Nollywood Actress Omar Nnadi Interview.

Omar Nnadi's work on the hit shows, “World of Lust”, “Delicate World and Nowadays” and “Illuminati” have gained her a lot of respect in Nollywood, and by the looks of her resume that hard work has paid off. Her quest for professional excellence took her to the New York Film Academy, shortly after her youth service in 2008.

She returned to the country few years later to re-launch her acting career, and since then, she has not looked back. In this engaging interview, she talks in depth about her career.

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 Nothing much has been heard about you. Did you decide to maintain a low profile?

It’s not because I wanted to maintain a low profile. If you look at our country, we are Africans and we have a culture. There are things that do not agree with the way one is brought up.Everything has to do with your background. I was brought up in a way that I didn’t need to be loud or to seek attention. You have to let your work speak for you. Genuinely, acting has always been my passion. I have always loved to act. And I’m not into acting because I want to be famous.

No, I am into acting because I have a strong passion for it. But the only disadvantage is that acting comes with popularity, fame and loss of one’s privacy.Becoming famous is something that denies one his or her rights of privacy. Naturally, I am a very private person. I don’t like people to pork nose into my affairs. I like keeping things to myself and I don’t like to be in the public domain.

That way, things can work out for me; People always believe that nothing works in the entertainment industry; no husbands, single mothers, crashing of celebrity marriages everyday and other negative things.

But all these things depend on how you project yourself. That’s why it looks as if I’m a bit quiet in the industry. I can’t hide forever. But there are some things I still believe should be private.

In the cause of finding your feet in the industry, were you tempted to use money to induce producers in order to get juicy roles in movies or ‘sleep’ your way to the top?

I don’t need to pay a producer in order to star in his movie. My work speaks for me. Somehow, it’s the reason my growth in the industry has been very slow.

It’s not false when you hear these stories that some actresses either sleep or pay their way to the top. I believe that they way you climb the ladder of fame, is the same way you would climb down from it.

But when you allow your works to speak for you, you don’t need to pay for anything. They would be the ones coming for you, and that’s what I am currently experiencing.

They are coming for me, not because I have paid my way to the top. People are wondering how I was able to make it to the top. They forget that I have been there for 12 years, struggling to have my break in the industry. I cannot sleep with a man because I want a favour from him. That’s not my style.

I have to be in love with you before I can agree to sleep with you. My family members can attest to that. In terms of money, why would anyone pay for a role? That’s something I will never subscribe to.  There are some actresses that did not tread that path, yet they are on top of their games today. I’m one of them.

 Could you share one of your worst experiences on a movie set?

It was one time I was casted for a role and I showed up on set. The producer believed in my craft but when the director saw me, he refused to go ahead with the production.His argument was that I didn’t fit into the role. It actually dragged for hours as he insisted that a fair-complexioned, flashy-looking lady should be casted for the role.

I felt bad as I went into my car and cried my eyes out. While all these things were happening, the producer was not around. But the director kept calling her, insisting that I should be dropped.But the producer  refused to listen to his complain. At the end of the day, I was allowed to be part of the production. The face-off really affected me.

Surprisingly, when the movie finally came out, the producer was impressed that I did not disappoint her. The director was short of words when he saw my performance in the film. It was an experience I would never forget in my life.

Have you thought of dating a Nollywood actor?

Nobody knows tomorrow. I will not say, I cannot date a Nollywood actor. But I have not felt anything strong for any Nollywood actor. So, if I have not felt anything strong for them now, when will I do that? Honestly, I see them as my colleagues.

 If any of them propose to you, wouldn’t you accept him?

But most of them are married.There are still bachelors among them

I will never date or marry a man that I am older than. I have never done that before now, and I will never do it. That’s my slogan.

 How many times has your heart been broken by a guy you loved?

Only once.

What happened?

I was naive and still growing up. It got into me then, because I was very young. It happened that the guy I was dating then, whom I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with, was married. Somebody broke the sad news to me that he actually travelled out of the country to marry his girl friend who was based abroad.

When I heard the news because I was enjoying the relationship, I broke down for nearly two years. Later, he returned to me, attempting to lie. But I wouldn’t give him a second chance as I picked the broken pieces of my life and moved on. That happened when I was in year one in the university. But I am wiser now. I hardly give my all in a relationship again.

 What would you consider your weakness in a relationship?

I want my man to always be in constant communication with me. If I am dating you and you don’t communicate frequently with me, it not only makes me to feel bad, it equally makes me to withdraw from you. But some girls don’t care. May be, it is because I am not the kind of lady that dates two men at the same time. So, if I’m dating a guy, I give my all in the relationship. I want a situation where I can always pick up my phone and put a call to my man.

 How close are you to tears especially when someone you love hurts you?

It flows freely. If I’m hurt, I cry like a baby. And once I do that, it goes away with the tears.

 Don’t you have a crush on any Nollywood actor?

I don’t. This is because I don’t allow myself to get too close to them. Except when I am on the same movie set with most of them. After the production, we hardly relate again.

 Have you ever been carried away while playing a romantic scene?

Of course, I get carried away sometimes if I am into a role. But I’m this kind of person that once the director says cut, everything disappears from my head.

 In the process of playing a romantic role, would you allow the actor you are paired with, to grab your breasts, as required by the script?

I will not expose my boobs on set, not to talk of allowing any actor to grab them. It has to do with my dignity and pride as a woman.

Do you cherish your boobs so much?

It’s not only my boobs. I also cherish every part of my body.