{"id":274145,"date":"2011-01-15T02:57:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T02:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47772"},"modified":"2011-01-15T02:57:36","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T02:57:36","slug":"uche-jombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/15\/uche-jombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Jombo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Uche<\/a>
Uche Jombo<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDespite her late father\u2019s warning that she should not venture into acting, \u201cvery stubborn\u201d Ucheobi Jessica Jombo, damned all consequence and gave her body and soul to Nollywood.
\n\u201cI disobeyed my very strict dad who is now deceased to go into acting.
\nMy first movie was Visa To Hell by Fidelis Duker in \u201998. But Adure by Charles Ifeduba, where I played lead the following year, really established my name and presence in Nollywood\u201d.
\nFrom Abiriba, Abia State, Jombo also made headlines few years ago when her celebrated romance with veteran actor, Norbert Young, crashed amid accusations and counter accusations from the estranged lovers. \u201cI don\u2019t like talking about my affair with Norbert. He is now married and we greet whenever we see,\u201d she said in a voice filled with emotion.
\nUche, who read Maths and Statistics from the University of Calabar, in this exclusive chat with Daily Sun, also spoke glowingly about the new man in her life. \u201cHe is humorous, dark and tall.
\nHe also makes me laugh always. Though, he has not proposed to me, I pray everyday for him to do it this year\u201d.
\nMiss Jombo, you\u2019ve been so quiet in terms of acting in recent times? What is happening?
\nNothing! No problem at all, I\u2019ve been working, only that I chose to keep away from the media. About five of my movies are already out. I even wrote one of them, entitled, Girls In The Hood.
\nOkay! Back to Nollywood. Some couple of years ago, you produced your debut movie entitled Ibinabo, since then, we have not heard anything from you again in terms of producing. Why?
\nEmmh! Nothing was really responsible for my not producing more movies. I\u2019m just being careful and studying the industry. Right now, I\u2019m cooking something with Emem Isong. By the time we are set, Nigerians will know that Uche Jombo has not abandoned the art of movie making as a producer.
\nSo, how soon is this project of yours coming out?
\nVery, very soon. Let me not talk much till the movie comes out.
\nIbinabo, your debut effort as a producer, was it a commercial success?
\nSincerely speaking, the movie was okay commercially when we released it in 1999.
\nGoing down memory lane, how did you come into Nollywood?
\nI came into Nollywood like every other actress. My first movie was Visa To Hell, by Fidelis Duker, that was in \u201998. But Adure, which was my first lead role by Charles Ifediba, catapulted me to fame.
\nWhat were you doing before storming Nollywood?
\nBefore coming in, I was doing what I still do now. I write and produce advert copies and jingles. I was and still do that for Manny Bank before embracing acting fully. Then and even now, I do one or two legit businesses for corporate bodies. I also write much. I\u2019m a total production person.
\nAs somebody who read Maths and Statistics, many people expected you to be in the financial sector. Why did you opt for showbiz?
\nIn a way, I\u2019m practising what I read in the university. You calculate every aspect of your life. And that is exactly what I\u2019m doing. The only difference is that I\u2019m not stucked in a nine to five kind of job. I can\u2019t do that because I\u2019m too hyper active. The fact is that I can\u2019t sit in a place for a long time. Again, I\u2019ve never worked for anybody all my life.
\nDid your parents give their approval when you were trying to storm Nollywood?
\nThen, as an Abiriba man, my father objected vehemently. Being a stubborn child, I refused to listen to his advice. He later got tired and allowed me to be. Even my elder siblings were dazed on how I was able to conquer our dad, being the third in a family of nine. We are four girls and five boys. I\u2019m stubborn, very stubborn.
\nWhat other profession would have appealed to you if you were not in Nollywood today?
\n(Thinks). Probably, I would have been a lawyer. I argue much about the things I know. I would have also gone into television big time.
\nIn the next couple of years, where do you hope to be or see yourself?
\nIn the next couple of years, I want to take my outfit, Picture Perfect, and myself to the highest level. In terms of production. I also want to have the best studio in Africa and transmit my own talk show to the world from here, Nigeria. I\u2019m already working towards that.
\nThe year is still new, what are the goals you have set out to achieve before it comes to an end?
\nI want to write good scripts and also act in many good movies this year. I also want to settle down to marital bliss. I want to get closer to my God this year.
\nWhat was your lowest fee as an actress?
\nIt was my debut movie. I was paid N18, 000 (eighteen thousand). Don\u2019t bother asking about my highest, I won\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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