
28/07/2025
I was just 17 when I got paid ₦5,000 for my first movie role 😩 I started out with small roles in Conspiracy and Out of Cage back in 1999. Then came Never Come Back in 2001. I didn’t care that they were minor parts — I just wanted to act. That was all my heart needed.
In 2000, I featured in Eviil Forest, then Sympathy in 2002… and slowly, things started to shift. But my real breakthrough came with A Cry for Help in 2002. That one film changed everything 😭 And just like that, ‘Ble Ble’ became a name people still call me till today.
— Nkiru Sylvanus