- Steph-Nora Okere has opened up on some rather perplexing moments she has faced for being an actress.
- The 49 year old thespian stated that she has been slapped, and in another scenario, walked out of a restaurant for playing the villain in different movies.
Actress Steph-Nora Okere has revealed some challenges she has faced for being good at what she does.
She narrated how a woman once slapped her for playing the role of a villain in a movie.
The 49-year-old mostly known for playing an antagonist in films recounted her experience in a recent interview with TVC in which she spoke about some of her challenges during her early acting years.
Steph-Nora Okere also said that she was asked to leave a restaurant because her character in The Price tried to seduce another character named Pastor Ken, played by actor Richard Mofe Damijo.
She said:
“In the outside world, we have situations whereby people see you for the role you play. Back in the day, I’ve had experiences where a woman gave me a big slap on my back and said ‘you are the one, what you did to your mother-in-law, was that okay?’
“And I’ve been in a restaurant where a guy walked me out and said ‘you can’t sit on that table, you indicted a man of God’ and I’m like when did I do that, and I realised it in a movie, so those challenges are there.”
Steph also talked about her upcoming self-produced film Roberta which features Wale Ojo and Kalu Ikeagwu.
The actress was popular in the ’90s and early 2000s and acted alongside the likes of Sandra Achums, Shan Goerge, Oby Edozie, Lilian Bach, Genevieve Nnaji, Alex Lopez and Nkiru Sylvanus.
She was once married to fellow actor Lanre Falana and was previously in a relationship with Jim Iyke.