Genevieve Nnaji
Actress & filmmaker
Biography
Genevieve Nnaji is the face of Nollywood’s golden era. She started acting as a child, won Africa’s top acting award in 2005, and in 2018 made history when Netflix bought her directorial debut, Lionheart.
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- 1998
Genevieve appeared in the TV soap Ripples as a child and made her film debut with Most Wanted in 1998.
- 2004
Face of Lux soap in Nigeria from 2004
- 2005
She started acting as a child, won Africa’s top acting award in 2005, and in 2018 made history when Netflix bought her directorial debut, Lionheart.
- 2018
In 2018 she directed, co-wrote and starred in Lionheart, a comedy about a woman saving her father’s bus company.
Quick facts
How old is Genevieve Nnaji?
She was born on 3 May 1979.
What was Lionheart?
Her 2018 directorial debut, Netflix’s first original film from Nigeria.
Why was Lionheart disqualified from the Oscars?
Because most of its dialogue is in English, while the category required mostly non-English dialogue.
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