Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has shared her ordeals growing up and making it in the Nigerian movie industry, despite the sexual harassment. She revealed this on the Arise TV program ‘The Perspectives’ with Ruth Osime.
According to Akindele, she believed “challenges are bound to come while passing through the obstacles.”I did not let it kill me, even though the big NOs can be so disappointing.“The urge to make it was there, for me” she said. She also spoke about how she was refusing roles because they believed she didn’t have what it takes to be there, “you don’t have the pretty face, you didn’t have the back,” she pointed out.
However, she did not give up her urge to make it. Funke Akindele who studied law believes that a lady can still become successful without having any sexual relationship with any man.“There were times I felt bad, broke down and cried too, but my mum kept telling me, Rome was not built in a day, so I kept on believing I would get there,” she said.
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Answering questions about how she was able to cope, during these challenging times, she said, “I was working and schooling, I was in poly in Ogun, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic then. I kept on going for an audition, and then one day the breakthrough through I Need to know. I played Bisi in I need to Know back then before I gained admission into Unilag to study law”
Speaking about how she survived, she said: “Before the big years, I was into cakes, making nails, making hair, you know Bimpe Onakoya the big makeup artiste, she was doing make-up in nowels halls, I had to look for a way out, you find a way, you have to do something” she said referring to how ladies could do something on their own too.
