Stella Damasus @ 42: Peace After the Storms Of Life

By Chuks Ekpeneru

Stella Damasus is unarguably one of the pioneers of the Nollywood industry and deserves a place of reckoning.

She has come a long way despite the initial setback that followed the death of her first husband Jaiye Aboderin in 2005.

She moved on to be nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009.

Stella Damasus was born on the 24th of April, 1978 in Benin City, Edo State in Nigeria and was nurtured with four sisters 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.

Stella had two daughters before Jaiye died suddenly in 2005.

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 graduated with a degree in Theatre Ars from  the University of Lagos. She first appeared in the Nigerian film Abused in 1992. Her right 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 and When Women Praise.

She 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 & director Daniel Ademinokan.

The couple have been together ever since. Their relationship sparked a lot of controversies all over Nigeria and Africa because both parties never publicly admitted to be dating, engaged or even married until 2014.

Despite the controversies and the storms of the past, Ms. Damasus has maintained an unmoving stance in her stance on issues that are especially strong to her faith.

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