Stella Damascus Biography: Early Life, Career, Films, Husband & Net Worth
Stella Damascus, a Nigerian actress and singer, was born on April 24, 1978. She received a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. She received Best Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2007. She received the Best Actress award for the film Two Brides and a Baby at the Golden Icons Academy Awards in Houston, Texas, in 2012.
Stella Damascus Biography
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Stella Damasus was born in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria’s South-South area. She has four sisters. She grew up in Benin City, where she finished the majority of her primary school.
Career
Damasus began her career as a vocalist in Lagos, where she performed as a studio session singer at the renowned Klink Studios, owned by filmmaker Kingsley Ogoro. She improved her singing skills there before going on to record vocals for top radio and TV jingles in Nigeria at the time.
Damasus is a theatre arts graduate from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. She debuted in the Nigerian film Abused in 1992. Her claim to fame, however, was her second film, Breaking Point, produced by Emem Isong and directed by Francis Agu, which catapulted her to superstardom in Nigeria. In 2006, she received an African Movie Academy Award nomination for “Best Actress in a Leading Role” for her role in the film Behind Closed Doors.
In 2008, she was nominated for an African Movie Academy Award for “Best Actress in a Leading Role” for the film Widow, and in 2009 for the film State of the Heart. She went on to star in more than 70 films. Damasus co-founded I2radio and broadcasts two podcasts, Undiluted with Stella Damasus and When Women Praise.
Filmography
Year
Title
1995
Rattlesnake
1999
Face of a Liar
2001
Rumours
2002
Submission
2003
Real Love
2003
Passions
2003
My Time 1&2
2003
When God says Yes
2003
Never say goodbye
2003
Market seller 1&2
2003
The Intruder 1&2
2003
Emotional Pain
2003
Dangerous Desire
2003
Bad Boys
2003
After the Fight
2004
Queen 1&2
2004
Missing Angel 1,2&3
2004
Kings Pride
2004
Engagement Night 1&2
2004
Above Love
2004
Betrayed by Love
2004
Red Hot
2004
Burning Desire 1&2
2004
Cinderella
2004
Dangerous Twins 1, 2 & 3
2005
Wheel of Change
2005
The Seed 1&2
2005
Desperate and Dangerous
2005
Real Love 2&3
2005
Games Women Play 1&2
2005
The Bridesmaid
2005
Behind Closed Doors 1&2
2005
Widow
2006
Standing Alone
2008
Yankee Girls
2008
Yankee Girls 2
2008
Four sisters
2008
Halimat
2010
Bent Arrows
2011
Two brides and a baby
2014
To Rise Again
2014
When Is It Enough
2016
Affairs of the Heart
2018
Between
2021
Gone
Akwụna
2022
Stay
2022
Akwuna
2025
To Kill a Monkey
Stella Damasus husband
Damasus married her first husband, Jaiye Aboderin, when she was 21 years old, and the couple had two daughters before Jaiye died unexpectedly in 2004. Damasus remarried in 2007, this time to Emeka Nzeribe, and the marriage lasted seven months before they mutually agreed to divorce. In 2011, she became associated with multiple award-winning Nollywood producer and director Daniel Ademinokan, which eventually led to a separation in 2020 and a subsequent divorce.
Stella Damascus Net Worth
Stella Damascus’s net worth is not certain. Sources claim she reportedly has a net worth of $5 million due to a significant trust fund, which we can not confirm.
Social Media
Instagram: @stelladamasus
