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You started\u00a0acting what year?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I started acting when I was five, but before that I did a commercial. I did my first commercial when I was a year and six months, it was a Peak Milk calendar. I remember because it is my favourite picture ever, and I did a lot of commercials in-between. I did my first film when I was five-years-old. My first film was called \u2018Narrow Escape\u2019. It\u2019s really, really old. It was with Pete Edochie and Ann Njemanze.<\/em><\/p>\n How did you get into acting at such an early age?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I had a modeling agent because I was doing commercials when I was much more younger. I think he used to be my mum\u2019s modeling agent because my mum was a model. So, somehow he said, \u2018there is a film, do you want to do it?\u2019 I was like, \u2018yeah, sure let\u2019s try it\u2019. Apparently, I\u2019ve always had a thing for performing, acting and singing and just being all over the place, so my mum thought it was a good idea, and I did it. So long as I enjoyed it, I continued to do it.<\/em><\/p>\n Acting for the first time at five, what was the first time at five, what was the experience like?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I think the first time I got the feeling of \u2018okay, I\u2019m an actor\u2019 was when I did this film called, \u2018Romantic Attraction\u2019 with RMD, Stella Damasus and Chioma Chukwuka; that was my first major role as a child. That was when I kind of fell in love with acting. I really enjoyed doing this and it was really exciting getting to play someone else, because I\u2019ve always loved playing dress-up anyway. I remember when I was younger and my mum had visitors; I used to dress-up with her wigs and her shoes and imitate her the way she talks, imitate her friends and stuff like that. So, it was really nice for me.<\/em><\/p>\n So basically, you are following in your mother\u2019s footsteps?<\/em><\/p>\n Yes. I got my creative part of myself from my mom.<\/em><\/p>\n So when did MTV Shuga happen to you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I think I was twenty-one. I stopped doing \u2018Dear Mother\u2019 series when I was eighteen. I took a break from acting to really figure out if I wanted to do it as an adult, so I took a break and did a couple of other things that weren\u2019t acting related. I worked in Fab Magazine, for like a year and half. It\u2019s a fashion and lifestyle magazine. So, I wanted to take a break to really figure out, because I\u2019ve been doing it (acting) for such a long time and I\u2019m comfortable or do I really love it? So, while I was in the middle of my break, I was called to audition for Shuga and I remember I auditioned for Tope Oshin and got the part, that\u2019s how it happened, which was really exciting because I was a huge fan of the show before auditioning.<\/em><\/p>\n Aside\u00a0acting, what else are you into?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I just started a company with my mum; it\u2019s a clothing company. We are still trying to get it off the ground. I\u2019m building my business and considering learning cinematography and editing and other stuffs that are related to film because it\u2019s really a part of my life. I want it to be part of my life forever \u2013 not just acting but writing and directing and producing and things like that.<\/em><\/p>\n t must\u00a0really be hard for you as a woman to do all these?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n No actually. I don\u2019t think it has to do with gender. I think if you love it enough and you are willing to put in the work, because what lots of people fail to understand is that it\u2019s hard work. People want to be an actor and when they see how much you have to work and how long the hours are, they are like; I don\u2019t think I want to do it. I think if you love it enough and you are willing to put in the work? Anyone can do it.<\/em><\/p>\n So, you are saying that hard work eclipses the idea of gender roles? Don\u2019t you think men are more\u00a0<\/strong>favoured?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been an actor, obviously I always play the part of girls, so maybe when I decide to venture into other parts like directing and writing then maybe I can have an informed opinion about what it\u2019s like. I think generally in the world, women have to usually work twice as hard as to get what a man doesn\u2019t even work that hard for. It\u2019s just the way the world is but I do think it\u2019s getting to a place where more women are standing up for themselves and more people are starting to realize that just because someone is a woman doesn\u2019t mean that she can\u2019t bring just as much, or even more to the table. My gender has never really been something that I feel like it\u2019s going to limit me. I think the only thing that can limit you is yourself at the end of the day.<\/em><\/p>\n The feminist movement is\u2026?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019m a feminist! Let\u2019s start from there. I don\u2019t joke with that part of my life. I\u2019m a feminist. I\u2019ve been a feminist since before it became a \u2018thing\u2019. I\u2019ve always been a feminist.<\/em><\/p>\n How do you describe your version of feminism, as there are different types?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n For me, whenever someone says, \u2018you are a feminist?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018have you gone to the dictionary to know what that word means?\u2019 It just basically means someone who believes that men and women should have equal opportunities; economically, socially and in every area of their lives, and I don\u2019t think that is far-fetched. I think that if I work hard for something, I should be able to get it whether I am a man or a woman. It means that I believe that we should have equal opportunities. Just because I\u2019m a girl doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t do this because I\u2019m a girl.<\/em><\/p>\n Most people would disagree with you on that.<\/em><\/p>\n I know. I would disagree with them on everything.<\/em><\/p>\n Especially when it comes to the home front?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Yes, I disagree with them on that too. I was raised by a woman. It never stopped her from being an incredible parent. I mean it\u2019s just society\u2019s idea of what a woman should be. I don\u2019t think that applies to anything. I feel a man can be just as good a parent as a mum and a woman as good a parent as a dad. Does it really matter what your gender is? All that matters is who you are at the end of the day.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>You grew\u00a0up with a single mother?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Yes, I did and I turned out like this because she is amazing. I grew up with a single parent and I never felt like I was missing anything because she puts all of her attention on us. My mum is a superhero and there are lots of mums in the world who are superheroes like her and most people don\u2019t see it that way because you don\u2019t have a dad. I don\u2019t think why people feel there is something wrong with you because you grew up with a single mother.<\/em><\/p>\n How did it feel like growing up without a male figure in your life, were you bullied because of this?<\/em><\/p>\n I dare someone to bully me about that. I wasn\u2019t bullied by anyone, I never felt weird, and I never felt some type of weight, I never. It was just my reality; it\u2019s perfect.<\/em><\/p>\n What about your dad?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n My parents are divorced. I don\u2019t hide it. I\u2019m comfortable about it. The thing is, it\u2019s a reality for so many people, but somehow it still seems like such a taboo and I don\u2019t understand why. Sometimes, relationships don\u2019t work, and at the end of the day, parents do what\u2019s best for the children and my mum did an incredible job.<\/em><\/p>\n Most people would say that a woman\u2019s place is in the kitchen, what\u2019s your take on that?<\/em><\/p>\n No it is not. A grown woman\u2019s place is wherever she decides that it is. There are lots of women who are so well-educated, they have great jobs, it\u2019s not like people expect them to end up in the kitchen or making the beds and all I can say is, would you expect that of a man?<\/em><\/p>\n You are not\u00a0<\/strong>single\u00a0are you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I am.<\/em><\/p>\n Searching?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n No.<\/em><\/p>\n Why?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have the time. I mean, being in a relationship is fun but I feel like there are times in your life when you need to be by yourself, because you are trying to evolve as a person and figure out what you want and it\u2019s hard to do that when there is someone else\u2019s feelings you have to consider on everything. I am not searching; I\u2019m happy, single and okay with it.<\/em><\/p>\n After your secondary school, did you advance to the university?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t want to.<\/em><\/p>\n Why is that?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know, maybe because I have spent a long time being an actor. I didn\u2019t just want to go to school just for\u2026 \u2018Okay she went to school\u2019. I am going to school in a couple of years to study film. I figured if I have to go to university, I might as well do something I cared about. Get some experience and do something that I really, really love, something that I can actually use in my real life.<\/em><\/p>\n Source: Gistreel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you remember the beautiful girl from Dear Mother and more recently, from MTV Base’ Shuga? Here she is in an interview. The beautiful actress Sharon Ezeamaka opened up about life to\u00a0Sun Newspaper\u00a0stating that she believes firmly in the concept of man and women should be given equal opportunities. Read the interview below… You started\u00a0acting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6035,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[351],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-sharon-ezeamaka"],"yoast_head":"\n