Stella Damasus

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Stella Damasus (born April 24, 1978 in Benin City ), also known as Stella Damasus-Aboderin , is a Nigerian film actress who is also active as a singer .

Life

Stella Damasus grew up in Benin City. Stella Damasu's mother was an opera singer and encouraged her daughter to sing in the church choir and take part in school theater performances from an early age. Stella Damasus studied theater at the University of Lagos , her mother encouraged her to pursue a career in the entertainment business . She names Cicely Tyson and Jack Nicholson as her role models. Stella Damasus made her first film appearance in 1992 in the film Abused . She appeared in a total of over 70 films. Her best-known films include Emotional Pain (2003), Two brides and a baby (2011) and Affairs of the Heart (2016). In the film Between , she also took over the film production for the first time .

The actress married early and has three children. Her first husband Jaiye Aboderin died when she was 26 years old. She had just made the film The Widow at the time and many of the viewers assumed that it was their own story of suffering. However, Jaiye Aboderin only died after the shooting was over, so there is no autobiographical background to this film. Stella Damasus remarried after the death of her first husband, was divorced and is currently married to her third husband, Daniel Ademinokan.

Stella Damasus has received multiple awards for her roles. Among other things, she received the African Culture Image Award in 2016 for her role as Vivienne in Affairs of the Heart . In 2009 she was nominated for Best Female Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards . In 2007 she received the Nigerian Entertainment Awards for Best Nigerian Actress. Stella Damasus is currently considered one of the most influential actresses in Nigeria.

Individual evidence

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