Some of the most popular Nollywood actors like Genevieve Nnaji started their acting career as children in the 90s and early 2000s. This video below lists five Nigerian actors who started acting before they were eighteen in movies and TV series.
1. Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve started acting at the age of 8 in the TV soap opera, “Ripples” in 1998. She then featured in a few TV commercials including one for ‘Omo’ detergent and ‘Pronto’ beverage.
2. Regina Daniels
She starred in her first movie, “Marriage of Sorrow”, at the age of 7 but became more popular after appearing in the 2010 movie, “Miracle Child”.
3. Olumide Oworu
The funny actor, most famous for his role as Tari on the Johnsons first started acting when he was only 6 years old on the TV series, “Everyday People”. He appeared in the series for eight years before moving on to another TV series.
4. Sharon Ezeamaka
She started acting at the age of 5 in the 1997 movie, “Narrow Escape”. She became more popular for her role in ‘Dear Mother’.
5. Williams Uchemba
He has never disclosed his age but he started acting as a child in 2000 and became popular after acting alongside Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs and Ramsey Nouah in “The Journey of the Dead”.
