Do you remember this face?
I saw her recently in an old movie on YouTube and it occurred to me that she’s hardly talked about these days.
In the golden era of 2000s
Nollywood, Uche Iwuji was one of the girls.
She graced the screens with her light-skinned beauty, lovely round cheeks and alluring voice.
With several lead and supporting roles to her credit, her name was mentioned in the same breath as some of the industry’s popular actresses, Ini Edo, Ebube Nwagbo, and Oge Okoye.
I remember they were all from the same era.
However, Iwuji’s promising career was unfortunately cut short by a shocking scandal – n#de photos of her leaked on the internet.
Already, Iwuji oozed a s£ductive, b@d girl vibe, so people were easily judgemental when the photos leaked, as they found it hard to separate her onscreen persona from the ugly incident.
All this happened just a year after her marriage to Juwon Lawal in 2012.
Her one-year wedding crashed, with several allegations of infidelity online.
Many folks also linked her marital issues to her leaked n#de.
According to Iwuji, her friends and close associates abandoned her to her fate.
The disgraced actress couldn’t bear the whole thing.
She left the spotlight in 2013/2014 and reportedly relocated to the UK to join her family.
She tried to make a comeback in Nollywood some years later.
Unfortunately, she hasn’t been able to reclaim her former glory despite her talents and potential.
I feel if the leak had happened in this era it wouldn’t have been a big deal like it was back then.
I mean, we saw that of Moyo Lawal, Tiwa, others, blow over within a short period of time.
Nevertheless, Uche Iwuji did her thing in throwback movies like ‘Change of Heart’ ‘Up To Me’ ‘A Can of Worms’ ‘Total Control’.
BTV reporting
