Chika Chukwu is true to love

For so many years, she’d been on the country’s entertainment scene, especially, since her appearance in Jumoke in the award winning TV series, Fuji House of Commotion. But last year, the beautiful and talented actress, Chika Andrea Chukwu suddenly went out of the radar. Many began to wonder, where the lady, who many see as a ‘toughie’, had gone.

Some people saw a picture of you in a wedding dress and thought you went to shoot a film in London, how true is this?
“The pictures of me at a wedding in London isn’t from a film shoot and no film crew attending either, yes I got married August last year,” she smiles.

People thought you stayed too long in London, if the above was you in real life wedding, is marriage about to relocate you from Nigeria?
The petite lady says, “Oh, I went to school and worked in London, I equally have family there so – I’ve often stayed for months at a time in the past. Well, as we just got married, my husband and I made the decision to spend the next few months together before we plunge back into our work lives. I mostly wanted to stay for a while, as he’s not part of the Nollywood entertainment scene, we are doing our best to balance our lives as a couple. I travel often back and forth London-Lagos, anyway, so, no change there in terms of relocating.”

You want to know the lucky man and how both met?
Chika confesses, “his name is Brian Ahern – he is an Irish guy, who lives in London – he’s not in the entertainment industry. I guess you can say we are both very happy and lucky and in reference to how we met let’s just say my husband found me.”

Why an Oyinbo, so to say?
“We think and feel the same way – we never considered any differences – you know, it never even occurred to me. We have so much in common – our interests and values, the things we like – nothing else matters. I found someone who loves me, and whom, in turn, I love back that I believe is most important, plus I am not the first nor will I be the last black Nigerian woman and actress to marry someone, who is from a different race or has a different culture,” she says.

The actress and singer, who also featured in The Meeting, Being Mrs. Elliott, Unconditional, Under Your Skin and some other flicks, adds, “I’ve been very busy with other things … ‘we make plans and God laughs’, whilst I was away, my father passed away unexpectedly, and for a few weeks, I couldn’t understand

why, but as a Christian I understand that God knows best.”
According to the actress, True To Love is the name of the movie she produced last year. There were some delays with post production, but it is now at distribution stages, so, expect to see releases soon on different platforms. I also just finished a co-production with Ejiro Onobrakpor called – Love, Sex, Religion –So, I am working the best way I can given the situation of our economy.”