Ruth Kadiri, What You Probably Didn’t Know about Her

 

Famous Nigerian celebrity, Ruth Kadiri is a Nigerian Nollywood actress, social media personality, model, screenwriter, film producer, businesswoman, and television personality who has been in the Nigerian entertainment industry for close to a decade.

Ruth Kadiri was born in Benin City, Edo State on 24th March, 1988 making the beautiful actress 32 years old. Ruth is first child of her parents.The beautiful actress had both her primary and secondary school education in Benin City before eventually moving to the South Southern part of Nigeria where she has her First School Certificate and her West African Senior School Certificate. From there, Ruth Kadiri proceeded to Yaba College of Technology in Yaba, Lagos State in the south western part of Nigeria and graduated with a National Diploma in Business Administration. After obtaining a Diploma in Business Administration from Yaba College of Technology, Ruth Kadiri proceeded to University of Lagos (UNILAG) and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication.

From there, she joined the Nollywood movie industry and had her debut movie with the film, “Boys Cot” a movie that brought her to limelight and gave her a lot of advantage in Nollywood and also attracted her to movie directors and producers in Nigeria. Aside acting, Ruth is a screenwriter and as a screenwriter, Ruth Kadiri has written and co-written several movies; Matters Arising, Heart of a Fighter, Ladies Men, Sincerity, First Class, Over the Edge and many more. she equally produced some famous Nigerian movies, some of which includes; Matters Arising, Over the Edge, Somebody Lied and Memory Lane. Her latest work is “Memory Lane” which deals with the issue of lies and deceit. 

Ruth Kadiri in the cause of her acting career has acted in more than 150 Nollywood movies. Some of the movies she has acted include Boys Cot, High School Tussle, Strange Madness, Matters Arising, Heart of a Fighter, Ladies Men, Sincerity, First Class, Over the Edge, Somebody Lied, Memory Lane, and many more.

Like most celebrity, Ruth Kadiri is into humanitarian and philanthropy activities.She has a charity organization which she called “Ruth Kadiri Kids” which is aimed at providing for orphanage kids and less privileged.

Ruth Kadiri in the cause of her acting career has bagged several awards for her outstanding performances and roles in the Nigerian movie industry. Some she has won awards are; Best Actress of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards, Best Female Viewers Choice at the Golden Icon Movie Academy Awards and Best Kiss in a Movie at the Best of Nollywood Awards. She has also been nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Ruth Kadiri is happily married with lovely kids.

Ruth Kadiri currently has an estimated net worth of over $700,000 making her one of the richest and most influential actress in Nigeria. She is also very popular on social media with more than 3 million followers on her official Instagram account and Facebook page. Ruth Kadiri does not make her money entirely from the money industry, aside from acting is also an entrepreneur and owner of several businesses under her name.