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The surprising aspect of the post was that Nnaji looks younger than her actual age.
Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress, producer, and director, has captivated her fans. With her new look surfacing on her Instagram reels after her birthday in May, fans believe the 45-year-old is aging backward.
In several posts that have dominated social media trends, Nnaji posted a video of herself driving on a road that was not clearly visible, despite her reflective sunglasses. The surprising aspect of the post was that Nnaji looks younger than her actual age.
Based on this, fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to discuss why Nnaji might be aging backward.
Notably, Nnaji started her acting career as a child actor in the popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8. In 1998, at the age of 19, she was introduced to 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 200 Nollywood movies.
In 2004, Nnaji signed a recording contract with EKB Records, a Ghanaian record label, and released her debut album One Logologo Line. It is a mix of R&B, Hip-Hop, and Urban music. In 2004, Genevieve Nnaji won the most votes after competing with other celebrities for the search for the face of Lux.
In 2005, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) for Best Actress in a Leading Role, becoming the first actress to win the award.
In 2009, Nnaji was one of the best-paid female actors in Nollywood. Due to her contributions to the Nigerian movie industry, she became the first actor to be awarded Best Actress at the 2001 City People’s Awards, an award ceremony that previously had only recognized politicians and business conglomerates. She was also the first actor to be awarded Best Actress by the Censors Board of Nigeria in 2003. In 2009, she was referred to as the Julia Roberts of Africa by Oprah Winfrey.
In November 2015, Nnaji produced her first movie, Road to Yesterday, which later won Best Movie Overall – West Africa at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.
In January 2018, it was reported that Genevieve would be replacing Funke Akindele as a member of the Dora Milaje in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. This was later debunked as an internet prank, and the actor did not appear in the movie.
On 7 September 2018, her directorial debut Lionheart was acquired by online streaming service Netflix, making it the first Netflix original film from Nigeria. The movie had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, alongside Farming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s autobiographical directorial debut, where she starred alongside Kate Beckinsale, Damson Idris, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Genevieve Nnaji is also a women’s activist. She advocates for Nigerian girls to be able to have a say in who they choose to marry and is against early marriages for the girl child. She is strongly against the abuse of women in society. Genevieve says she is a strong advocate for social justice. Furthermore, Genevieve Nnaji is a strong feminist. She states her type of feminism is the woman who has the right to make her own choices and do whatever she feels like.
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Enoch Oyedibu
I am a writer and investigative journalist who specialises in literary criticism and underrepresented narratives. Among other publications, I have been featured in Business Day Nigeria, TheICIR, Platform Times and Daily Nigerian. Right now, I work as a full-time staff writer for Unconventional Magazine.
