{"id":79266,"date":"2022-05-03T11:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=79266"},"modified":"2022-05-03T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:01:02","slug":"how-bimbo-akintola-got-me-into-nollywood-actress-iyabo-ojo-sheds-light-on-acting-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/05\/03\/how-bimbo-akintola-got-me-into-nollywood-actress-iyabo-ojo-sheds-light-on-acting-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bimbo Akintola got me into Nollywood &#8211; Actress Iyabo Ojo sheds light on acting journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Actress Iyabo Ojo has recollected how her senior colleague Bimbo Akintola got her into the movie industry by introducing her to veteran actor Keppy Bassey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Iyabo narrated this in a video posted on Instagram while speaking on her journey to Nollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62157\" style=\"width: 828px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62157\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9-248x300.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9-768x929.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9-180x217.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9-267x322.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/02\/17\/C3F1FEAD-BFD6-4BB7-BA69-021C9C902EE9-368x445.jpeg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iyabo Ojo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/26\/iyabo-ojo-debunks-claims-of-500k-net-worth-toyin-abraham-mercy-aigbe-sikiratu-sindodo-others-react\/\">According to the mother-of-two<\/a>, watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/03\/10-popular-nigerian-actors-and-movies-that-brought-them-to-spotlight\/\">Bimbo Akintola\u2019s performance in the movie Out of Bounds motivated her.<\/a> Iyabo said she reached out to Bimbo who gave her several tips on acting and introduced her to Keppy who helped in getting her first role. She said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHow did I start out in Nollywood? Okay, when I was done with secondary school I watched this movie called Out of Bounds, I fell in love with Bimbo Akintola\u2019s acting. watching her on-screen that day I just said this is it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So the first thing I had to do was go look for Bimbo Akintola. I found her helpfully by one of my friends and I told her I wanted to actress she was very warm, accomodating and then she taught me a few tricks and told me I had to register with AGN and I had to start going for auditions, I started moving around with her and I was going with her for auditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And then she introduced me to uncle Keppy Ekpenyong Bassey and his beautiful wife they were so nice to me and one day he just gave me a note somewhere in Surulere so I took the note and I went there and they said she still have to queue. And I was very excited at least for the first time I was going to have that opportunity to work in front of the camera and that was a big deal for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">See video below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-79266-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/05\/03\/How-Iyabo-Ojo-started-her-acting-career-.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/05\/03\/How-Iyabo-Ojo-started-her-acting-career-.mp4\">https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/05\/03\/How-Iyabo-Ojo-started-her-acting-career-.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/17\/actress-iyabo-ojo-shares-her-heart-wrenching-story-of-surviving-as-a-single-mom-with-2kids\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Recall, on Sunday, 17th of April, Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo shared her painful experience of surviving as a single mother and being treated as a second class citizen due to her failed marriage.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a lengthy post shared on her Instagram page, Iyabo Ojo said she would never stop expressing appreciation to God for her life and the challenges she overcame. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Iyabo Ojo recounted how people called her all manner of names because of her failed marriage both in the movie industry and the world at large.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Iyabo Ojo, the single mother status made people describe her as not having morals, not fit to be a model, talkative and a clout chaser even when she tries to tell her story.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Iyabo Ojo has recollected how her senior colleague Bimbo Akintola got her into the movie industry by introducing her to veteran actor Keppy Bassey. 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