Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede is celebrating 20 years in the movie industry.
The popular actress has expressed full gratitude to God looking back at the remarkable milestone.
“The emotions I feel when I reflect is just fulfillment, gratitude and love, some of the people that got into the industry at the same time as me are no longer here. So I’m grateful for the grace that has brought me this far and kept me relevant,” she revealed in an interview.
Her biggest evolution, she said, has been the fact that she now knows that she has the ability to shed off.
“There are so many layers to me and with each layer, I get better,” she said.
The anniversary though worth celebrating feels like a rebirth for the actress. “It’s really a rebirth because the last 20 years seemed to have been a period of self discovery, especially because I started quite early. Twenty years later I have discovered a lot of potentials that I am yet to explore and I am now ready to show that part of me to the world, every rebirth comes with new vision and renewed gusto,” she gushed
In celebrating the milestone, Jegede will launch two major brands, her foundation and her investment company.
“My mission is to ensure that actors and creatives in general learn to invest in their future, we need to stop the trend of celebrities living in fame and dying in poverty or calling for public help whenever they have health needs or when life throws them the slightest curve ball”.
She continued: “A big part of what I do is related to the 18 children that I have adopted and I have been responsible for their education for a long time now, it was important to respect their privacy and just watch them blossom. I am so proud of them and I get emotional when they call me mummy.
“I also support single parents and I have been supporting other causes. I think it is now time to put some structure around it so that I can reach out to more children and make a bigger impact with the help of a team and partners, instead of doing it all by myself.
“Our vision is to help 5000 children get education in the next five years, empower 100 single parents with businesses within the next two years.
“I am also embarking on sensitizing local communities about sickle cell anemia”.
