It’s Wednesday again and its time for us to crush on another woman, and today we are crushing on Osariemen Martha Elizabeth Ighodaro, popularly known as Osas Ighodaro.
She is the very beautiful award-winning Nigerian American actress, host, TV personality and humanitarian who moved to Nigeria in 2012 with plans to spend just six months and then return to the United States.
She however got other jobs, along with Tinsel, a major soap opera and she hasn’t moved back since then.
Osas shot into the limelight the minute she began her acting career here in Nigeria, and has since been featured in several fashion magazines for her incredible style.
Osas has starred in several films such as;
- Smart Money Woman
- Fela and the Kalakuta Queens
- Cadillac Records
- Rattlesnake
- Namaste Wahala
- King of Boys
- The Return of the King
- The Man of God
- Tyler Perry’s ‘Meet the Browns’, amongst many others.
In her works as an actress, she has bagged numerous awards like; Best TV Actress of the Year at the 2014 ELOY Awards, and Best Actress in A Drama at the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.
There is no doubt that the Nigerian actress and humanitarian is definitely a force to be reckoned with in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
She won the Miss Black USA Pageant in 2010 and founded the Joyful Joy foundation, a platform she uses to raise funds and awareness towards the fight against malaria.
- Now here are five things you probably did not know about Osas!!!Osas was born in Bronx, New York, United states, to Nigerian parents from Edo state.
- She obtained her first degree in broadcasting journalism with dual minors in entrepreneurship and theater from Pennsylvania State University, where she further obtained a master’s degree in fine arts.
- She is one who truly hates negativity and violence, so she avoids them as much as she can.
- Osas hates scary movies, but love comedies.
- In 2018, she was crowned the ‘Highest Grossing Box Office Actress’ in Nollywood, and in 2020, she was among the topmost highest-grossing actresses.
Here are just a few of the many reasons why we love the beautiful, creative, skillful, and highly talented Osas Ighodaro, and she’s our Woman Crush Today!!!