Mercy Johnson’s Glorious Year

One actress who made so much news in this outgoing year is Mercy Johnson.

That the year has been a really wonderful one for her is stating the obvious, as the curvaceous actress remained number one choice in Nollywood from Asaba, Enugu, Lagos, to Abuja and beyond. She got so many movie roles thereby gracing posters and movie jackets.

In the year under review, she got married and was adjudged the best actress at the Afro-Australian Music and Movies Award (AAMMA)

The award recognised Mercy Johnson as Africa’s Queen of the screen which is a symbolic recognition. The award was the third edition held at the Emmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Though Mercy Johnson was regrettably absent due to a mix-up in flight arrangements, prolific Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot received the award on her behalf.

An icing on the cake of MJ, as she is fondly called, was when she recently emerged the most ‘googled’ Nigerian celebrity on the popular search engine Google. According to statistics by Google, Mercy Johnson was the most searched Nigerian celebrity on the internet. She was beaten to the third place by Facebook, the social networking site, which came first, followed by 2go, a mobile messenger that allows one to chat with friends for free.

Apart from playing lead roles in big budget movie and acting in more than a dozen movies throughout the year, Mercy Johnson also attracted headlines throughout the year for the wrong reason by her daring move to go bald for a movie role and her controversial wedding in August and also the recent rumour about her going blind.

The Okene, Kogi state native who made her movie debut in The Maid years ago, has appeared in over 100 movies and still counting and with other notable awards to her credit including the best actress at the exquisite Future Awards and others.