Mercy Johnson’s Biography
Mercy Johnson Okojie (born 28 August 1984) is a Nigerian actress. 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, and War in the Palace. After that, she did her schooling in Lagos State, Nigeria, and also completed her graduation from Private University, Lagos State, Nigeria. after which, she started modeling and gave auditions in Movies and also TV Serials. If you know more details about Mercy Johnson Lifestyle, upcoming Movies, and Comedy then continues reading this article and know all the latest News given us below.
She is a Nigerian Actress entrepreneur and politician. She has featured in Many Nigerian Movies and Many Comedy Videos.
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, and War in the Palace. In 2009, she won an award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2009 African Movie Award ceremony for her performance in the movie “Live to Remember” and the 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 on 1 April 2017.
Mercy Johnson was once banned from acting for being too expensive on 3 November 2013, the movie marketers of Nollywood threatened to prohibit her from the industry due to her high demands She and co-Nollywood stars such as Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Richard Mofe Damijo, Emeka Ike, Ramsey Nouah, Nkem Owoh, Stella Damasus and Jim Iyke were prohibited from acting, for reportedly demanding outrageous pay raise per movie. However, the ban was lifted by marketers/producers on 9 March 2014, following an apology from the actress.
She made her debut as a film producer with The Legend of Inikpi
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