Bet, many people don’t know that Nollywood veteran actress, Sola Sobowale relocated to London, United Kingdom since year 2004 .
Besides, Sola Sobowale, who happened to be one of the most sought after Nollywood actresses, if not the most sought after, said she ended up as a caregiver in London.
She made the shocking revelation in an interview with Teju Baby Face recently while she recounted her ordeal.
She said; “Oh yes. It was after Toyin Tomato – Super Story that I left for London. I left Nigeria totally in 2004 and I didn’t come back until I came for the audition of the Wedding Party in 2016.”
“After featuring in ‘Toyin Tomato’ in the early 2000s; I took some time off the screens and decided to work in an unrelated role in London.”
“When I started work in that office, there were Nigerians, Jamaicans, Ghanaians, and all of them know Sola Sobowale. But it was confusing because my tag read ‘Olu,’ and not Olusola.”
“At that time I worked as a caregiver, I would wash, carry, clean… you’ll do everything. That was what I was doing, I later obtained my National Vocational Qualification certificate levels 2, 3 and 4, up to the level of a team lead.”
“There’ll be a time that the noise, the energy that Sola Sobowale had will be no more.”
“When I started this ‘elevated omo odo’ thing, I started from the grassroots. Then, I went to the college. I got my NVQ 2,3,4, to a team leader.”
“I believe in dignity in labour. There’s no job I won’t do to put food on my table, to provide for my children, except prostitution and fraud.”
“I managed to conceive and implement a movie project in the Indian movie industry – Bollywood. It’s the grace of God. When you’ve grace, you have everything, and that’s what has been working for me.”
