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Osas Ighodaro |
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Martha Elizabeth Ighodaro popularly known as Osas Ighodaro was born on 26 October, 1990. She is an Indigene of Edo
State, Nigeria. She is from a family of Four Children, an elder sister and two
younger brothers. Although, her elder sister is
late.
Osas Ighodaro is a Nigerian American Actress, Model and TV
Presenter.
She grew up in Bronx, New York. She has a degree in broadcast journalism and
dual minor degrees in entrepreneurship and theatre from the Pennsylvania State
University. She obtained her masters of fine arts in acting from the Actor’s
Studio Drama School at Pace University.
Her interest in the
industry started when she was about 12 or 13 years. Due to the fact that she
had very low self- esteem because she was not proud of who she was and where she
came from, growing up in Bronx, New Yoirk was tough. Then she was skinny and
did not feel beautiful. Her parents then put her in a modelling school with
the aim of improving her self-esteem. It was while she was there that she found
her love in performing arts. She had a lucky break when she got a postcard to
participate in an America co- pageant and out of 147 girls, she was the third
runner-up. She earned $60 for that. That was a starting point for her because From
there, she got to participate in other pageants where she won. She however took
a break from pageants when she went back to school. After her masters, she
decided to participate in Miss Black USA pageant in 2010 because she needed to
pay for her semester in school. She participated and became the first
Nigerian-American to be crowned Miss Black USA in the pageant’s 26-year
history.
One of her goals and
aspirations was to be an actress. She has
been in the entertainment industry in America and Nigeria since 2005. She has
been on television, hosting, modeling and presenting.
She had been acting abroad.
She was in works like the ‘Coloured Museum,’ ‘Revenge of the King,’ ‘Platanos
&Collard Greens.’ She has performed in films and TV shows.
Her aunt
encouraged her to make her self relevant in her home country as she was already
known in America by virtue of her winning Miss Black USA. It was also her aunt that told her about
auditions for a soap called, Tinsel, she did not know what it was at that time
but her aunt made a few contacts and got her to audition for it and the rest is
history.
In an interview on what she
thinks of Nigerian movies, she has this to say” I am definitely a fan of Nollywood. It is nothing new to
me. I was raised in New York but grew up in a Nigerian household. My mother has
hundreds of Nollywood films and I watched them. I appreciate the quality work
that is coming out from them. Even though Nollywood may not be to some person’s
standard, it has been in business for 20 years and I think that is commendable.
Will I act in Nollywood? You just have to stay tuned. I cannot be talking about
things still in development.”
She played the role of
Adanna (Danni) on the soap opera Tinsel
and co-hosted the 2014 Africa Magic
Viewers Choice Awards. She won Best TV Actress of the Year at the 2014
ELOY Awards.
She started a foundation that
raises funds and awareness for malaria and other issues affecting people in
Africa. She decided to put this together during her reign as Miss Black USA. Her
elder sister who died from Malaria motivated her into starting the foundation.
Osas Ighodaro’s hobbies
includes going to the movies and travelling to experience other cultures.
She got engaged to her Co-Star Gbenro Ajibade in M-Net's soap, Tinsel in August 2014 in the United States of America., haven dated for more than three years. She thereafter had her Traditional wedding in June 2015 in Benin City, Edo State and her white wedding at Newyork on July 4th, 2015.
Osas, who met Gbenro on the set of Tinsel, says his physique and his love for God was
an attraction.
“The fact that
he is God fearing and his love for the most high, I admire a lot. His physique
is attractive. But it was when we got close and started talking that I got to
know him as a person. That got me more attracted to him,” she said
According to
Osas, the best Valentine’s Day she has ever had was the one with Gbenro
“The first
Valentine’s Day I spent with Gbenro was my most memorable. He surprised me,
took me to Obudu Ranch (Cross River State). It was very romantic and
surprising,” she said.
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