Genevieve Nnaji Celebrates 20 Years In Acting
Written by MAX FM on January 2, 2019
Famous Nigerian actress, Genevieve Nnaji is celebrating 20 years in acting today. it’s been twenty years since the beautiful actress and film maker joined nollywood.
Genevieve Nnaji shared this photo and wrote:
“As 2018 comes to an end, I mark 20 years in the art of film making. I’m grateful for my life, journey, and growth thus far. I’m happy I could celebrate with you through a product that embodied all of me, mentally and spiritually; for all of your pleasure.
May 2019 be our best year yet.
��Happy New Year!”
Genevieve Nnaji is a Nigerian actress, producer and director. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award.
In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood. In 1998 at the age of 19 she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most Wanted”.
In November 2015 Nnaji produced her first movie called Road to Yesterday , [18] later winning Best Movie Overall-West Africa at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards .
On September 7, 2018 her directorial debut “Lionheart” was acquired by online streaming service Netflix marking it the first Netflix original film from Nigeria. The Movie has its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
