Stella Damasus (born
April 24, 1978) is a Nigerian actress and singer. She was nominated
for Best Actress in
a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009.
She won the Award for Best Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2007 In
2012 She won the award for Best Actress for the movie Two Brides and a Baby at the Golden Icons
Academy Awards in Houston, Texas.
Early
Life
Stella Damasus was born
in Benin City, Edo State in Nigeria.
She has four sisters. She grew up in Benin City where she completed most of her
primary education. At the age of 13, Stella moved to Asaba in Delta State with
her family where she finished her secondary school education.
Personal
Life
Damasus
married her first husband, Jaiye Aboderin, in 1999. The couple had two
daughters before Jaiye died suddenly in 2005. Damasus remarried in 2007, this
time to Emeka Nzeribe. The marriage lasted for seven months before a mutual
agreement to divorce. In 2011, she became associated with multiple
award-winning Nollywood producer & directorDaniel
Ademinokan; the couple have
been together ever since. Their relationship sparked a lot of controversy all
over Nigeria and Africa because both parties never publicly admitted to be
dating, engaged or even married until 2014.
Career
Damasus started her career as
a singer in Lagos where she used to work as a studio session singer at the
famous Klink Studios owned
by filmmaker Kingsley Ogoro. There she honed her skills as
singer and went on to do vocals for the top jingles on radio and TV in Nigeria
at that time.
Damasus is a Theatre arts graduate
of the University of Lagos. She first appeared in the
Nigerian film Abused in
1992. Her claim to fame, however, was her second movie Breaking Point produced
by Emem Isong and
directed by Francis Agu where she shot into superstardom across
Nigeria. She has gone on to star in over 70 movies. and is now the co
founder of I2radio and hosts two podcast shows, undiluted with stella damasus
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