2011 Recap Series: Nollywood Actors and Actresses

This is a series of what  happened with some of Nollywood Actors and Actresses in 2011. Here is just a recap of their achievements, awards, recognition, movie premieres and many more. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly... Enjoy!!

INI EDO

1. Mercy Johnson - She really made news this year with her Traditional and White wedding to Prince Okojie. Her news was on every headline both Prints, Magazines and Online. She was the number one buzz maker in Nollywood this year. Right from the preparation till the end, the news about her wedding was everywhere. After the successful wedding in  Recently in the news, it was said that she got blind at a movie location. Her publicist debunked the story and said it was a rumor that she is on a movie location in Lagos and getting set for her trip to Australia in a matter of days.
2. Rita Dominic - The Beautiful actress was the Co Host for The Headies (Hip Hop World Awards) with Ace Producer and Rapper Eldee The Don.
3. Chinedu 'Aki'  Ikedezie - The other half of Pawpaw got engaged recently to his wife Nneoma.
4.  Funke Akindele - who started her career in 'I Need to know' series back in the days has risen enormously by the choice of many movies and also becoming brand Ambassador for companies  like GLO, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service and she just got an endorsement deal with KLIN Detergent. After the release of OMO GHETTO Pt 2, she premiered her movie in October 2011 'The return of Jenifa' which sold over 7 million on its first week at the Cinemas.
5. Olu Jacob and Joke Silva - These couples are the most respected couples in the Movie Industry as at today. Mrs Jacobs clocked 50 in October and her husband of 25years renewed their vows on her 50th birthday at Freedom Park, Broad street Lagos Island. Romantic couples you say.. Olu Jacobs also got a National award on Sunday November 13th,  2011 from  Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan the  conferred award of Member of the Federal Republic (MFR)
6. Ini Edo -  Truly, she had the year rosy for her. She landed her self in a multi million naira endorsement deal with Rebecca Hair Product makers of Noble Hair, also a GLO Ambassador. She premiered her new Movie 'I'll take my Chances' in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, September 24, 2011. She also won Best Actress in Nigeria at the 2011 ZAFAA Awards.
7. Tonto Dike -  The Screen Goddess has many tongues wagging this year with her enormous Mermaid Tattoo on her back.
8. Odunlade Adekola - The Yoruba Actor  was announced earlier this year as a GLO Ambassador for Africa's Biggest Tele-communication Company.
9. Uche Jombo - The Beautiful Nollywood Actress premiered her movie ' Damage' this year a on July 31, 2011 at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos/ And she also premiered the movie in Houston, USA and New York.
10. Kunle Afolayan - The Yoruba Actor joined other celebrities as one of the GLO Ambassadors  earlier this year with Odunlade Adekola. Phone Swap’ is the new feature film by award winning actor/director Kunle Afolayan. Fresh off the critical and commercial success from his last offering ‘The Figurine’’, any project Kunle touches turns into gold and this clip already looks like a surefire winner. Starring sultry Nollywood diva Nse IKpe Etim, screen legend Joke Silva, Wale Ojo and Ghanian Lydia Forson.
    



KATE HENSSHAW AND HER EX HUSBAND

11. Kate Henshaw - The Nollywood Actress, Face of Onga ambassador and former GLO Ambassador clocked the Big ''40' in July 2011. She threw a lavish party (organized by Elizabeth R) and wined 'n' dined with family and close friends. Her colleagues in Nollywood were not left out. Love that she is brave enough to embrace her age publicly. Recently her Marriage of 12 years hit the rocks. Painful! But she has moved on..
12. Jim Iyke - The Nollywood Actor Jim Iyke has come to terms with the fact that, he has a serious anger problem and such needs help. Is it refreshing  he has realized he has anger problems and he is doing something about it by taking anger management classes.
13. Stephanie Okereke - Nollywood star LG Ambassador, Face of Kanelekon Hair Products, VVF Advocate Stephanie Okereke covered the October Edition of The Complete Fashion Magazine along side  Bez Idakula. And she also received a National Award on November 13th , 2011.
14. Nse Ikpe Etim - Nse Ikpe-Etim has been in the entertainment industry since age 18 when she anchored a show on NTA. Her first movie role was in Venom of justice 2 after which she has acted in various movies including the Nollywood BIG hit movies, Reloaded and Guilty Pleasures, where she acted as Ramsey Nouah's wife. She is Fast becoming a face to reckon with in the movie industry. She has featured in so many movies Phone Swap, Same Page Stage Play and others. She won Best Actress at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards in Lagos.

        Other Nollywood Actors and Actresses also got the National award from the President are:

Kanayo O. Kanayo	Artist	Private	MFR
Iheme Osita	Artist	Private	MFR
Amaka Igwe	Artist	Private	MFR
Stephenie Okereke	Artist	Private	MFR
Genevieve Nnaji	Artist	Private	MFR

Pictures: All the Glam and Glitz at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards

Nollywood Actress Bimbo Thomas

The 2011 Edition of Best of Nollywood Awards took place at  Lagoon Restaurant, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday November 11, 2011.

Among the Winners were Susan Peters, Matse Uwase who won Best Radio Presenter but Kenny Saint Brown picked it up on her behalf, Muyiwa Ademola, Eniola Badmus, Nse Ikpe-Etim​, Efe Tommy of Excite TV, and others. See the winners list HERE

YEMI SOLADE

KUNLE AFOLAYAN

SUSAN PETERS (R)

L: DAYO ADENEYE D1

UCHE JOMBO AND URU

SUSAN PETERS AND BIMBO THOMAS

L: BEVERLY NAYA

Damage Movie still in Popular demand at the Cinemas

The movie which grabbed the headlines few months back when it premiered has resurfaced again on the front burners. A movie by the charming screen idol, Uche Jombo, Damage needs no introduction as it has been tested to be a true work of art as it has been shown in many parts of Europe and America.

By popular demand, the movie will be showing at the prestigious Genesis Deluxe cinemas, Lekki, Lagos from the 11th November, 2011.

Watch the Trailer Here


Damage is one of the very few to have had several premieres in different continents of the world. The train has moved from Nigeria to countries like England and in many cities in the United States of America.
It would be recalled that the movie premiered first on the 31st July this year and made its way to the cinemas five days later.

Actress Uche Jombo started her sojourn into the make believe world more than ten years ago, when asked about the movie and the level of success the movie has made in several cities of the world, she said ’’ I would like to take all the glory but I don’t think it was about me. I am very proud of what we have achieved; there is no better word to describe how I feel when I see the level of success it has achieved in the past months’’.

Damage features other prominent Nollywood stars like Tonto Dikeh, Kalu Ikeagwu, Basorge Tariah Junior and others.

The movie damage presents the case of love and domestic violence in marriages. The movie is about the story of a man (Kalu Ikeagwu) and his wife (Uche Jumbo) who loves each other immensely, but their way of presenting this love to each other is by engaging in violent fights almost on a daily basis and this had a serious psychological effect on their kids.

Directed by Moses Inyang, Damage is a movie that beams the search light on the issue of love and how it should be applied in relationships.