Check Out What These 14 Nollywood Actors Are Into Before Becoming Popular(Photos)

 In Todays post we would be talking about 14 Nollywood Actors Are Into Before Becoming Popular.

1. Chizzy Alichi

Chizzy Alichi is an entrepreneur before discovering her talents in acting.

The actress came from a poor family background.

She joined Nollywood in 2010 by chance. She randomly joined the Actors Guild of Nigeria, applied for a movie role and got her first ever shot as an actress in a movie titled Magic Money featuring Mercy Johnson and Bob-Manuel Udokwu. The turning point of her career came with the movie Akaraoku, which means "hot akara", in 2016, Directed by Yul Edochie. The movie poster went viral on social media when people assumed the actress was an akara seller. She has featured in more movies as a result in 2017.

Today she has a large fan base and married to a rich business man.

2. Jim Iyke

After his schooling, he moved to Lagos to hustle just like an average Nigerian man struggling to earn a living.

After years of hustling, he was convinced to venture into his dream as an actor.

Jim Iyke began acting in 2001. As of October 2013, he was one of the highest paid actors in Nollywood, and he has appeared in more than 150 films.

He started a movie production company, Untamed Productions in 2007, and also has his own music record label, Untamed Records. His first album, titled Who Am I?, featured some of Nigeria's top musicians, such as TuFace Idibia and Sound Sultan.

3. Mercy Aigbe

Mercy Aigbe has so far had a successful career in the Nollywood industry, best known for her roles in Yoruba movies. Her acting career began in 2001 when she joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) and started attending movie auditions, playing minor roles in movies. After her graduation from the university, Mercy Aigbe joined the industry full time and became a professional actress. She has acted in more than 100 Nollywood movies which include Satanic, Afefe ife, Okanjua, Atunida leyi, Igberaga, Ihamo, Ìpèsè, Iró funfun, Mafisere, Oju ife, Ile Oko mii, etc. She acts mostly in Yoruba movies.

4. Osita Iheme And Chinedu Ikedieze

The two short but matured comedians had gone to a popular hotel in the heart of Enugu for audition only to start glaring at each other in the presence of other artistes.

And like Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, the duo of Osita and Chinedu formed the centre of attraction during the audition.

They in fact turned into living characters for the directors present, even as a smart producer shortly afterwards invented a script featuring the two with a title, Aki na Ukwa (Two Mischievous Kinds). The movie expectedly launched the two into the entertainment world and ever since then, they continued to rise with an increasing record of movies both locally and abroad.

Recently, Daily Sun visited the actors at their Enugu home where they shared their experiences. Chinedu is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Enugu while Osita is currently a second year student of Mass Communication at Enugu State University. Although they have so much excelled in comedy, these talented actors now crave for more challenging roles, noting that mischief is not the only thing they dramatise:

Osita rose to fame when he featured in the movie, Aki na Ukwa alongside Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) in 2003.

Today both actors are extremely rich despite coming from a poor family background.

5. Ngozi Ezeonu

Shortly after completing her diploma, Ngozi worked as a journalist for a few months, working as a radio anchor at Radio Lagos. She then left the station and joined EKO