Genoveva Umeh, a Nigerian-British actress, has admitted that, despite acting being her life’s passion, she never pursued formal training in the field.
She claimed to have studied law in college, but after failing in her first year as a law student, she realized that acting was actually her passion.
The role interpreter shared this on the most recent episode of the podcast ‘Is This Seat Taken’, which is hosted by Nollywood star, Chinasa Anukam.
“Studying law, I would say, was my decision. But I would also say that I realized that I was a first generation immigrant, I know how hard my parents worked to get me into the UK.
“So, I didn’t want to do a course that I just kinda took as a hobby. I thought acting was a hobby. I literally just went from just thinking of it [acting] as a hobby in university and just thinking, yeah, when I graduate, I’m going to come back and pursue this.
“But that didn’t happen until I failed my first year. I failed my first year of law. That was when I realized that I need to start considering what I actually want to do as opposed to what I feel I have to do.” She said.