Genevieve Nnaji
as she is fondly called started her acting career as a child actress in
the then-popular television soap opera “Ripples” at the age of 8.
She was also featured in several commercials, some of which included
Pronto beverage and Omo detergent. In 1998, at the age of 19, she made
her debut in the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most
Wanted.” As an upcoming actress, trying to create a niche for herself,
she went through various minor roles seeking for that opportunity for a
breakthrough.
Genevieve Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos,
the fourth of eight children and was brought up in a middle class
environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a
nursery teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring into the University of Lagos. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood
