Nigerian actress, film producer, and Director General of the award-winning Lagos-based film house, ROK Studios, Mary Remmy Njoku, took to her Instagram page to explain what happens when someone from low beginnings achieves success.
The actress said people who knew the person before their success “find it hard to accept that you came from the same place because they are still there.”
She added that all the love and support the successful person gets will most likely come from strangers.
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Mary Njoku is a mother of three children. She got married in 2012 to a Nigerian entrepreneur and co-founder of Irokotv, Jason Njoku.
Mary Njoku started her acting career at the age of 17 years. In 2004, she made her debut in Nollywood when she starred in the film, Home Sickness. She also appeared in the films, Brain Masters and Sound of Love in 2006. Her popularity soared throughout the 2000s and 2010s as she established herself as one of the most talented actresses in Nollywood.
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In 2011, she played Kaisha in the blockbuster film series, Blackberry Babes. The series received many accolades for portraying the changing face of the Nigerian youth and how technology and social networking affected them.
She continued to make appearances in various films throughout the early 2010s, including Brave Mind (2012), Sins of the Past (2012), and Hand of Faith (2012), among others.
