29th of September 2017 saw Joke Silva, the Nigerian veteran actress celebrate her 56th birthday. Everyone loves Joke Silva, but then…..
How well do we know our favourite screen diva?
Let’s find out!
1. The veteran actress kicked off her acting career on stage.
2. She got married to Olu Jacobs in 1985, four years after meeting him in 1981 at the casting of Wole Soyinka’s “Jero’s Metamorphosis” at the National Theatre, Lagos, during the country’s 21st Independence anniversary.
3. Joke Silva is a member of the faculty and principal of the academy in a popular reality show, Project Fame.
4. Recently, she starred in the stage play “Hear Word” by IOpenEye productions. The play addressed the travails of the average Nigerian woman.
5. In September 2016, she was unveiled as the brand ambassador for AIICO Pension Managers Limited.
6. Her mother was the third female doctor in Nigeria. She later became Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON, in 1979 and died in July 2015.
7. Some of her most recent roles include: The Royal Hibiscus Hotel, Kada River, Potato Potahto, Phone Swap.
8. On why she bears her maiden name, Olu Jacobs has been quoted as saying, “She is her own individual. When I met her, she was an actress, known as Joke Silva so why should marrying me now deny her and her audience her name. She is Miss Joke Silva who is Mrs Joke Jacobs. It is as simple as that.”
9. She is the pioneering managing director of Malette Film Village, in association with Kwara State University.
10. She is an alumnus of the University of Lagos where she studied English.
Photo credit: IG @ajokesilva
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