Nollywood actress, Jessica Orishane who is currently playing the role of Nnenna on “My siblings and I ” Drama series on Africa Magic, had an exclusive interview session with Mercy Obidake of momedia.ng.....
..... where she spoke about her background, family, education, getting her current role in the television series and her opinion about the issue of rape which has become rampant in society recently.


Excerpt from the interview:


Who is Jessica Orishane?


Jessica Orishane is the last child of three children , I hail from Isoko South , Delta State Nigeria.




What was growing up like?



Growing up was fun as a child , i was very naughty and had a sharp mouth and would always put my elder ones in trouble then report to my mum , Mum was always there to take my side but Dad was the strict one who would always send everyone to siesta , ask us to bring our books for inspection, come to school on Open day and ask our teachers how we were doing . Unfortunately he passed in 2010 when I was about 11 years old. After his death my mum took up the responsibility of raising me along side my older siblings.




What is your current level of education? Did/Are you study(ing) any acting related course?





I just graduated from the University of Lagos with a B.A in Theatre Arts from the Department of Creative arts where I majored in acting , stage management and direct. I Was about to convocate and go for my service before the pandemic struck.





What year did you start acting? How did you discover your talent?



I discovered my talent from acting in school drama from end of the year party as well as drama in church. In 2009 my guardian( my mum was always away at work so she got someone to stay with me in her absence), i became friends with a girl whose brother and his friend were running a sort of teenage acting academy at the time, it was nothing formal just a parlor setting and teenagers around the area and street would come on saturdays. The two young men had interest in film and would write short scripts which the teenagers would act and they would film. I followed my guardian one Saturday and I was given a script , after reading they cast me for a role and then some weeks later we shot it . We kept doing stuff like that and my interest kept growing before long I was certain it was what I wanted to do and I’ve been working to achieve it ever since.



Interesting. So how did you get the role of “NNENNA” in My SIBLINGS AND I Drama series?



I got the role by attending the auditions.







Do you still attend auditions? Especially for feature length nollywood movies? I know some aspiring actors who have gotten tired of attending auditions. Any advice for them?




I still attend auditions definitely not as often but once in a while . For those that have gotten tired – using myself as an example, before the My siblings and I auditions I hadn’t attended auditions for a year; the stress and unfavorable responses made me tired too but but one evening I saw the audition notice and something in me told me to go, but I was not ready; I like to prepare for auditions (get my picture taken instead of getting it at the venue , prepare a monologue and all that). I saw the notice a day before the audition , In the evening infact and it was too late to go to a studio to get my picture taken. I just told myself let’s go; I did and by God’s Grace I didn’t regret it. Opportunities won’t always come to you , most time you need to go find them.





Are there any similarities in personality between the character “Nnenna” and Jessica Orishane.



Definitely I tried to infuse some parts of me in the character ; first of, I’m such a drama queen just like Nnenna. As well as the babyish utterances, people that know me know I’m a big baby.



What has been your biggest highlight playing the role of Nnenna on My siblings and I and your greatest challenge, so far?




My biggest highlight has definitely been the audience response, it’s amazing to see how much people love our show and relate to the characters. As for challenges , I guess the only one I can think of is missing public transport sometimes.




How financially rewarding is acting for the upcoming acts in the movie industry in Nigeria. Do you think it is fair enough?




Just like the country itself, nothing is fair. The state of the economy affects how much a producer is willing to spend on a film which will affect the upcoming acts more, because already established actors have more value over them.



There has been a lot of rape cases and alleged cases published in the news recently. Can you share your thoughts on this?



The society should stop teaching women to avoid getting raped and start teaching men to not rape women . It’s a disheartening issue that stems from men’s thoughts that they have rights to a woman’s body whether she like it or not, from disgusting beliefs like when a woman says NO she actually means YES. Any man that rapes a woman is an animal and should be thrown into the zoo to live with his fellow animals.



Read more here:

https://www.momedia.ng/2020/06/24/any-man-that-rapes-a-woman-is-an-animal-and-should-be-thrown-into-the-zoo-actress-jessica-nnenna-of-my-siblings-and-i/


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