10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NOLLYWOOD AMAZON, JOKE SILVA
By AZUH AMATUS
1 Name: Joke Silva (Jacobs).
2 She is a celebrated Nollywood Amazon, leading actress, director and businesswoman.
3 The multiple award-winning thespian is an English graduate from the University of Lagos and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London.
4Amiable and cerebral Joke is happily married to acting legend, Olu Jacobs and they are blessed with two children.
5 Amazingly and unknown to many, the famous couple met in 1981, at the National Theatre, Lagos, during Nigeria’s 21st independence anniversary.
6 In 2012, the multi-talented thespian was appointed a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for a period of three years.
7 Delectable Silva who is the Director of Studies at the Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts, was born on September 29, 1961.
8 For her immense contributions to the growth of the entertainment industry, she was recognised and decorated with the national award of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic in 2014.
9 The revered entertainer made history by starring alongside Colin Firth and Nia Long in the British-Canadian hit film, The Secret Laughter of Women, In 1998.
10 Silva, the pioneer managing director of Malete Film Village, in association with the Kwara State University, was born in Lagos and hails from a well to do family comprising four siblings.
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