Genevieve Nnaji, also known as Genny is a Nigerian actress, director, producer and model.

Nothing interests us more than giving you genuine information on your favourite celebrities. So, in this article, we’ll be talking about Genevieve Nnaji’s Biography (Age), career, net worth, and facts.

Some Nigerians often refer to her as the most beautiful actress in Nigeria. You can’t blame them because the actress is indeed a beauty. She is obviously sexy, ageless, and classy.

Genevieve Biography

Genevieve Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State Into a middle-class family as the fourth child out of eight children. Her father was an engineer and her mother, a primary school teacher.

Read also Genevieve’s father, mother, siblings, husband, and children.

Genny’s State of Origin

Our Beautiful Genevieve is from Mbaise, Imo State in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. She was also born there.

Birthday (Age)

Genny is referred to as “Ageless beauty because from what we have seen so far, she keeps getting younger as the years go by.

Anyways, The amazing actress is currently 44, She was born on the 3rd of May 1979. If you are one of her fans, it wouldn’t cost much to brighten up her day on her birthdays, would it?.

Early life and Education

Genevieve spent most of her growing up days in Lagos State. She had her Secondary education in Methodist Girls College Yaba, Lagos state. She went further to obtain a bachelor’s degree in creative arts from the University of Lagos.

It was during her University days that she began auditioning for movie roles in Nollywood.

Genevieve’s career

Genny’s career kick-started at an early age. She was just eight years of age when she appeared in a popular soap opera titled “Ripples”. And from there, her acting career began.

At 19, she came into the fast-growing Nigeria movie industry and her first movie was titled “Most Wanted”. She has also featured in movies such as “Ijele”, “Blood Sisters”, and “Road to Yesterday”.

So far so good, Genny has starred in over eighty (80) movies in what could be described as a very fruitful and rewarding career, not forgetting that she has won several awards. She is really blessed.

Just one year over a decade into her career, the beautiful lady became one of the highest-paid actresses in Nollywood. Meanwhile, she is still one of the highest-paid today.

In November 2015, Genevieve produced her first movie called” Road to Yesterday” And at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, the movie won the award for “Best Movie Overall-West Africa”.

Meanwhile, On September 7, 2018, online streaming service Netflix acquired her directorial debut movie titled “Lionheart”.

The movie became the first Netflix original film from Nigeria and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

She had a short musical career after she signed a recording contract with a Ghanian record label and released her debut album titled “One Logologo Line” in 2004 and that was pretty much the end of it, nothing more for now.

Endorsement

Being the beautiful actress that she is, it should not come as a surprise to us that Genevieve has had several mouth-watering endorsement deals both from multinational companies.

As of 2014, according to Vanguard’s richest celebrity list, she had a net worth of 220 million Naira from endorsements alone. these deals include

• Pronto (beverage)
• Omo detergent
• In 2004, she became the Face of Lux in a highly profitable sponsorship deal
• As at May 2010, she became the official “Face of MUD” in Nigeria
• deals with Etisalat Telecommunications
• Brand ambassador for Amstel malt
• Range Rover Evoque

Genevieve’s Net worth

She is beautiful, versatile, industrious and focused all these qualities have helped her attain an enviable level in her career.

Genevieve Nnaji became Nollywood’s first billionaire after Netflix purchased her movie “Lionheart” for ₦1,385,100,000 ($3.8 million). Therefore, she is estimated to be worth more than 1billion Naira presently.

Other facts you might be missing out on

• In 2008, Nnaji launched the clothing line “St. Genevieve”, which donates its proceeds to charity. 
• She has a daughter whom she gave birth to when she was just seventeen. the daughter is called Theodora Chimebuka Nnnaji.

Read also: Interesting facts about Genevieve’s daughter, Dora

You’d be forced to call her the “First lady of Nollywood” after reading this…

• Her movie Lionheart is the first original film from Nigeria to be acquired by Netflix for over a billion Naira.
• In 2005, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) for Best Actress in a Leading Role, making her the first actor to win the award.
• The first actor to be awarded Best Actress at the 2001 City Peoples Awards, the award ceremony that previously had only recognized politicians and business conglomerates
• The first actor to be awarded as Best Actress by the Censors Board of Nigeria in 2003

Read also: Genevieve Nnaji’s Movies, Awards, and Nominations.

Here’s a summary of her profile:

• Name: Genevieve Nnaji
• State of origin: Imo
• Birthday: 3rd May 1979
• Occupation: Actress, Producer, Entrepreneur
• Age: 44
• Net worth: over ₦1 billion