Patience Ozokwor Rejects Comparisons To Liz Benson, Explains Why

Nollywood veteran Patience Ozokwor recently shared her experiences with attempts to impose titles on her at the start of her acting career.

 She recounted how people tried to label her as the “Liz Benson of Enugu,” drawing comparisons to the legendary actress Liz Benson.

However, Ozokwor rejected this tag, asserting that both she and Benson have their own unique identities.

Additionally, Ozokwor revealed that she turned down suggestions to use her husband’s first name as her surname, opting instead to adopt his family name.

She discussed these decisions in a recent interview with Nwafo TV.

“I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started [my acting career] and people started recognising this woman from Enugu.

“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, ‘You’re the Liz Benson’ of Enugu.’

“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’,” she recalled.

She added: “And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’

“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.

“So my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’.”

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