Actress Stella Damasus has spoken about her career, early beginnings and return to acting.
Speaking on the Tea With Tay Podcast, she said, “People always think I am a one-sided kind of actor. They don’t know the half of me. That’s why I am back.”
Stella recounted her unexpected entry into acting, revealing that her initial passion was music. She explained, “I didn’t know I would be a professional Nollywood actress. I came to Lagos as a kid. I was 15. I was a singer. I was singing in places like Jazzville in Yaba and I was a staff of Klinx Studios.”
She added that she built her early career doing background vocals and commercial work. “I was doing jingles and backup singing for a lot of people. I had a lot of mentors there teaching me how to sing. I thought that was who I was going to be.”
According to her, acting came by chance after a friend persuaded her to attend an audition. “One day, I was in my house, hadn’t showered, and a friend of mine came and said she was going to Ikeja for an audition and that I should come with her. I was living with my sister in Surulere back then.”
On her personal life, the actress spoke about her bond with her children, describing them as her support system. “We are very close. I call them my support system. I think the way I say God kept me for them, God gave them to me knowing everything that I will go through in my life. I would need children who are sane, who love me unconditionally, who will be strong enough to go through certain things with me and still stand.”
Stella rose to prominence in Nollywood in the 1990s and early 2000s, with roles in films such as Breaking Point, Widow and Behind Closed Doors.
