Genevieve Nnaji ( born on 3 May 1979) is a Nigerian actress, producer, and director, model, and businesswoman.

She is the first nollywood actress to won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005.  she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contributions to Nollywood in 2011.

Real Facts About Genevieve Nnaji

• Full name: Genevieve Nnaji
• Born: 3rd May 1979 (43 years in 2022)
• place of Birth: Mbaise, Imo State
• State Of Origin: Imo State
• Nationality: Nigerian
• Parents: Mr. Theophilus Nnaji, Mrs.Benedatte Nnaji
• children: Theodora Chimebuka Nnaji (daughter)
• Alma mater: University of Lagos
• Occupation: Actor, director

Genevieve Early Life & Education

Genevieve was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Southeastern parts of Nigeria, but grew up in Lagos. she is fourth child from the family of eight children, she was raised in a middle-class family in lagos .

Her father, Theophilus Nnaji, worked as an engineer, while her mother, Benedatte Nnaji, was a nursery school teacher.

Genevieve attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before proceeding to the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.

Genevieve Nnaji Career

Nnaji started her acting career as a child actor in the then-popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8. In 1998, at the age of 19, she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie Most Wanted. Her subsequent movies include Last Party, Mark of the Beast, and Ijele. In 2010, she starred in the award-winning film Ijé: The Journey. She has starred in over 200 Nollywood movies.

Genevieve Nnaji is also a women’s activist. She advocates for Nigerian girls to be able to have a say in who they choose to marry. She is against early marriages for the girl child. She is strongly against the abuse of women in society. Genevieve says she is a strong advocate for social justice.Further, Genevieve Nnaji is a strong feminist. She states her type of feminism is the woman who has the right to make her own choices and do whatever she feels like.

Genevieve Nnaji Filmography

• Farming
• Lionheart
• Road to Yesterday
• Half of a Yellow Sun
• Doctor Bello
• Sacred Lies
• The Mirror Boy
• Bursting Out
• Tango with Me
• Ijé: The Journey. And so on.

Gevevieve Nnaji Discography

Album

• One Logologo Line (2004).

Geveieve Nnaji Networth

According to reports online, Genevieve Nnaji has an estimated net worth of $10.5 million which is equivalent to over N3.8 billion.

Nnaji is Nollywood’s first billionaire. She got this status after Netflix bought her movie Lion Heart for $3 million.

Nnaji is considered as one of the richest and most influential actresses in Nigeria today.