The Transformation of Genevieve Nnaji as she marks her 39th birthday
By Rita Okoye
Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji is celebrating her birthday today, May 3, 2018.
The actress who just clocked 39 shared lovely pictures of herself which we have compared with what she looked like in the past.
Genevieve Nnaji born 3 May 1979) is a Nigerian actress and singer.
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.
Genevieve Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos, the fourth of eight children and was brought up in a middle class environment.
Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring into the University of Lagos where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts.
While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.
