Celebrity life may be the best life because of the glory and fame that comes along, but it’s not really easy to be in a relationship while you’re a celebrity.
For this reason, many celebrities keep their relationship off the media forever or until they put a ring on it. A typical example of a celebrity who kept her relationship status away from the public until she got married is Simi. Simi kept even the media puzzled about whom she’d get married to. Fans had their speculations, too.
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So, in this article, the focus will be on 6 Nollywood celebrities who are above 40 and not married.
Contrary to popular opinion, many Nigerian celebrities insist on staying single, cause they believe that marriage is not everything. One would think that these Nollywood celebrities are afraid of getting married after seeing the horrors their colleagues in the industry faced – the breakups, heartbreaks, and responsibility that may follow after you get married.
Nevertheless, it’s not compulsory for anyone to get married, regardless of your financial situation. We have a list of Nollywood celebrities who are over 40 and single. Some on our list decided not to get married for reasons best known to them, while others can’t take the heartbreaks anymore.
Fredrick Leonard
Another Nollywood actor who is over 40, wealthy, but still single is Frederick Leonard.
Fredrick Leonard is a popular Nollywood actor who was born on 1st May 1976 in Anambra State.
Frederick is currently 44 years old and still single despite being tagged by the mainstream media as one of the most handsome actors in Nigeria. You will wonder why he is still single to date. Well, you can’t tell why he’s not married; maybe he chooses not to get married.
Frederick made it to the Nollywood Hall of Fame in 2008 after he was featured in the movie “Indian Doctor”. The following, he played a lead role in a TV series, “Disclosure”. Frederick won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie at the Golden Icons Movie Academy Awards 2014.
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Nonso Diobi
When you think of romance in Nigerian movies, Nonso Diobi comes to mind. He is one of the most popular Nigerian actors that feature in romantic movies. Nonso Diobi is 44-year-old, born on 17th July 1976 in Enugu State. He hails from Nawfia in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Nonso Diobi is a handsome actor admired by his female counterparts, but at 44, he is still not married.
Nonso’s achievement in the movie Industry spans 15 years of a successful career and still counting. Money couldn’t have been the reason why Nonso is single cause he is one of the richest actors in Nigeria and he is currently a GLO Ambassador.
Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve Nnaji is a renowned Nollywood actress and producer. She’s the first Nollywood billionaire after her movie “Lion Heart” was obtained by Netflix.
She is the highest-paid actress in Nigeria and also the richest actress in Nigeria but she’s single.
Genevieve was born on May 3, 1979, in Mbaise, Imo State. She is currently 45 years old and still unmarried.
She had a child when she was a teenager, outside wedlock, but the child is now a full-grown woman and married, while Genevieve Nnaji remains single.
Genevieve is a beautiful, bold Nollywood actress who graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in theatre arts.
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Jim Iyke
Jim Iyke, aka James Ikechukwu Esomugha, is a Nollywood actor and producer known as every lady’s crush in every movie he stars in. For that reason, he is nicknamed Nollywood Bad-boy.
He is one of the highest-paid and richest actors in Nigeria.
Jim Iyke was born on September 25, 1976, in Libreville, Gabon. Technically, he has dual citizenship. He is currently 44 years old but still single.
Jim Iyke has never been married but has been in several relationships.
He once dated Ghanaian Nadia Buari and made everything so nice that we all thought their relationship would lead to marriage.
Unfortunately, Jim broke up with Nadia a few years later and fell into another relationship with his Jamaican girl, Keturah Hamilton – a Jamaican international model.
To date, Nollywood bad boy Jim Iyke hasn’t settled down with any woman.