Ten Richest Nollywood Actresses 2015(with Pictures)
#1 – $7 million – ₦1.4 billion
Talk of being a Boss, Genevieve Nnaji topped the 2014 List of Vanguards Richest Celebrity in Nigeria.
The actress has a net worth of N220m From Endorsements Alone.
The former Face of LUX has been signing too many deals with multi-national companies for the past year including Etisalat, Amstel Malta, Range Rover Envogue and MUD Cosmetics.
Genevieve Nnaji is representing or has represented brands like Lux, Cintrion Energy drink, Range Rover Evogue, Etisalat, Polo and Amstel Malta. The Etisalat deal alone earned her N100 million. Her deal with Polo is in the region of N70 while the Cintrion drink rakes in N50 million for the actress.
#2 – $3 million – ₦600 million
Omosexy! Regarded as The Queen Of Nollywood.
Omotola recently celebrated 20 years in the movie industry.
Being the first Ever African celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page, Omotola has appeared in over 300 Nollywood Movies.
The 37 year old mother of 4 is a brand ambassador to many, like Ghandour cosmetics ltd., P&G, manufacturers of Pampers baby Diapers, Kong and more.
Omotola and her daughter, Meraiah recently inked an endorsement deal with Knorr Cube.
The screen goddess is said to charge about N1.5 – 2million naira for per movie.
Omotola’s scored a bygone when she made it to TIME magazine’s 2013 edition of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’. Her TV reality series, ‘Omotola: The Real Me’ generated a landmark viewership on M-NET’s Africa Magic when it debuted, and the mother-of-four is now warming up for international break.
#3 Ini Edo – $1.5 million – ₦400 million
Recently divorced Ini Edo started her Nollywood career in 1999.
The 33 year old Nollywood star has starred in over 200 movies and where she reportedly charges between N1.5m – 2m per movie.
She has endorsement lot of products too which includes, Noble Hair, Glo, Chivita, Inec, EKo Restoration Foundation and more. Her latest movie is – Caro The Iron Bender [2014].
Ini Edo in 2014 acquired a N70 million mansion in lekki.
That’s not the end!
Ini Edo also multi million naira cars
She drives a Brand New Mercedes G-wagon AMG G-65 which cost a whooping N38 million.
Though she’s not the one beside the range rover in the picture above, but that’s one of her best friends and she goes by the name Amaka Ezeh. She shared the picture on her instagram page and congratulated Ini Edo.
When a follower asked her if Ini had bought another car, she replied yes
When a follower asked her if Ini had bought another car, she replied yes
#4 Stephanie Okereke-Linus – $1.2million – 250 million
The List isn’t complete without Our Ever Gorgeous Actress – Stephanie Okereke-Linus who definitely is swimming in Awards, Endorsements and of course MONEY!
Stephanie started her career in 1997 where she starred in 2 nollywood movie. Fast Forward to 2002, She made 2nd place during the Most Beauty Girl in Nigeria pageant 2002. She has received numerous awards of which she was recently invited to wine and dine with the Queen of England.
Okereke was married (2004-2007) to a former Super Eagles football player Chikelue Iloenyosi, a marriage which a high court in Lagos in 2012 has declared null and void, because at the time they got married, Chikelue was already legally married to another woman in the US.
She married her husband, Linus Idahosa in Paris, France in April 2012 where they chose an Exclusive Castle in Paris for their wedding, which according to the actress is Nigerian Wedding of the Year.
We learnt to wed at the castle cost £100,000.
The wedding between Stephanie and Idahosa Linus is estimated at almost N100 million!
The actress has many cars of which includes a range rover.
#5 Rita Dominic – $859,000 – ₦171 million
39 year old Ever-Gorgeous Rita Dominic is also a brand ambassador to many.
The theater art graduate from the University of Port Harcourt has starred in over 100 movies. She started her career in Nollywood in 1998 and she has so far been one of the highest paying actress in Nollywood.
She is to charge between N1m – 1.5m per movie.
She has a mansion in Lagos which costs millions of naira.
She is a brand ambassador to Keystone bank for an undisclosed amount of money. She was also a former Ambassador to Telecom Giant, GLO.
Rita Dominic Net worth is $859,000 – ₦171 million
#6 Mercy Johnson – $850,000 – ₦170 million
Mama Purity herself!
She’s One of those popular Nollywood Actresses without an endorsement deal.
The actress in 2014 said ‘Scarcity of Endorsement Deals Doesn’t bother her.
Mercy reveals she got into the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) because she failed her University entrance examinations.
The happily married mother of two has appeared in over 60 movies. Mercy has revealed that growing up was tough and had difficulties paying her school fees most times. She also reveals that she worked as a housemaid to survive.
She was one of the inaugural winners at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2013 for her role in the comedy film “Dumebi the Dirty Girl”.
Mercy is arguably Nollywood’s Highest paying actress. Few years back, the Film and Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN) threatened to ban the actress for allegedly becoming exorbitant with her fees, which have shot up as high up as N2 million for a movie role.
Mercy Johnson and her husband Prince Odi Okojie in 2013 moved from their Omole estate home to a massive new home in Ajah, Lagos. The multimillion naira 6-bedroom duplex has a roofed car park, a swimming pool, well equipped gym, bar, terrace, a pent house and boys-quarters at the back.
Mercy Johnson has so many vehicles, but she said that her best is the car she received as a gift from her husband when she had her first baby.
It is a brand new Lexus SUV which is worth N16m. Before her marriage to Prince Okojie, MJ had properties undisclosed, but enjoys her life living with her husband in their beautiful duplex in Lekki, Lagos.
Mercy Johnson Net worth is: $850,000 – ₦170 million
#7 Oge Okoye – $850,000 – N170 million
Delectable Theatre Art Graduate from Nnamdi Azikwe University has starred in over 40 movies.
The only Endorsement of Oge Okoye we know of is – ‘HairInfinity’.
The Actress was recently spotted with a ₦2million 18-Carat Gold & Diamond Piaget Bracelet
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She has a Mansion in Lekki and according to an interview with Encomium Mag, she claims her mansion is worth over N100m.
We learnt you just completed a mansion worth N100 million, how true is it?It’s no longer news. Hard work pays. It is hard work though it’s yet to be completed. It’s still in progress, very soon it will be completed and you will hear about it.
The actress has over three cars worth million of nairas.
#8 Kate henshaw Nuttal – $700,000 – N140 million
43 year old Kate Henshaw has starred in over 40 movies and has endorsed many Brands which includes, Samsung, Blessings Perfume in the UK, GLO Limite amongst others.
She is currently “The Face of Onga” and a judge on Nigeria’s Got Talent and also a brand ambassador Of Samsung Electronics Division.
At the moment, Kate drives an SUV, Nissan Arrmada, worth N16m. Kate Henshaw has a property in Cross Rivers state and lives in her own house worth millions of naira in a choice area on Lagos Island.
#9 Chika Ike – $700,000 – ₦140 million
The delectable actress started her career in Nollywood in 2005 where she landed her first roles in the movies Sweetlove and Bless the Child, directed by TChidi Chikere
The 29 year old graduate of Human Kinectics and Health Education from the University of Lagos is the brand Ambassador of Bullet Energy Drink.
She is also a UN Ambassador, Refugee Ambassador for Displaced persons and founder of the Chika Ike (Help A Child) Foundation.
The house according, has a swimming pool, gym room, private office, car port, garden, massive walk in closet and a state of art interior.
Chika released exclusive pics of her house to Bellanaija last year
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Chika ike is one of the richest babes in Nollywood. She owns a boutique called Fancy Nancy in Abuja.
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Chika ike is one of the richest babes in Nollywood. She owns a boutique called Fancy Nancy in Abuja.
#10 FUNKE AKINDELE – $700,000 – ₦140 million
The 38 years old Ikorodu born Actress has been in the Nollywood Business for over 10 years.
Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa or Suliya, rose to fame in ‘I Need To Know’, a TV series, and went on to earn a monstrous fame with her rib cracking movie, ‘JENIFA’.
Funke made over N56 million, in 2012 alone. In her movie ‘The Return of Jenifa’, Funke earned N35 million.
Her movie, ‘Married but Living Single’ made N9.9 million while ‘Maami’ made N11 million.
The actress is on her way to another cinema glory with a movie, ‘A Wish’.
She has many endorsements to her name: Funke Akindele has an endorsement deal with Vitafoam reportedly worth N20 million.
She also has deals with Globacom, Jobberman.com, Qlichy.com, Klin detergent, Lagos Inland Revenue Service and OMO.
She also has many cars.
Funke Akindele net worth is: $700,000 – ₦140 million.
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