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Popular Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic has explained her decision to take a break from making appearances in Nollywood films.

The 48-year-old actress said that she came to the UK in 2002 and gave up acting and life as a celebrity because she was resolving personal matters.

Rita Dominic disclosed that she began working as a carer for people with special needs while in the UK during her speech at the 2024 Women of Valour Conference in Accra, Ghana.

She claimed that although some would consider her work as a carer to be a step-down, she didn’t since she found fulfilment and purpose in helping others.


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The actress said;

“In 2001/2002 I stopped acting. I left the [movie] industry and moved to London because it was a very dark period in my life. I fell out with some friends I considered family. And I just gave up acting for a while. I needed to get out of that space for a minute.

And then I moved to London and gave up stardom. You won’t believe this, this is something I’ve never told people before.

While in London, I was trying to make ends meet so I started working in a care home as a caregiver for adults with spec!al needs. While some might view it as a step-down, I don’t. Taking care of others brought me joy and purpose at a time I needed it most.”

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The painful part is, bloggers and entertainment reporters will never know when or if this happened. If she didn’t say it herself, nobody would ever know. How Nigeria go better when we can’t train ordinary journalists? Our people are informed of events long after they’ve lost significance.

meobizy:
The painful part is, bloggers and entertainment reporters will never know when or if this happened. If she didn’t say it herself, nobody would ever know. How Nigeria go better when we can’t train ordinary journalists? Our people are informed of events long after they’ve lost significance.

majority of these bloggers and/or entertainment reporters are only interested in the juicy stuff... thats what sell newspapers and/or bring traffic to their website/profile. if she had said that she was dating a blind albino midget, then they would all be interested and share the story like mad.

MrBrownJay1:
majority of these bloggers and/or entertainment reporters are only interested in the juicy stuff... thats what sell newspapers and/or bring traffic to their website/profile. if she had said that she was dating a blind albino midget, then they would all be interested and share the story like mad.

”If she said.” Why can’t they investigate and find out themselves? Her resorting to menial work in England is scandalous gist in itself.

She needed to meet new set of people

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