{"id":273816,"date":"2011-01-13T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47014"},"modified":"2011-01-13T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:19:44","slug":"bukky-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/13\/bukky-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukky Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bukky Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBukky Wright might be single and separated. She might be beautiful and head-turning. She might have all the come-on-hither looks. But she is not available \u2013 at least, not for marriage. And that is authentic. She said so herself.
\nFor the screen siren who insists she is not yet a star, after one unsuccessful marriage, two failed relationships and two kids to the bargain, there\u2019s a whole lot of other things to set one\u2019s eyes on beyond marriage. \u201cI am not thinking of marriage now,\u201d the delectable cross-over actress told Saturday Sun during the week. \u201cI\u2019m not thinking of marriage at the moment. I want to live in the present\u201d, she insists. Now you know. Ms Wright is not in search of Mr. Right.
\nIt would seem this ability to forget the future and plunge deep into the job at hand has paid off over the years. For Ms. Wright remains one of the most visible cross-over actresses in the movie industry today. The light complexioned and very talented role interpreter got her major break with Wale Adenuga\u2019s Super Story a few years back. Since then she\u2019s not stopped captivating her fans and admirers. In the process too, she has created some of the most salacious media scandals, though she insists her innocence was feasted upon by the celebrity media.
\nManaging fame, fortune and glamour
\nBut Bukky believes that, despite all this, she has been able to marry her fame and glamour and still keep her head high. How? You\u2019d ask. And she goes: \u201cWell, I\u2019ll say it is hard work and by God\u2019s grace and the help of people like you (the writer). I\u2019ll also say it is dedication and ability to give my best at all times. With all these, I think I\u2019ve been able to manage it\u201d.
\nIt is also these factors that Bukky says have been able to make her stand out from the crowd. \u201cI don\u2019t say others don\u2019t put in their best, but in my own case, I try as much as possible to give my best and I leave the rest to God and for the people to judge\u201d
\nCombining Yoruba and English flicks
\nWell, if I tell you hardwork again, it will sound somehow. But like I said to you, I put in my best in anything I do. I want to do my best and leave the rest for God and people to judges.I think this has been the magic; nothing more. I\u2019m a very hardworking person. I don\u2019t take chances at all when it comes to my job. I take every little thing I do seriously. That is just it.
\nWhen the cameras are off me
\nOutside the razzmatazz of acting, Bukky says she is a reserved person once the cameras are off.
\n\u201cI\u2019m a very quiet person. Very homely. As you can see, if I am not on location, I\u2019m in my house, trying to go about my other private business. But I know I am a very quiet person. A lot of people that would not be able to understand me, would say she\u2019s snobbish, she is this, she\u2019s that. But I believe I\u2019m a very friendly person. Very active. But atimes, I can be an introvert, if I choose to\u201d.
\nExtrovert or introvert?
\n\u201cWell, you know people are very funny and they have every right to their own opinion. But, I believe I\u2019m more an introvert than an extrovert.\u201d
\nBukky remains grateful to Fidelis Duker who she says \u201cgave me the first chance\u201d. That was over 10 years ago on the set of Images. \u201cThat was the first time\u201d.
\nBut she has also had to live with the memories of her first time out on set.
\n\u2018The first time I faced the camera wasn\u2019t easy. I don\u2019t know, if I should say it was under pressure, because I was given the script, there and then. And I had to face the camera with the lines, and then, action!! So, it was not very easy. But I remember sometimes that I had to go for audition, and I told myself that I\u2019m going to become a star one day. I thank God, I\u2019m not a star yet, but at least, I am striving so hard to be relevant in the industry\u201d.
\nSuffice it to say, however, that since that first time, she has gone on to do so many flicks that she can\u2019t now remember all. She has also tried her hands at producing \u2013 with flicks like Owo Ale (her first), 7\u2019oclock, Agbeke, Temi Ni Nkem and the forthcoming Dugbe Dugbe to Nbo. But besides all this, she still finds time for a little buying and selling business on the side, run the home and take care of her children.
\nIn spite of scandals
\nBukky says she loves acting so much that she cannot contemplate being in another profession. \u201cIt gives me happiness. Once I get happiness, there\u2019s nothing like going back. I enjoy what I am doing and I hope to do it for as long as God wishes\u201d.
\nHow old is Bukky Wright now?
\nOne fact Ms Wright never fails to remind anyone who cares to listen is the fact that she grew up \u201cin a very nice environment, a comfortable one. And I\u2019ve been trained to be a very friendly nice person to people; accommodating – and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m still living with\u201d.
\nIt would seem it\u2019s this \u2018accommodating\u2019 nature that makes Bukky unable to dodge one question every other woman would want to dodge when you pop the question; how old is Bukky Wright now?
\nAfter a long pause, she smiles. \u201cWell, I\u2019m in my late thirties. I\u2019m actually going be thirty-eight\u201d
\nWhen is that?
\n(Long pause again \u2026 as if unwilling) she smiles. \u201cVery soon. Emm \u2026 31st of March\u201d.
\nAnd she is quick to add that it has been a good life and that there\u2019s nothing providence has held back from her.
\nMarriage
\n\u201cI\u2019ll rather not discuss that, but to be frank with you, I\u2019m not thinking of marriage at the moment. I want to live in the present. I\u2019m busy working and I\u2019ve my kids to give all the love to. I\u2019m not thinking of marriage at all.
\nAnd looking back seeing my children, it gives me so much joy\u201d.
\nThe decision never to brood over spilt milk actually derives from Bukky\u2019s philosophy about life: Don\u2019t live in the past. Always move on with the future. And \u2026 if you are running a race, never you mind opposition, because the moment you start minding opposition, forget about winning that race\u201d.
\n\u2026And relationships?
\n\u201cRelationship! Well, it\u2019s not something I\u2019ll like to discuss on the pages of newspaper. But I must say that I take life as it comes, that\u2019s it.\u201d
\nRomance with Bolaji Basia
\nOne of the most recent scandals that Bukky has had to battle is the relationship between her and her erstwhile financier and alleged lover Bolaji Saheed a.k.a. Bolaji Basia. Bukky would not serve any more salacious stories on this.
\n\u201cI told you I don\u2019t want to discuss these things on the pages of newspapers\u201d she insists.
\nIf she would not say anything on the said love affair, did a business relationship then exist (or still exists) between them? You press further.
\nOn that score she concedes some information: \u201cWell, I told you I don\u2019t live in the past. But business relationship does exist. That is just it\u201d.
\nSome of Bukky\u2019s movies includes Above Love, Without Shame, Shade Blade, Tolulope, The Cartel, Sawaroide etc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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