Toyin Abraham Recounts Getting Beaten on a Movie Set
Toyin Abraham, a Nollywood actress, has revealed that she was abused on a movie set before she became renowned.
During a recent interview with BBC Pidgin, the mother of one revealed this.
Toyin, whilst narrating her journey to fame, said: “I never see road wey smooh, I don travel, I don go London, I don go Canada, I don go America, I dey look for road wey smooth, e no dey. You go see one something, so anything no smooth, challenge go come. But all those big ones, dem don beat me for location well well, because I don become star? Different things don happen pass but those ones na past, so challenge must dey.”
The Edo-born actress rose to prominence with her self-produced picture Alakada, which she describes as her favourite film to date.
Ijakumo, Elevator Baby, Shanty Town, Nimbe, The Ghost and the Tout, Prophetss, King of Thieves, The Therapist, Okafor’s Law, Wives on Strike, and Wildflower are among her other film credits.
Toyin married fellow actor Kolawole Ajeyemi on July 4, 2019.
In August 2019, they welcomed their son Ire.
Temitope is Kolawole’s daughter from a past relationship with another lady.