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Check Out Kate Henshaw’s Thriving Life
Kate Henshaw is one of the most talented and sort after actresses to have surfaced in the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood and she is no doubt one of the most successful.
She was born on 19th July 1071 in Calabar, Cross River State. She is the first child in a family of four children. She had her primary and secondary education in Lagos and Calabar respectively and later enrolled at University of Calabar for a remedial studies, after which she proceeded to University of Lagos where she bagged a degree in medical micro biology and later worked at the Bauchi State General hospital.
Kate entered the world of acting in 1993 when she auditioned for an acting job in the movie titled “When The Sun Sets” , she was handed a role which was her very first appearance in a major Nollwood movie. Since then, she had featured in about 50 movies.
In 1999, Kate Henshaw got married to British born Roderick James Nuttai. In 2000, she gave birth to a baby girl, Gabrielle, in 2011, the couple reportedly filed for divorce.
Kate Henshaw, who was one of the vocal voices at the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign, on June 2015 suffered some property loss after her Lekki home caught fire and burnt almost everything in the house. That same year, she contested for the House of Representatives position, but sadly failed in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries. Later in the year, she was appointed by the Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade as the special adviser Laison, Lagos.
She is a brand ambassador for Globacom, the award winning actress who is a judge on the Nigeria’s Got Talent, is also the face of Onga seasoning, she landed a major endorsement deal with Samsung Mobile Nigeria in 2013. She won the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) 2008 for best actress in a leading role.
In 2015, Kate Henshaw won the City People Entertainment Nollywood Face of the year Award and in 2016, she won the City people Entertainment special Recognition Award’.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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