Funke Akindele opens up on first encounter with N1 million

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has spoken up on how she earned her first million and how she spent it.

While speaking about some of her struggles in the early stage of her career, Akindele revealed that she had her first breakout role in 1999.

“I made that around 1999. I started my career from like 1996, playing waka pass roles, 1997 going for auditions, getting a lot of nos. Then I got one big yes with ‘I need to know’ and that is how I got my first N1 million. I almost lost the role ‘Bisi’ in ‘I need to know’. I shot the pilot of I need to know first and I acted so well and I was waiting for this call back. The call back didn’t come on time. I’m like ah okay. Then he just called me into the office. I’m like okay you’re a fantastic actress you’re doing so well but you’re over acting. They told me to go home and read my script, understand the character very well,” she said.

Akindele also revealed that she spent the money revamping her wardrobe after showing the earnings to her mom.

“What did I do with one million naira? First I showed it to my mom. Of course she knows about it and then mommy advised and said I have to pay my tithe first. I paid my tithe then I entered Yaba because I didn’t have shoes. I didn’t have maybe two or three I had there. I didn’t have good clothes. I changed my wardrobe, shoes, bags, everything. The girl that had no shoes yesterday has today,” she added.