Chukwukere kelechi is a popular known as Kelly is famous Nollywood actress and movie producer. She is also an entrepreneur, investor, a philanthropist and showbiz personality
In this post, we take a look at the life of this fantastic actress.
Early life
Chukwukere kelechi was born on the 5th of April in Nigeria into a devoted Christian family. She grew up in porthacourt Nigeria. Kelly began acting while attending Rehobth Int School Elelenwo Porthacourt after secondary school education, kelly proceeded and enrolled at the University of imo state where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts.
The actress revealed in an interview that acting had always been a part of her life, from her days in primary school through her secondary school and up till her university days.
Kelly also comes from a family of Entertainers as her brother is fully into music.
Career
The actress began her career right from the church, She later joined Nollywood in 2011 and she has grown over the years to become one of the most featured actresses on the Nollywood scene.
kelly has the ability to interpret her roles very well and can fit in any character given to her by movie directors. She has starred in so many Nollywood movies since her debut.
In 2016, kelly produced and featured in the "Little secret". The movie was a Family story, she featured prominent Nigerian actor and actress saintinoyke and chinenye queendollar, Chukwukere Kelechi is popularly called the Kelly Damsel of Nollywood as she has earned the respect of both fans and colleagues. The actress revealed in an interview that her acting is inspired by God and her love for the arts.
Also, her peers disclosed that she is a workaholic although kelly has stated that she often finds time to rest when she’s not acting.
Personal life
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Awards
Kelly has worn some awards, as of recent she worn the shyboi Entertainment award as best supporting lead actress of the year and have been nominated for some awards.
Movies
Below are some of the movies kelly has featured in
IT Boss
Blood Sacrifice
Sword of justice
Emily millionaire
Sacred Dog
Judas kiss
Drops of hope
Little secrets
Networth
Kelly is currently among one of the rich and most influential Nollywood actresses with an estimated net worth of $20,000.
Challenges
Kelly revealed in an interview that her time in Nollywood has been laced with a lot of challenges. For instance, she has always being faced with the challenge of leaving her family to travel long distances for movie roles. Often times, she misses her family and thinks about them while on set.
Also, there is the challenge of working with unserious people as well as the problem of reading scripts that have been poorly written. The actress also spoke about the stress that comes with playing roles that require a lot of physical activity.
Fashion
Kelly revealed in an interview that she loves African fabrics abecause of her love for Africa.
Also, the actress revealed that she wears African fabric literally all the time. Interestingly, even when she has to wear jeans, she would look for a top made from African fabrics to go with it.
Controversy
kelly has managed to stay clear of controversies. She revealed in an interview that she is not a loud person and she sticks with the simple things like doing her work on set then going home to take care of her family.
Philosophy of life
The actress disclosed in an interview that her lifes philosophy is to be good to people because you never know who might help you in life as this world is a small place.
Where will Nollywood be in the next 5 years.
Kelly is quite optimistic about the future of Nollywood as she believes the industry is on a journey and they are going very far. Also, she disclosed that the current trend is that Hollywood is coming down to Africa to do movies and these are movies are doing quite well.
Kelly believes the time is coming when Nigerian stars will feature in top rated Hollywood films shot in Africa and indeed Nigeria.
The actress also reiterated that she expects the government to do more. For instance, they can get involved in providing the equipment, which will be used to shoot high quality films in Nollywood and uplift the standard in Nigeria.
Best moments
Kelly disclosed in an interview that her best moments in Nollywood are the times she spends with fellow actors and crew members when they are like one family. According to her, these are people who are not related to her but there is this bond that holds them together because they have a common goal.
The actress also revealed that her most memorable day on set was when she was on the set of the movie, ‘IT BOSS' and she interpreted her lines so well that the director, Val Sunny Olisemeka, told everyone on set to give her a standing ovation. She felt really happy that day.
