Genevieve Nnaji

Acting

Genevieve Nnaji

Born 1979-05-03

Genevieve Nnaji (born 3 May 1979)[2] is a Nigerian actress, producer and director. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award. In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood.

Acting credits

Weekend Getaway poster
7.0

A bored bachelor meeting his online love, a married couple looking to revive the spark in their relationship and a wealthy cougar descend upon the tropical paradise that is Le Meridian Hotel in Akwa Ibom for a weekend getaway.

Weekend Getaway

2013

Sacred Lies poster
NR

A femme fatale who has a sweet and chaste veneer is in fact a ruthless hustler who will go to any length to make money. She fronts a children’s charity alongside her Archbishop Grandfather which they use to traffic children’s organs amidst other criminal activity. [parts 1-2]

Sacred Lies

2011

No artwork available
9.3

Jealous Esther does everything she can to make virtuous Gloria look bad. She tells lies, and comes to envy Gloria her career and her husband. In part two, Esther works on ruining Gloria's children. Where will it end?

Blood Sister

2003

No artwork available
NR

The contestation is on in the kings palace. Okwelu is accused of stealing, an offence that calls for severe punishment. The allegation is still to be substantiated and has been brought to the kings palace for a thorough examination. He is found guilty and judgment rendered: that he be buried alive in the evil forest. Such an untenable and garrulous punishment shifts the lineage of kingship and nurtures the conditions for deep acrimonies.

Amina

2008

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NR

A prominent man running for public office is also the brain behind an international ammunition smuggling ring. He murders his partner in crime to cover his tracks but unknown to him someone has all the evidence needed to bring him to justice. [parts 1-2]

Formidable Force

2002

Private Sin poster
NR

Pastor Jake combines the oil business of his father Chief Tamuno and his church and is successful in it. The only thing wrong in his life is his wife, 'Faith'

Private Sin

2003

Farming poster
6.2

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

Farming

2018

Girls Cot poster
NR

Four young women blackmail and scam numerous government officials.

Girls Cot

2006

Critical Decision poster
NR

Mr Coker, a wealthy, talented, and charming artist, falls head over heels in love with Jacqueline, a woman profoundly devoted to her Christian faith and to her fiancé, Victor. Because of her strong beliefs and prior commitment, Coker's repeated declarations of love are completely ignored. However, fate intervenes, bringing them together in a high-stakes business arrangement proposed by the irresistible artist himself, forcing Jacqueline to face a truly critical decision between her faith, her promises, and her heart.

Critical Decision

2004

Passions poster
NR

A forlorn girl with terminal cancer is desperate to die in the arms of the man that she loves. He however is married and although the marriage is dead, his wife refuses to divorce him.

Passions

2003

Sharon Stone poster
NR

A callous playgirl suffers the consequences when her lifestyle undermined her chances with the one man that stole her heart.

Sharon Stone

2002

No artwork available
NR

Crime melodrama from nollywood about blackmail.

Rip-Off

2005

Road to Yesterday poster
6.5

Victoria returns to Nigeria from the UK to help estranged husband Izu cope with his uncle's death. Hoping to save his marriage, Izu brings Victoria on his trip to the funeral, during which they reflect on their courtship, secrets and regrets.

Road to Yesterday

2015

Super Love poster
NR

A prince (Ramsey Nouah) returns to his village to search for a bride. He falls in love with a girl (Genevieve Nnaji) who is used as a servant by her evil stepfather (Pete Edochie) and stepsisters. It is a retelling of the Cinderella story, set in a Nigerian village.

Super Love

Half of a Yellow Sun poster
5.0

An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.

Half of a Yellow Sun

2013

Sympathy poster
7.0

This Nigerian movie is about The ‘OGBANJE’ that is a well-known phenomenon in some African society, a situation where evil spirits plague families with children that would come, stay a short while and then die. It brings pain and anguish to families. This is the situation David household finds itself, until the latest child came. His wife so determined to keep the child, will do whatever it takes to placate the child and make her stay.

Sympathy

2004

No artwork available
NR

Before a father forbids his child to call him father, then the child might have committed a grievous offense. Senator Ezekiel has two daughters, Nancy and Whitney, the elders being Nancy is rather the black sheep of the humble and wealthy family. Her name is forbidden to be mentioned in the house or anywhere around the Senator. Her younger sister Whitney is not supposed to be anywhere near or have anything to do with her. Watch and find out why a father could actually be heartless towards his daughter. [parts 1-2]

Sister's Love

2008

The Mirror Boy poster
6.0

The Mirror Boy is a mystical journey through Africa, seen through the eyes of a 12 year old boy, Tijan. After a London street fight, in which a local boy is hurt, Tijan's mother decides to take him back to their roots, to Gambia. On their arrival in Banjul, Tijan encounters a strange apparition, a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing. Seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events, with Tijan finding himself lost. While Tijan's panic-stricken mother struggles to find her son, Tijan is left alone in the company of the enigmatic Mirror Boy, seemingly only visible to him. After a bruising spiritual rite of passage, The Mirror Boy takes Tijan on a mystical journey, but not all is what it seems.

The Mirror Boy

2011

No artwork available
NR

The trials and tribulations of a playboy who must learn to settle down.

Not Man Enough

2003

Lionheart poster
6.1

In order to save her father's ailing bus company, competent but perennially overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work alongside feckless uncle Godswill.

Lionheart

2018

No artwork available
NR

Part two of the nollywood crime melodrama.

Rip-Off 2

2005

Doctor Bello poster
6.0

Cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant forms an unlikely bond with seven year old Sam and becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child’s life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertified Nigerian Doctor, known in the Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker.

Doctor Bello

2013

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NR

A born again Christian girl, Ifeoma (Genevieve Nnaji), is faced with the ultimate dilemma when her boss, Stanley (Desmond Elliot), offers to give her the cash needed to operate on her dying brother, but only on the condition that she sleeps with him.

A Piece of Flesh

2007

No artwork available
NR

Emma (Damasus-Aboderin), Candace (Genevieve Nnaji) and Yvonne (Jalade-Ekeinde) have been friends since High School and have since settled into their respective lifestyles. Emma lives with her Business Executive husband and kids (Orji) in marital, surburban bliss until a face from the past (Odokwu) stirs up dysfunction in their happy home. Candace is an egotistical, A list-movie star who tests the fidelity of her fiance (Elliott) by thrusting him into the arms of the career-driven stockbroker, Yvonne. Her humdrum life is forever changed by Candace’s obscene 100000 Naira bet- “Can you seduce my man?” Can she? Can Emma put out the fire under her roof and if so- at whose expense? —freewebs.com/fireflytigereye/

Games Women Play

2005

Behind the camera