The Ultimate Sacrifice: 8 Celebrity Mums Who Dumped Fame For Motherhood
For these celebrity mums, motherhood comes first before fame.
They chose waking up every 5 minutes, changing nasty diapers and soothing screaming babies over round the clock acting.
Some are back, others aren’t. They are still enjoying the euphoria of motherhood.
Below are 8 celebrities who dumped fame for motherhood:
1. Dakore Egbuson
Dakore Akande-Egbuson celebrates daughter’s 5th birthday(Instagram)
Nollywood actress, Dakore Egbuson was hot on the movie scene back then. Then she got married and decided to take a break from the movie scene.
“Motherhood is awesome and challenging but it completes me. It makes me appreciate my mum a lot more. Now, I know what she went through to have me and my four other siblings,” she once spoke on motherhood.
Dakore is back now and recently starred in Mo Abudu’s “Fifty“.
2. Regina Askia
play Regina Askia and daughter (Youtube)
Former beauty queen and actress ditched the glitz and glamour for a quiet life as a nurse with her kids.
She also recently unveiled her website designed to showcase her work in health, nursing, education as well as her new brand image.
3. Georgina Onuoha
play Georgina Onuoha and kids on vacation
(Instagram)
Before there was Tonto or any other Nollywood actress, we had Georgina Onuoha on our TV screen until she ditched it for a quiet life with her ex-husband and kids.
4. Omoni Oboli
play In 1996, Nollywood filmmaker Omoni Oboli, took a break from acting to give birth to her three boys.
Speaking of making her return in 2009, Oboli said “I did “Figurine” and “Anchor Baby” shortly after I came back, the two movies made weighty impacts in the then returning cinema culture.“
5. Victoria Inyama
play Victoria Inyama at the London premiere of Emem Isong’s ‘Champagne’
(Sync Photos)
One of the most promising starlets of her time, Victoria Inyama decided to give it all away for a married life, far off in the United states of America.
6. Sandra Achums
Sandra Achums and kids (YNaija)
Sandra Achums was a very popular actress back then but she dumped fame for marriage!
She relocated to Germany in 2011 where she secretly married a German based Nigerian businessman.
7. Tonto Dikeh
Tonto Dikeh and son(Instagram)
Tonto Dikeh gave birth early this year and since then she has been missing from our TV screen.
Infact! She stopped acting ever since she got married to heartthrob, Oladunni Churchill.
8. Rita Nzelu
Rita Nzelu
(Rita Nzelu)
Known as one of the pioneer actress in Nollywood, Rita Nzelustarred in “Living in Bondage” where she played the role of Tina, a call girl.
Nzelu however quit acting and relocated to London.
Happily married with kids, she still remains something to talk about.
