Ijeoma Grace Agu made a name for herself in Nollywood when she starred in the movie, ‘Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo’, playing the role of a prostitute.
The Chemistry graduate turned actress, who is also married to a filmmaker, has revealed why she doesn’t call herself a star.
Ijeoma noted that she is not a star,stressing that she is a working actor.
Speaking in a chat with The Nation, she said:” I am not a star; just a working actor. My film debut was in El Dorado. It was a TV series by Fidelis Dukker. I had about six scenes as the secretary. I recall very well. We shot at his (Dukker) office then at Finbarrs Road and we finished quite late.
“Even before we started, I was anxious because I wanted to please. You know, it was my first time on set, first time acting for him. I was hoping I nailed it for him and all that. No much correction was made. I expected him to say, ‘cut, no, that’s not how to do it’ but I didn’t get any of that. I guess I wasn’t the primary force. We finished quite late and I had no means of getting home. I wasn’t mobile. So, it was someone else who dropped me at Surulere where I was squatting with a friend.”
When asked about her days of little beginnings as an actress she said:”I have always been passionate about acting. I actually started taking it (acting) serious at the age of 14. I was part of a theatre group called the Creative Squad if I remember correctly. That was in Benin. We were performing at the Abacha Cultural Centre then. I think it’s named something else now. That was for me my very first stint in professional acting. And then I went to university. While at university, I was writing films and sending it to marketers. And then finished with university in 2006/2007 and started doing this full time”.
