Sunday, 1 April 2018

Nollywood Actress Rachael Okonkwo – How I handle se.xual Harassment

Rachael Okonkwo fondly called Nkoli Nwa Nsukka in an interview disclosed how she has been handling se.xual harassment as a Nollywood actress. While most of her other colleagues often lament about their se.xual harassment ordeals in the hands of film producers and directors. Rachael Okonkwo has a different opinion concerning this issue.
Nkoli Nwa Nsukka claims that she has not really encounter se.xual harassment in the movie industry because God has always been there for her when she needs help.
“I have not really encountered se.xual harassment. God has always been taking care of that for me. To God be all the glory. And again, I’m still the same old me, fame hasn’t deprived me of anything. I don’t allow my celebrity status get into my head,” she said.
According to Sun News, the light-skinned actress, who goes as far as putting smiles on the faces of children through her Easter Carnival, noted that all is set for this year’s edition that going to hold in her hometown in Enugu State.

“The carnival is a way of giving back to the society after all that God has done for me. It’s a big carnival where we have not less than 20,000 children in attendance. It is happening at Government Field, Nsukka, and this year’s edition promises to be the best ever. Everything is going to be double double, as the popular saying goes’.
Brief Biography
Rachael Okonkwo began acting in 2005 but due to lack of movie roles, she changed her career and became a dancer. She joined Nollywood in 2007 playing very minor roles. In 2008, she acted as a supporting actress to Ini Edo& Van Vicker in Royal War 2, also in 2010 alongside Patience Ozokwor and John Okafor in Open and Close 1&2.
Her first major role and consequently her breakthrough movie came in 2014, where she played the lead character in Nkoli Nwa Nsukka as Nkoli.

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