Genevieve Nnaji featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show
Posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 12:22 AMBy BellaNaija.com
Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in an episode ‘Meet the Most Famous People in the World‘. A montage of photos and a video clip (from the movie ‘Bursting Out’) featuring Genevieve was shown as her various career highlights were mentioned. Gene who was referred to as the “Julia Roberts of Africa” on the show was chosen due to her wide appeal across the African continent and all over the world. Other stars from around the world including Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan (India) and Lu Yu (China) were also featured on the show.
Congrats to Genevieve!
Bella Naija is also excited that we assisted the Oprah Winfrey Show in working on this piece.
It is great to see Nigeria and Africa being presented in a positive light. Just seeing one positive story about Nigeria/Nigerians actually plays a significant role in changing the perceptions that many hold.
One step at a time….
Tags: genevieve nnaji, Oprah Winfrey
soo proud, truly agree with you BN, one step at a time.. xo
yaaay! u go girl! Genny rocks! we’re proud of u! (me am jealous small sha) lol….
YUP I CAUGHT THAT!! MY LUNGS HURT FROM ALL D SCREAMING. LOL
WAY TO GOO GENEVIEVE AND U TOO BELLA!!
good for genny!!
biko bella explain how u helped oprah work on this piece??
Werk Miss. Vieve!
Very impressiveeeee!!! Love it.. loved it:)
My very good friend told me abt the show and i managed to catch her feature on the rerun show! I cried o(sue me lol). I’m soooo proud and happy for her!
Love U Genny!
u naijas are doing it. kudos to u. but genevieve the julia roberts of africa? hmm, i’d never thought of it that way.
Gen, u go gurl! ure a natural,love u!
lol! I didnt want to say anything but i was wondering the same thing lol
I hope a youtube clip surfaces soon. It’s so wonderful to see our talent being recognized, and go ‘head BN collaborating with Oprah….you’re next!
Any links/videos/pictures yet?
Congrats Genny and Bella do your thing!
Aishwarya Rai is soooooo beautiful..!!!! Really the most beautiful woman in the world!!!!!
not that it’s not all good, but still … rofl
i was actually watching the from work, i am so proud of you gen. way to go !
This just the tip of the iceberg, Africa has alot of talented people
yay, go genny and bella!!!! so proud right now
Well done Bella! I was truly ecstatic when I saw it, cudn’t believe Oprah was giving Nollywood a shout out. BTW all of u asking Bella question r u implying dat she’s just claiming? Leave Bella alone o biko.
wow!!you worked with oprah on this…How?Nice….”julia roberts on Africa” lol….how? Do those in Botswana and Tanzania and what have you know the chic like that?anyway she looks hot in that picture!!I think Genevieve is one of the few actresses that can rep outside of Naija…
This is good stuff. bella pls tell us how you helped towards this good news for Nigeria. you could put it as another seperate article
In nollywood some try so damn hard (force force yeye ones) and still cant seem to get IT, pioneers and great talent like Genny, she doesnt even have to try hard to be recognized. She is just blessed – Many are called few are chosen and Genevieve Nnaji is one of the very blessed and undeniable chosen stars of Africa. I am so happy and so proud of this utterly beautiful GLOBAL recognition. Thank you God.
Now what we have to do is to continue to pray those envies away in Jesus name
She is bless and she knows it “julia roberts of Africa” Genny you go girl…..I only wished they had made reference to another good one, the beloved RITA DOMINIC…..love her
The first movie I saw Gennyin was ‘Keeping Faith’ by Ego Boyo and my first impressionwas “she’s got ‘IT’ whatever ‘IT’ is”. I am so proud of her as a person and as an artiste. We truly are a blessed and beautiful nation! Congrats, Ms Nnaji. Keep doing ur thing!
Congrats, finally something positive about nigeria. not 419
AMEN!!!!!….LOL!!
We all know that Oprah is gold and can turn anything to diamond anytime she pleases.Genny u are the the true diamond of Africa! Bella lease dont stop we owe u !!!!!!!!
I’m soo proud of both Genevieve and you Bella!!!
i am so proud to be a nigerian now more than ever go genny go genny yeeeeeeeee.
Wow! so pleased for Genevieve.I’ve always loved her. She deserves it and so do we as Nigerians who have almost always gotten bad press. Well done Bella!
na wah for you ooo!
Congrats to Genevieve and Bella (Uche Eze) for making us (Naija) proud. Nne, o di ro easy. (Ko easy.)
Kudos Geen…i can see u repping us in hollywood soon
Beauty and Brains yeah. Really love dis Genny gal & she’s made us proud again. Keep it up, u aint got any rival in nollywood.
Wow!!…Go Genny!!….I Bet her fee per movie will go up now….Hw nice!!…..But why does she not have a website??…..Babe ur the most famous actress in Africa but u no get website?…dats bad….This shuld be her next mission!!…Congratsss all d same girl…Love ya.
Nollywood actors are known better in those two countries than Julia Roberts. believe me!. meanwhile if you guys think that Bella Naija has not be noticed around the world as the most popular naija site, you are in cucukoo land
yipeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i loveeeeeeeeeeeee this girl’julia roberts of africa?’ ……nah!Genevieve Nnaji of Africa—more like it.Go girl!!!!!!!!!
i’m proud to be African,i’m proud to be Nigerian….
Thank God this lady who as far as i’m concerned is the most beautiful woman i’ve ever seen..
thank you for making nigeria smile
MY COUSIN WOULD BE PROUD OF U GENE, CONGRATS
WOW! ON OPRAH MY ROLE MODEL THAT IS A BIG ONE
ONCE AGAIN LIVING UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
hi genny my role model i am glad this is happening now i love and pray very soon to act with you in my first movie
i love her descency
i Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Genevieve! she’s simply beautiful
HEAL THE GIRL…..JULIET ROBERT OF AFRICA.
go girl its well deserved, thank God for yr life…….
Please how did bella naija assist Oprah in working on this piece?
I watched it yesterday and I actually teared up. That was huge, whether we like it or not … though it was not an endorsement, to be mentioned by Oprah is a big deal.
I love the simplicity in style of this lady. Any day any time, Genny remains my favourite. Go girl, you are too much
wow.this is a feat worth celebrating.congratulations gene,congratulations nigeria!
wow..this is huge….i missed d show. Go genny. im sooooooooooooo proud of u
I luv her……
can we have the link please