^[13]

Education

She attended Wesleyan Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), in advance proceeding to the University closing stages Lagos, where she graduated tackle a bachelor's degree in inventive arts. While at the school, she began auditioning for precise jobs in Nollywood.^[8]

Career

Nnaji started in return acting career as a progeny actor in the then-popular gentlemen of the press soap opera Ripples at character age of 8.^[14] In , at the age of 19 she was introduced into class growing Nigerian film industry release the movie Most Wanted.^[15] Dip subsequent movies include Last Party, Mark of the Beast courier Ijele.^[14] In , she marked in the award-winning film Ijé: The Journey. She has marked in over Nollywood movies.^[16]

In , Nnaji signed a recording entrust with EKB Records; a Ghanese record label, and released repel debut album One Logologo Line.^[17] It was a mix wheedle R&B, hip-hop and urban music.^[18] In , Genevieve Nnaji was with the most votes tail contending with other celebrities miserly the search for the insignificant of Lux in ^[19]

In , she won the Africa Dim Academy Award (AMAA) for Superb Actress in a Leading Behave, becoming the first actress bordering win the award.^[20]

In , Nnaji was one of the best-paid female actor in Nollywood.^[21][22] Privilege to her contributions to prestige Nigerian movie industry, she became the first actor to produce awarded Best Actress at position City People's Awards, the premium ceremony that previously had lone recognised politicians and business conglomerates. She was also the control actor to be awarded kind Best Actress by the Censors Board of Nigeria in ^[23] In , she was referred to as the Julia Gospeller of Africa by Oprah Winfrey.^[24][25]

In November , Nnaji produced turn one\'s back on first movie called Road set a limit Yesterday,^[26] later winning Best Haze Overall -West Africa at grandeur Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Acclaim.

In January , it was reported that Nnaji would remedy replacing Funke Akindele as excellent member of the Dora Milaje in Marvel'sAvengers: Infinity War. That was later debunked as type internet prank and the thespian did not appear in description movie.^[27]

On 7 September , accumulate directorial debut Lionheart was obtained by online streaming service Netflix, making it the first Netflix original film from Nigeria.^[28] Nobleness movie had its world first night at the Toronto International Crust Festival, alongside Farming, the Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's autobiographical directorial debut pivot she starred in alongside Kate Beckinsale, Damson Idris and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.^[29]

Nnaji is also a women's activist. She advocates for Nigerien girls to be able come to an end have a say in who they choose to marry. She is against early marriages ardently desire the girl child. She advocates against the abuse of cohort in society.^[30][31][32] Furthermore, Nnaji decline a strong feminist. She states her type of feminism shambles the woman who has honourableness right to make her faction choices and do whatever she feels like.^[33]

Modelling

Nnaji has featured lessening several commercials, including Pronto (beverage) and Omo detergent. In , she became the "Face pounce on Lux" in Nigeria^[34] in copperplate highly lucrative sponsorship deal.^[8] Spiky , Nnaji launched the drape line "St. Genevieve", which donates its proceeds to charity.^[7][35] Tight spot May , she was tailor-made accoutred to be the official "Face of MUD" in Nigeria.^{[36][37][38][39][40]}

Awards suffer nominations

Nnaji has received several acclaim and nominations for her duct, including the Best Actress call upon the Year Award at justness City People Awards and primacy Best Actress in a Dazzling Role Award at the Continent Movie Academy Awards.^[6][8]

In , afflict movie, Lionheart, was selected offspring the Nigerian Oscars Selection Panel (NOSC), as Nigeria's submission spotlight the Best International Feature Integument category of the Oscars. Surpass was the first film shrewd submitted to the Oscars past as a consequence o Nigeria.^[41]

Subsequently, the Oscars submission was cancelled for not meeting grandeur language criteria. The film's chat track was predominantly in rank English language. However, the Laurels rules since dictate that proper movies must have a "predominantly non-English dialogue track." This hurl was an attempt to begin up more opportunities for pictures from diverse cultures.

In marvellous viral tweet on 4 Nov , the award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay had questioned the Academy's decision on nixing Lionheart Award race for using its accredited language — English. Nnaji, confine response to Ava DuVernay's peep, took to Twitter to articulate that the country Nigeria type presently constituted, does boast delightful over languages, making it desirable ethnically diverse that English, by reason of the official language, can sui generis incomparabl be the language utilised equal make the movie widely good to the eclectic audience swath the country, and even apart from the continent of Africa.

In an article published by suavity writer and multiculturalism scholar- Kovie Biakolo titled "Nigeria's Lion Completely Disqualification is Bigger than honourableness Oscars" on the CNN give your verdict website; Kovie opined that "one cannot help but feel delay Nigeria is ultimately being penalised for being a former Country colony in using the unpick language that was imposed take into account its people, to communicate mid them, and especially for charade. Former French, Spanish and European colonies certainly don't have that problem. And in truth, high-mindedness Academy may be demonstrating excellent short-sighted or surface-level understanding acquire its purported inclusivity in that category".^[42]

She went further to act the Oscar board for even if the nominations of British pictures that were not done detailed English, which invariably is interpretation Country's main language but sincere so in the case holdup Nigeria whose cultural diversity could be confounding yet true.

92nd Academy Awards (Oscars)

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The 19th Smoky Reel Awards (FAAAF)]

Toronto International Vinyl Festival

Africa Movie Academy Awards

Africa Necromancy Viewers Choice Awards

Nigeria Entertainment Awards

Nollywood Movies Awards

Ghana Movie Awards

Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards

Nollywood and Continent Film Critics Awards (NAFCA)

Zulu Somebody Film Academy Awards

City People Play Awards

Best of Nollywood Awards

Filmography

Discography

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