I Have Outgrown Semi-Nude Nollywood Scenes – Mercy Johnson-Okojie

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has talked about why she can no longer act semi-nude scenes in Nigerian movies.

Mercy Johnson revealed this in a recent interview with Goldmyne TV at the premiere of her directorial debut movie, Legend of Inikpi.

The movie star simply said it is not possible anymore because she is now mature and now answers to several people.

According to her, she actually made some bad choices in the past that she is not proud of.

She added that she now considers her husband, her family, and kids in her life decisions.

Her words, “When I do that, what would the younger girls do? When you grow past a certain level, you try to go ahead and do better. For me, you don’t need people to tell you what’s right or wrong. Age is telling on me. I’ve grown past that level, I’m answerable to too many people: my husband, my kids.

I hate to embarrass them in any way. My daughter is growing. She gets hold of my phone sometimes, begins to google, and goes like, ‘Mum, my friends said…’ And they’re very inquisitive. I don’t think it’s (playing unclad scenes) something I want to do to make my kids question me in any way or have something in their mind that they want to ask and they can’t.”

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Mercy Johnson Okojie (born 28 August 1984) is a Nigerian actress.

Mercy Johnson-Okojie hails from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer, Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. She started her primary education in Calabar. Her father, being a naval officer, was later transferred to Lagos State where she continued her education at a Nigerian Navy Primary School. She went to a Rivers State Secondary School for her secondary education in addition to the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Right after her secondary education, she auditioned for a role in The Maid and subsequently acted in other movies such as Hustlers, Baby Oku in America, War in the Palace. In 2009, she won an award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2009 African Movie Award ceremony, and Best Actress award at the 2013 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the comedy movie Dumebi the Dirty Girl. In December 2011, she was listed as Google’s most searched Nigerian celebrity, a position she also held in 2012..She is the senior special assistant(SSA) to the kogi state governor on entertainment, arts and culture. This post took effect from 1 April 2017.