Genevieve Nnaji wa born May 3, 1979 in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the fourth of eight children and was brought up in a middle class environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College Yaba, Lagos before transferring into the University of Lagos. While at the university, Genevieve began auditioning for acting jobs amongst the many Nollywood projects.
Nnaji started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8. In 1998 at the age of 19 she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most Wanted”. Her subsequent movies include Last Party, Mark of the Beast and Ijele.
In 2005 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
In 2010, she starred in the award winning film Ijé: The Journey. Nnaji has starred in over 80 Nollywood movies. Genevieve Nnaji is considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Nollywood. In 2004, she signed a recording contract with EKB Records, a Ghanaian record label, and released her debut album One Logologo Line, a mix of R&B, Hip-Hop and Urban music.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Most Wanted | ||
| 1999 | Camouflage | with Ramsey Nouah | |
| 2001 | Love Boat | with Ramsey Nouah | |
| Death Warrant | |||
| 2002 | Valentino | with Ramsey Nouah | |
| Sharon Stone | Sharon Stone | ||
| Runs! | with Gorgina Onuoha | ||
| Power of Love | Juliet | with Ramsey Nouah, Grace Amah | |
| Formidable Force | with Gorgina Onuoha | ||
| Battle Line | with Ramsey Nouah & Pete Edochie | ||
| 2003 | Above Death: In God We Trust | with Pete Edochie, Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Ramsey Nouah & Zack Orji | |
| Blood Sister | with Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde & Tony Umez | ||
| Break Up | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| Butterfly | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| By His Grace | with Tony Umez | ||
| Church Business | with Ramsey Nouah & Segun Arinze | ||
| Deadly Mistake | |||
| Emergency Wedding | with Tony Umez | ||
| Emotional Tears | Helen | ||
| For Better for Worse | |||
| Honey | with Ramsey Nouah & Pete Edochie | ||
| Jealous Lovers | Chioma | ||
| Keeping Faith: Is That Love? | with Richard Mofe-Damijo | ||
| Last Weekend | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| Late Marriage | |||
| Love | Anita | with Richard Mofe-Damijo & Segun Arinze | |
| My only Love | Angela | with Ramsey Nouah | |
| Not Man Enough | |||
| Passion & Pain | with Ramsey Nouah & Desmond Elliot | ||
| Passions | with Stella Damasus-Aboderin & Richard Mofe-Damijo | ||
| Player: Mr. Lover Man | |||
| Private Sin | Faith | with Stephanie Okereke, Richard Mofe-Damijo & Patience Ozokwor | |
| Sharon Stone in Abuja | Sharon Stone | ||
| Super Love | with Ramsey Nouah & Pete Edochie | ||
| The Chosen One | |||
| Women Affair | |||
| 2004 | Bumper to Bumper | with Georgina Onuoha | |
| Critical Decision | with Richard Mofe-Damijo, Stephanie Okereke & Mike Ezuruonye | ||
| Dangerous Sister | with Tony Umez & Dakore Egbuson | ||
| Goodbye New York | with Rita Dominic | ||
| He Lives in Me | |||
| Into Temptation | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| My First Love | with Tony Umez | ||
| Never Die for Love | |||
| Promise Me Forever | with Stephanie Okereke | ||
| Stand by Me | |||
| Treasure | |||
| Unbreakable | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| We Are One | with Stella Damasus-Aboderin | ||
| 2005 | Darkest Night | with Richard Mofe-Damijo & Segun Arinze | |
| Games Women Play | with Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Desmond Elliot & Zack Orji | ||
| Rip-Off | with Ramsey Nouah | ||
| 2006 | Girls Cot | with Rita Dominic & Ini Edo | |
| 30 Days | Chinora Onu | with Segun Arinze - this film received 10 nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008, including Best Picture, Best Art Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Edit, Best Costumes and Best Sound[22] | |
| 2007 | Letters to a Stranger | with Segun Arinze | |
| Warrior's Heart | |||
| 2008 | Beautiful Soul | Olivia | this film received 3 African Movie Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Soundtrack and Heart of Africa[23] |
| Broken Tears | with Van Vicker, Kate Henshaw-Nuttal and Grace Amah | ||
| Critical Condition | |||
| River of Tears | Yvonne | with Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Van Vicker and Grace Amah | |
| My Idol | |||
| 2009 | Silent Scandal | Jessy | with Majid Michel & Uche Jombo[24] |
| Felicima | Felicima | with Alex Lopez[25] | |
| 2010 | Ijé: The Journey | Chioma | with Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Odalys García & Clem Ohameze[26] |
| Tango with me | Lola | with Joke Silva | |
| Bursting Out | Zara Williams | with Majid Michel, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Omoni Oboli & Desmond Elliot[27][28] | |
| Mirror Boy | Teema | with Osita Iheme[29] | |
| 2011 | Sacred Lies | Isabella | with Olu Jacobs, Desmond Elliot & Nadia Buari[30] |
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