If there鈥檚 one major thing Nollywood gets right, it鈥檚 crying in movie scenes. And this top 10 list of Nigerian actresses who are professional wailers proves it.
10. Ini Edo
Ini Edo cries like a child that has just been beaten and left to cry. Growing up and watching her, I always wondered if she got post-crying headaches.
9. Rita Edochie
In almost every Rita Edochie movie I鈥檝e seen, she鈥檚 always crying as someone鈥檚 village wife, bereaved mother or widow. The village really did her dirty.
8. Queen Nwokoye
Queen鈥檚 tears are mostly from heartbreak. My girl is constantly chopping breakfast from both village and city men, and I feel her pain.
7. Kate Henshaw聽
Our dear aunty Kate brings on the waterworks alongside the runny nose. She cries with all the vim in her body. Even when she cries calmly, the cattarh must flow.
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5. Chinwe Owoh
Chinwe Owoh always acts as a village queen, mother, stepmother, widow, or grandma in her movies. And I noticed that in almost every scene where she cries, she鈥檚 on the floor 鈥 especially when she鈥檚 living in the village.
5. Chacha Eke
Chacha is almost always poor in her movies. I can understand why she cries from the depths of her soul. Poverty is a bastard.
4. Mercy Johnson
There鈥檚 no role in this life that Mercy Johnson hasn鈥檛 played. Whether she’s the maltreated house girl, the village girl wanted by the prince, or an orphan, she knows how to cry like her life depends on it. And her tears? Always super dramatic. I won鈥檛 be surprised to find out she cries a lot in real life.
3. Hilda Dokubo
Hilda Dokubo is the wife that鈥檚 always going through it. If she鈥檚 not accused of killing her husband, she鈥檚 the wife who鈥檚 been trying to get pregnant and is being maltreated by the in-laws. When she cries, she actually makes you feel bad for her. Her facial expression even before the tears start flowing will break your heart.
2. Stella Damasus聽
Stella Damasus used to cry so well, it felt like real life. You鈥檇 watch her cry in a scene and wouldn鈥檛 even know when you started crying with her. Every time I watched her, I was worried she was going through something in real life.
1. Nkiru Sylvanus
Our legendary Nollywood crying queen. Do you know how hard it is to find a movie where Nkiru isn鈥檛 in tears for half of it? And she does it all鈥 the shouting, the runny nose, hands on the head, laying down on the floor, etc. With the way she cries, you sef, you鈥檒l be tempted to look for ways you can ease her pain.
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