Shaffy Bello is a beautiful lady who is blessed with a sweet
look. She is one of the hottest actresses rocking Nollywood right now.
Over the last few years, this light skinned pretty actress has featured in several blockbuster movies. She has also featured in many cinema movies. This is because she is good at what she does. She is a well-trained actor who attended Film Schools where her skills were honed. She is currently taking part in many popular movies and soaps. Not too long ago, Shaffy Bello spoke to City People Publisher, SEYE KEHINDE about her life and acting career. Below are excerpts from the interview.
Right now, Shaffy Bello is in high demand to be part of so
many movie productions. How do you cope?
It’s not been easy. But it goes to show that if you love what
you do, it’s not work anymore. Its become something that pulls you. It’s not
easy. I have had to work with a very tight schedule. What I do now is when I
get scripts I go through them and I see which ones pull me, which one engages
me. If I like it, I will go for it. It’s not all the jobs I get called for that
I do. I can’t. It’s not even feasible. It’s so demanding to do every job. And
it’s not every job that I want to be on. So its so important for me to read the
scripts. It’s so important for actors to read their scripts. So I read the
scripts and I find out if that character pulls me. It is only then I will
decide if I want to be in it. It is not easy, but then I love what I do.
You have been doing this now for how long?
Of course, you know I did music. So coming to Nigeria, I just
wanted to widen my horizon. I have always believed in the home. I knew that there
was a gift in me and I know innately that for me to soar even higher, to be
that special being that God created me to be, I had to come home. So,
thankfully, I listened to the spirit of God and I came home.
Where were you born? Where did you grow up?
Shaffy Bello is very deep and very reflective. How did you
develop that aspect of you?
At what point did you now decide to come back to Nigeria?
That was in 2009. That was when I made the move. Before then, I used to come and go but then between 2013 and 2014 thereabout I stayed back. And Nigeria became home and the US became a place I visited. It was a very difficult thing to do because my children were there and I had to leave them to relocate here. They were young when I made that decision.
But I have always believed that when you want to soar and you
need to do something and when God says it time everything will just align. Even
my children gave me their blessings.
How easy or difficult was it then, after your return to begin
to get roles in the movie industry?
When I first came back, it was a bit difficult. I did the
Love me Jeje video. I went into music. People saw my face. People know what I
do and it opened doors. And then one day, just out of the blues I met Saidi
Balogun. We knew each other, prior, from the United States when they came for a
programme. I went to him and I said, hello. He said ah Shaffy what are you
doing here? My office is just across the road on Allen Avenue. Come and see my
office and I followed him and we got talking for a while. He then said it would
have been nice to feature me in a movie he just completed. He now said but you
know what? I really want you in my movie. I now said how? You have finished it.
You have wrapped up. He said don’t worry, we would write something else for
you. And he wrote me into that film that he had. That was Eti Keta with Kate
Henshaw. From then, things started rolling in. That was in 2010. I did that.
Then, TINSEL happened. I got a character on TINSEL. From then the rest is
history.
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