The romantic life of Genevieve Nnaji is one which has been shrouded in a lot of secrecy.
In the past, the tasteful thespian has been linked with a couple of men including former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar.
However, all those have been basically on a speculative level, as nothing really concrete has been confirmed between Nnaji and the Turakin Adamawa.
The maze surrounding the romance of Nnaji, however took a new dimension when she recently shared the picture of herself sitting with a white man identified as Steven.
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Since the picture, there have been several angles to the story. Some people have already reached their own conclusion saying that Steven is the man after Genevieve’s heart. Others have even speculated that Nnaji has had a secret marriage with Steven.
Another sect who prefer not to speculate are asking the thespian a direct question about the identity of the man in the picture.
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It is not strange for some of Nigeria’s finest entertainers to mingle with white guys. Some of Nigeria’s top models have been known to settle with white men. If this is the line Nnaji has decided to follow, then we wish her good luck.
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 where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.
Nnaji started her acting career as a child actress 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 80 Nollywood movies.
Nnaji is considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Nollywood. Due to her contributions to the Nigeria movie industry, she became the first actress to be awarded Best Actress at the 2001 City Peoples Awards, the award ceremony that previously had only recognized politicians and business conglomerates. She was also the first actress to be awarded as Best Actress by the Census Board of Nigeria in 2003.
In 2009, she was referred to as the Julia Roberts of Africa by Oprah Winfrey.
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