Kate Henshaw-Nuttall popularly known as Kate Henshaw is a Nigeria actress. In this article, You are going to discover interesting facts about her, such as her birthday (age), career, net worth, awards, and several other facts.

In addition to being an actress, She is also a politician, entrepreneur, television personality and a philanthropist.

The award-winning actress is no doubt one of the oldest and well-known actresses in the history of Nollywood.

Biography

Kate Henshaw is a Calabar woman from Cross River State in the Southern part of Nigeria.

She is the eldest of four children. She was born and brought up in Cross River State.

Birthday & Age

She was born on 19th July 1971. Hence, she is currently 52.

If you are one of her fans, you might want to create some time to send her some good wishes on her special day.

Early life & education

Kate was born in Cross River State, she had her primary and secondary education in Lagos and Calabar.

She was a remedial student for one year at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Microbiology.

Later on, she proceeded to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital to study Medical Microbiology at the School of Medical Lab Science, LUTH (Lagos University Teaching Hospital) and became a Medical Lab Scientist

Henshaw worked at the Bauchi State General hospital as a medical laboratory scientist and special attendant.

Is she married, does she have any kids?

She was once married to her long time lover Rod Nuttal.

The couple was together for 12 years. However, the union crashed in 2011, and they both went their separate ways.

The marriage was blessed with a beautiful daughter, Gabrielle Nuttall. Roderick Nuttal is the Managing Director of Ledrop Nigeria Ltd.

For now, the beautiful and talented actress has not come out to say anything about getting married.

In any case, we promise to keep you posted if anything pops up.

Career

She came into the Entertainment industry in 1993 when she auditioned for the lead role in the movie titled “When the Sun Sets”.

The role she played earned Kate her first major appearance in a Nollywood movie.

Though It was a tough one, it paved way for Kate to be the actress she is now. Now, it can be said that she has progressed into a movie superstar. 

Through her talent and hard work, she has made a name for herself in the Nigeria Movie Industry.

Since she came into the Nigerian movie industry, she has featured in over 80 movies so far.

Net worth

Kate has not come out in person to declare her exact worth. However, according to some sources online she is worth up to $1million.

Kate Henshaw’s Endorsements & Deals

Here are some endorsement & deals of the thespian:

• Kate Henshaw is a brand ambassador with the telecommunications company – Globacom.
• Kate Henshaw has an endorsement deal with Blessings Perfume, UK as a brand ambassador.
• She was made a brand ambassador for the Onga seasoning.
• Has an endorsement deal with Samsung Mobile Nigeria.
• She is an ambassador for the Action Aid of Nigeria.

Is Kate Henshaw a politician?

We can’t outrightly say she is a politician. However, the actress has some history with the game of politics and is somehow into politics.

In 2015, Kate Henshaw showed her interest in politics and wanted to represent and serve her people.

She aimed to represent Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

But she lost the election just at the primary level.

Following her loss at the primaries, she was appointed by the Governor of Cross River State – Benedict Ayade as the Special Adviser, Liaison.

Movies

Here are some movies she has featured in:

• Consequences
• Do Good Series
• When the Sun Sets – 1993
• Above Death: In God We Trust – 2003
• A Million Tears – 2006
• My Little Secret – 2006
• Games Men Play – 2006  
• Stronger Than Pain – 2007
• Show Me Heaven – 2007
• Broken Tears – 2008
• The Meeting – 2012
• The Assassin’s Practice – 2013
• A Few Good Men – 2014
• Fighting for Nothing – 2014
• Aremu The Principal – 2015
• Iquo’s Journal – 2015
• End of Battle – 2015
• Scars of Womanhood – 2017
• Roti – 2017
• Couple’s Award – 2017
• The Women – 2017
• Busted – 2017  
• Broken Ambition – 2018
• Chief Daddy – 2018
• New Money – 2018
• The Ghost and The House of Truth – 2019
• The Wives (A Stage Play) – 2019
• 4^th Republic – 2019

Awards

• She won an award as best actress in a supporting role for the movie ‘The Ghost and The House of Truth’, at Rapid Lion 2020 in South Africa.
• THEMA Awards for her role as Omo in When The Sun Sets – in 1996.
• In 2008, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in Leading Role.
• She won the City People Movie Award for Face of Nollywood (English) in 2015.
• Best Actress award at ZAFAA for her role in the movie Iquo’s Journal – 2015.

Quick fact

• Kate has a beautiful daughter from her first marriage which lasted for 12 years.
• She once worked in Bauchi State General hospital as a medical laboratory scientist and special attendant.
• The award-winning actress was recently chosen as one of the international judges representing Nigeria at the New CBS Global talent show tagged The World’s Best.
• Kate Henshaw was once a judge on Nigeria’s Got Talent Reality Show.
• Kate Henshaw is the Patron of the Little Saints Orphanage – one of the oldest orphanage homes in Lagos State.

Here’s a summary of Kate Henshaw’s profile:

• Full name: Kate Henshaw
• Date of birth: 19th July 1971
• Age: 52
• State of Origin: Cross River state
• Marital status: Divorced
• Years active: 1993 – till present
• Nationality: Nigerian