{"id":25894,"date":"2023-03-08T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/08\/joining-showbiz-industry-at-a-young-age-was-a-hurdle-omotola-jalade-ekeinde\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T19:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:57:40","slug":"joining-showbiz-industry-at-a-young-age-was-a-hurdle-omotola-jalade-ekeinde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/08\/joining-showbiz-industry-at-a-young-age-was-a-hurdle-omotola-jalade-ekeinde\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining showbiz industry at a young age was a hurdle &#8211; Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Nigerian actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that one of her greatest hurdles in life was venturing into Nollywood at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to JoyNews\u2019 Doreen Avio after the Women of Valour event, on March 7, the actress said she faced opposition from her mum and struggled sometimes for transport fare to go for auditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got into entertainment very early in life. The image of people going into entertainment at the time was really bad. It was even unheard of. I went through a lot of beatings from my mum,\u201d Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t want me to go into entertainment and certainly not acting. So I had to struggle. It was a lot of struggle, times when I was not supported, not given transport fare to go to the audition,\u201d the <em>Blood Sisters<\/em> actress added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TDB_1643-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Joining showbiz industry at a young age was a hurdle - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde\" class=\"wp-image-10032274899 lazy\"  data- title=\"Joining showbiz industry at a young age was a hurdle - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde at the Women of Valour event held on March 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Omotola encouraged others to venture into a career they believe in as it will pay off stating, \u201csometimes it is very hard, but if you believe in what you\u2019re doing, with time everyone will come around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Women of Valour\u2019 event organised by Nana Aba Anamoah is a project aimed at bringing together strong, courageous women to share their stories of triumph, loss and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>The event saw Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, former Electoral Commission boss Charlotte Osei, Ghanaian entrepreneur Eugenia Baffour Bankoh, Business executive and communication professional, Obuobia Darko-Opoku and others tell their stories under the theme \u201cUntold stories of courage\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that one of her greatest hurdles in life was venturing into Nollywood at a young age. Speaking to JoyNews\u2019 Doreen Avio after the Women of Valour event, on March 7, the actress said she faced opposition from her mum and struggled sometimes for transport fare to go for auditions. 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