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born 1980 Nigeria
Chioma Akpotha (born March 12, 1980, also credited as Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha) is a Nigerian actress, director and movie producer. In 2007, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for "Best Actress in a leading role" for her performance in the movie "Sins of the flesh", and the Afro Hollywood award for best actress in a lead role in 2010.
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"Three rooms in a house – one in which a man believes he is king; two in which he realizes a woman is god!"
"The bag of knowledge I gathered from my early days in the industry brought me back on track. It’s not been easy."
"You should be sure of who you are and who your partner is. That is the first thing and be sure that the love is enough to pull you through."
"I just don’t want to be too careful when I’m dressing. It takes away from the carriage."
"I miss everything about her. My mum was my best friend."
Talking about what she missed about her mother (2018)
"I have done my part. It is time for God to do His."
"For every mountain, you brought me over…For every trial, you’ve seen me through…For every blessing…Hallelujah."
"The greatest lesson I learnt about marriage is to be patient, you don't talk all the time. You've got to do more of listening than talking."
"Although it has been tough raising them, I have been able to handle it, sometimes with the help of my siblings when I’m not available to be with them."
"Luckily for me, I knew him before I got into the movie industry, so there was some sort of understanding and support from him, so it was very easy and he was always encouraging me."
"I feel as if I’m punishing myself. I am being restricted because I have to stay a Christian but this is what I enjoy doing”
"I don’t like talking about my personal life. My age is not known to the public and I am not revealing it because I see no reason to."
Yes, it is my choice, let me clarify that I don’t do that in the real sense of it but I get around it. My focus is always like, what am I telling the people and viewers watching."
Her reason for not interpreting romantic roles in movies (2020)
"Honestly, you don’t have to stop because you can balance both but not with the same speed. So you can be a mum, wife and work as well, though it is not easy but it is important to do it."
"You have to be patient and tolerant."
"Hello, ‘wetin you take old pass me?’ I think it’s because I started off just after I left secondary school, thank God my parents let me do it. Because you see actors everyday on screen, the more you see them, the older they become, and it gets worse for us that get married."
Focus more on yourself, on improving yourself, of being a good person yourself. Focus on you liking yourself, do you like who you are? Be the best you can be and do not wish to be like anyone else.”
"From the get go, it was a beautiful script, so I didn’t object to anything. First we had the first draft which we did a reading for. You know when you read a story; it’s one writer, maximum two or three writers."
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