Queen Nwabueze
Nollywood veteran actress, Ada Ameh is dead.
The actress, known for her role as Emu in Africa Magic family drama, The Johnsons, died on Sunday night.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed the news to newsmen via telephone on Monday morning.
“We lost Ada. No details at the moment, but we’ve lost Ada,” Rollas told our correspondent.
viral reports on social media claimed that the actress died Sunday night at a hospital in Warri, Delta State.
The actress. a few weeks ago, opened up about her mental health challenges.
“Everything is going to be fine. I have an issue right now, and it’s taking my life. I will not die. We will get over it,” Ameh had posted on social media.
The actress explained that she was given a job but could not carry it out because she was undergoing mental issues.
The 48-year-old actress had earlier revealed that she got pregnant with her daughter at 13.
According to her, this happened because peers introduced her to sex early.
Despite her early motherhood, the actress, in October 2020, lost her daughter, Aladi Godgift, who was over 30 years old.
Aladi had died after an unsuccessful surgery in Abuja, and the actress, last year, visited her daughter’s grave site to mark the deceased one-year remembrance.
She had also celebrated her daughter on the latter’s posthumous birthday.
Ada Ameh was a Nigerian actress who has spent more than two decades in the Nigerian movie industry and was most notable for her character as Anita in 1996 movie titled “Domitilla” and as Emu Johnson in the award winning Nigerian television series titled The Johnsons.
