Fading Faces In Nollywood

The following are the Nollywood fading stars as they are hardly seen on the screens these days. They include:

Susan Patrick: The Akwa Ibom State-born actress hit it big when she played the role of a snake girl in Sakobi, a movie produced by Zeb Ejoro, but her career went off the rails following the death of her Police Officer husband, Dan Patrick in June 2006.

Since then, she could not regain the form that made her an instant hit. Other movies she featured in include Between Love, Put It On Me, Total Control, Disciples of Death, Agony, and Love Is Blind amongst others.

Chiege Alisigwe:  Tall and pretty Chiege who had a very brief marriage with her Police husband came into the limelight after starring alongside Ramsey Noah in the block buster movie My Love. Although she got other movie roles, none pushed her nearer than where she was and she had not appeared in movies for the past six years.

Saint Obi: Once the hottest hunk in Nollywood, Saint Obi hardly gets a mention in movie circles these days. He was to revive his dying career with his movie, True Colours, but nothing has been heard of him.

Charles Okafor: Charles ruled the screen in the 1990s. He is perhaps best known for his role as “Agu’ in the 1990 epic movie, Igodo. For over seven years now, the Threatre Arts graudate of University of Port Harcourt has been inactive and seems to have faded away.

Liz Benson: This talented damsel was the most sought after actress in the 1990s, now married to Bishop Great Ameye of Freedom Assembly, Jesse in Delta State. She  reportedly told her colleagues that as much as she loved acting, she would only act in movies that project her Christian faith.

Liz came into the limelight via Fortunes, a 1993 soap and the popular home video, Glamour Girls. Among some of the movies she starred in include Most Wanted, Inheritance, Diamond Ring, Stolen Child, Tycoon, Dead End, Body of Vengance,s etc.

Nkiru Sylvanus: Launched into prominence through her emotional role in A Cry For Help. Although she studied Medicine at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, she quickly blossomed and became one of the most recognisable talents on the circuit. She has starred in other films like Out Of Cage, Evil Forest, Egg Of Life,  etc. Today, she is an Aide to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.

Clarion Chukwura: Like Liz Benson, she is one of Nollywood’s early front runners. She made her breakthrough with her role in Money Power, an Ola Balogun’s movie in the early 1980s. The talented actress has featured in over 80 flicks including Oduduwa, Valentino, True Love, Abuja Connection, Abela Pupa, Egg Of Life. These days, her appearance in movies are less regular.

Pete Edochie: He is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors going by movie awards he has garnered. He came into limelight in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all time best selling novel, Things Fall Apart, but the fact now is that Pete seems to have gone into oblivion as Ola Jacobs seems to be playing the roles he normally played.

He had starred in movies like Billionares Club, Greatest Harvest, Rejected Son, Super Love, Tears In The Sun, Tunnel Of Love, When God Says Yes, Battle Line, etc.

Sola Sobowale: She hit prominence with the Awada Kerikeri group headed by Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello) and is remembered for her role in Asewo To Be In Mecca. She is a cross over artiste who had starred in such flicks as : Dangerous Twins, Madam Dearest, Okun Oko Somida, Emotional Tears, etc. Since leaving for London last year, she had not featured in any new flick.