Efe Irele has revealed why she dumped her high-paying HR job for acting. The actress also opened up about lying to her HR boss to leave work in order to go shoot adverts.
In a recent interview on Silverbird Tv, The 30-year-old actress and video vixen spoke on her flair for the camera and what happened after she featured in visuals of Adekunkle Gold’s “Sade”
“I somehow found my way in front of the camera during my commercials when I was younger, appearances on music videos like “Sade” by Adekunle Gold. That was the appearance that gave me an insight into acting.
My agent started getting calls. At that point, it was a hobby. I was like, ‘not me, I can’t act.’ After I came back, I was working as an HR manager at a company. It was a very good job. But I actually left it for acting.”
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On why she quit the high-paying HR role for Nollywood, Efe Irele said she felt there was something else for her.
“I wasn’t happy. I felt like there was something missing. Worked for about six to eight months after my master’s. At that point, I would still lie to my boss just to go do an ad. I quit my job; my parents were supportive,” she added.
“It was weird I’d quit a really good job for something I had no idea I’d be good at. I went to film school for a bit and it worked out. I just knew there was something else I needed to be doing and I had found it but didn’t realise that.
Sometimes it gets tiring. You get a lot of terrible scripts. Imagine sitting through a 100-page script and it’s rubbish. But, a lot of times, there are movies like ‘Two Weeks In Lagos’ that come and it’s different.
That’s what I always look forward to. When I have the bad ones, I’m like ‘okay, something will come and wow me.’”
Born Efeilomo Michelle Irele, the actress started to gain fame after starring in the popular series “Aso Ebi”, which was produced by Desmond Elliot for ROK studios.
In September 2018, she won the City People Awards for Best New Actress of the year and Best upcoming actress of the year.
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