Nollywood actress, Alex Okoroji, who has been off the screen for a while now, has revealed how she struggled to make a name for herself and not just be recognized as COSON boss, Tony Okoroji’s daughter.
In a chat with NollyNow, Alex opened up about how she tried to separate the identities, as she didn’t want to live under her father’s shadow for any reason.
“I tried to separate our identities. I wanted to project my own name within the movie industry,” Alex told NollyNow.
She added that it was scary during the early days of her career as people would always identify her as Chief Tony Okoroji’s daughter.
”Following your background, it’s very easy for people to think ‘Oh it’s because you are the daughter or son of this person or that person. That’s why I did a lot of things on my own, projecting myself. I have succeeded in building my own brand,” Alex added.
She continued: “Then I was living under his shadow and people had a lot of expectations of you. But I had to find a way to separate myself from that shadow. That was when I started craving for my own identity as a performer.”
On taking after her father, the beautiful actress said “You can’t run away from your genes, ” adding “Art is in my family. I grew up beholding my father as a musician and my mother being a fashion designer. So art is definitely part of my upbringing. I don’t think anybody would be surprised to see that I’m following in my dad’s footsteps.”
