Actor Roy De-Nani has spoken about the challenges he faced in the film industry and the personal losses he endured over the years.
Speaking on the Where is the Lie podcast, he alleged that he was at some point unofficially blacklisted from acting jobs.
According to him, “A man gave an order that nobody should give Roy De Nani a job again. For years, even when I was already recording, a producer would come in and say, ‘No, cancel it. Stop.’”
Roy also spoke about the loss of his brother, saying he received no support from colleagues in Nollywood at the time.
“I have a brother from the same father. When he died, not a single actor or actress showed up,” he said.
The actor further revealed that he later lost both his son and daughter after he could not afford the blood transfusions they needed.
According to him, the children were living with sickle cell disorder and required regular transfusions.
“I lost my son, I lost my daughter because they needed blood transfusion so they could continue living, but there was no money to buy the blood, and they died,” he said.
“Nollywood never came to assist me. Not that they don’t care, but they have not been touched. Let it be said that way,” he added.
Roy De-Nani is an actor within the Nollywood industry whose screen presence dates back to the early 2000s. His body of work reflects the foundational era of modern Nigerian cinema, often appearing in dramatic features that explored complex social and emotional themes.
One of his earliest notable appearances was in the 2001 production Hatred, followed shortly by a role in the 2002 film Long John. These early projects placed him in the midst of Nollywood’s rapid expansion at the turn of the millennium.
