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Oge Okoye<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDelectable Oge Okoye is one of the very few young rising figures in the Nigerian movie culture who got it right. Barely five years old in Nollywood, Oge has proven that her choice of acting as a career from childhood was not misplaced.
\nWhat has kept her shinning on the acting runway has been her unwavering determination to reach the top rung. Indeed today, her dazzling takes have singled her out amongst her contemporaries-\u2019new acting kids on the block\u2019.
\nCurrent industry ratings place her as one of the most sought after actresses in the Nigerian home movie sector. Recent statistics from Idumota, the seat of the popular movie market in Lagos confirmed that Oge appears the busiest now, of the youthful screen actress. Her face is most likely to grace the cover jacket of six out of say ten movies released in the Nigerian movie culture in a month. Indeed Oge seems the new pearl of most of the sector\u2019s producers.
\nOge was born in London to the Late Mazi Okoye and Lolo Okoye, both devout Anglicans. It was from them that Oge imbibed the virtues of honesty, sincerity, courage and fear of God. A native of Nnewi in Anambra State, Oge, who was born under the star sign Scorpio, had her early education partly in London, at the University Primary School Enugu and at the Holy Rosary College, Enugu. In school Oge was engaged in a number of theatrical activities, which got quite a number of people, including her teachers, convinced that she was cut out for a career in entertainment.
\nAfter her primary and post primary education, Oge gained admission into the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Akwa, Anambra State where she graduated four years later with a degree in Theatre Arts. It was during Oge\u2019s first year in the University at Akwa that the inspiration to become a \u2018big time actress\u2019 heightened. She felt that it wouldn\u2019t be out of place to try her hands on her long held passion.
\n\u201cI started acting when I was in the university precisely in my first year in school. That was when I did the job \u2018One Dollar\u2019 after which I did \u2018Spanner\u2019 and then \u2018Sister Mary\u2019. But indulged in little dramas back in those days. So when I grew up and found myself studying theatre arts, I decided to just start acting. I was opportuned to find a platform as soon as I made my intention known to a few people who knew that my passion for acting was boundless.
\n\u201d I really wanted to act but I didn\u2019t really know how to go about it. I had friends who told me that I had to go for audition and all that and I went for one and I was lucky to have been given a role. It was a sub lead. After the shoot, I was encouraged by the comments from the director and the producer who predicted that I would go far once I put my mind to it and work hard. After that movie, I started receiving offers. I am sure I handled my role in my debut performance well, because if I didn\u2019t do it very well, I don\u2019t think anyone would have called me up for another job.\u201d
\nBut even as Oge was itching to be an actress, Daddy felt that she would be better off as a doctor. He had prepared her mind towards becoming a surgeon so she could save lives. \u201cMy dad is the strict type. You can\u2019t mess around with him. He really had a set opinion about acting because of the negative image actors portrayed then. It\u2019s really sad that he is not here to see the height I have attained so far. He died as soon as I started acting full time but he knew that my dream was to act.
\n\u201cMy mummy, who currently resides in Spain, also knew that I wanted to be an actress. She had no objection whatsoever. And really, my mum has always been with me. She has always been on my side to push me to any level I want to get to. I am like the only child of my parents, so all the pampering has been there. I mean she is not surprised at all about what I am doing. She has heard and read of my exploits and she is happy with me.\u201d
\nOge\u2019s first shot at the home video turf was in the commercially successful comedy \u2018One Dollar\u2019 starring Patience Ozokwo and Victor Osuagwu. Though she played a supporting role, she drew attention to herself with her smooth interpretation and showed a lot of promise. \u201cI didn\u2019t particularly do much, but many people called me up and were commending me. So that was how I knew that I was going to do some more work and even move higher.\u201d
\nAfter that outing in \u2018One Dollar\u2019, producers sought and engaged her. They all seemed to be in agreement that Oge was a good center to hang a story on. Today Oge has featured in over 50 movies with a dozen others at various stages of postproduction.
\nOf all her movie offerings, Oge picks her effort in the emotive movie \u2018Sister Mary\u2019 as her most tasking. \u201cAll the movies have I done have been tasking, but I found that particular movie tasking. I must say that it was that movie that brought me to limelight. I found it very challenging for the simple fact that I played the role as if I was really in the convent. I am not a catholic, but to convince the audience I visited so many places like the convent, bought books and made a lot of research. It came out well and so many people liked it particularly those in the catholic fold who thought I was Catholic. As a matter of fact I am an Anglican\u2019
\nIndeed it was her performance in that movie that endeared her to a number of movie producers and movie lovers. She kept receiving offers and has not stopped receiving those offers till date.
\nAsked to name her role models, Oge says that they are legion. But she lists the Hollywood actress Julia Roberts, Nigeria\u2019s Taiwo Ajai Lycett, Liz Benson and the veteran actor \u2018Uncle\u2019 Olu Jacobs as actors that have had tremendous influence on her. She adds: \u201cI love Uncle Olu Jacobs. He is like a father to me. He talks to me from time to time on how to be better.
\n\u201cI recall that one thing that he told me that has sort of guided me is the fact that I must never strive to be like anyone but myself. That\u2019s my word for anyone who wants to come into the industry. My word for them is that they shouldn\u2019t come into the industry to be like my role model Liz Benson or like Auntie Taiwo Ajai Lycett. They should create their style and be themselves. They should do their own thing and aim at being better than those on the turf.\u201d
\nOge obviously has no regrets engaging the movie run way. She says that it has been worth the while and adds that she is always overjoyed each time fans cheer at her and each time people stop her on the streets to appreciate what she described as her \u2018little effort\u2019 on the screen. \u201cI am happy each time they appreciate me. And really I don\u2019t feel that I have arrived yet. Oge still has a lot of grounds to cover. But I appreciate all their love and concern they have shown and accorded me.\u201d
\nIf there is one role that her fans have not found her playing, then it\u2019s the strip-teasing role. Oge says there is no rule to her not playing such roles. \u201cNo rule to it. I think as an actress, you should be versatile. You must not be tied to a particular character. You should be able to flow in any role you are given. You shouldn\u2019t be stereotyped.
\n\u201cSo if I have not done any daring role, it\u2019s because it\u2019s the job that I have been given. But there is a very daring one that would soon come out. Maybe I should just ask my fans at this juncture to bear with me and consider my role in that movie as just make believe. I am certain that they would see a different Oge in the yet to be released movie.\u201d
\nOge loves casual wear because they give her freedom of movement. \u201cI wear the best but it\u2019s the best that would allow me move freely. So I normally would go for the best. I mean that\u2019s one of the challenges we face as celebrities. You can\u2019t afford not to appear good always. So my dress code has to do with what exactly is happening but I prefer a lot of casuals except when I have like a dinner or official engagement. Then I would look for something else to wear. But I prefer being caught in casuals, like in my jean and my shirt.
\n\u201cAs for perfume, I go for designers like Angels and Obsession. For jewelry I prefer gold. I hardly put on gels because I am prone to burns on my neckline. I am not too much into make-up. I only make up when I am on set. And as for food, I like Semovita and Edikaikang. I can hold on a shooting session once I am battling with a plate of Semovita and Edikainkong soup. As for music, I love rhythm and blues. I like to listen to Tuface Idibia and Lagbaja.
\nAsked to state the most ridiculous rumour she has read or heard about herself, Oge recalls a tale, which suggested that \u2018she was dead and buried\u2019. She states what would have necessitated such a costly tale: \u201cIt was one tale that swept me off my feet and to know that it was flying everywhere and was even published in a popular magazine and with my picture there. It has nothing to do with me. I think someone died after we shot my second movie \u2018Spanner\u2019 and the folks thought I was the one. So they went to the press without verifying. That\u2019s one of the challenges we face as celebrities.
\n\u201cThe other is being able to interpret a particular role. I played a role of an army officer recently. It was challenging for me because I was to live a role of an army officer who was to hand out orders and keep a straight face. I tried everything possible and I know it came out well. Another part of the challenge is the fact that people judge you by the works you do and that\u2019s a bad thing to do because our own job is to act. It doesn\u2019t really mean that that is the way we are and that\u2019s the thing we do because our own job is to act.
\n\u201cI played a wacko role in a movie recently. I think it was in \u2018Separate Lives\u2019 and a woman came to me and was shouting on me at a filling station. She was just screaming and taking the role I played in the movie so personal. But apart from that, everything is cool and okay.\u201d
\nAlthough she does not believe in reincarnation, Oge says she would choose to come back an actress if given the opportunity to live life again. Indeed for her, this has been very fulfilling. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have been happier in another profession. It has been particularly fulfilling. I am comfortable with whatever I am earning as an actress. It has been able to pick up my bills. And of course, what I earn today is better than what we earned when I started. For me, it was not really about the money, because if it is, there were so many things one would have indulged in. So it was not really about the money. I just wanted to do that I had always wanted to do, which is acting. That was just it, even though the money is helping out somehow.\u201d
\nWhen not on set, Oge spends time reading, watching movies, \u2018catching some rest\u2019 and \u2018just chilling out with some of my friends and relations\u2019. Asked where she would want to be five years from now, Oge quips, \u201cHollywood.\u201d She would also want to be married then, be successful, have her kids and live a stress free life.\u201d
\n*She is now married with kids*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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