Liz Benson
Elizabeth Benson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Benson 5 April 1966 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Sylvania State College USA |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, philanthropist, television personality |
| Years active | 1993 - Present |
| Spouse(s) | Samuel Gabriel Etim, Bishop Great Ameye |
Elizabeth 'Liz' Benson ⓘ (born 5 April 1966) is a veteran Nigerian actress,[1] television personality and philanthropist.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Liz was born in Etinan, Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria. She attended Sylvania State College in the United States of America, where she got a degree in Dramatic Arts.[3] Benson began acting when she was 5 years old.[4][5][6]
Career
[edit]Early success and quitting the film industry
[edit]She featured in Fortunes, a television soap opera in 1993. Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on NTA Network. In 1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a successful home video film that focused on escorting, cemented her status as a film actress. Benson suddenly quit acting in 1996.
Return to Nollywood
[edit]Since returning to Nollywood, it was disclosed that she is a born-again Christian and now preaches the gospel on fulltime-basis.[7][8][9] In an interview, she explained that she would only act in films that she believed was in line with her faith.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Benson lost her first husband (Samuel Gabriel Etim) while around her mid-twenties. She said that she actually gained strength from his character and that made her able to carry on with her children through the loss.
The Ibibio-born actress, took another shot at marriage after her conversion. In a quiet court ceremony in Abuja in 2009, She married Bishop Great Ameye of Freedom Family Assembly at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in Warri, Delta State.[11] The couple is deeply involved in a Christian Evangelical Ministry. While Benson is an evangelist, her husband, Ameye, is a pastor in Jesse Town, Ethiope West, Delta State,[12] Benson is an evangelist and lives in Delta State with her husband. Together they run a ministry, Freedom Family Assembly.[13][14]
Selected filmography
[edit]Some of her more popular roles included her role as Titubi in Femi Osofisan's Morountodun and as Mrs. Agnes Johnson in Fortunes, a soap opera that ran for about two years on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10. She acted in a number of Nollywood video-films such as Evil Men 1 and 2, Shame, Conspiracy, Izaga, Burden, Stolen Child, Faces, Dead End, Tycoon, Glamour Girls, Body of Vengeance and a horde of other movies which includes:
- Still Falling (2021) as Mrs. Kuku
- Lotanna (2017) as Efya
- Children of Mud (2020) as Annie
- Lotanna (2017) as Efya
- "Idahosa Trails" (2017) as Sarah
- " Behind the Wheels" (2017) as Mama Elijah
- Hilarious Hilary (2015)
- " Miss Teacher " (2015) as Principal
- " Dry" (2015) as Matron
- Mummy Dearest (2015) as Rose Chinda
- Dry (2014) as Matron
- Toko taya (2007) as Stella
- Political Control (2006)
- Political Control 2 (2006)
- Political Control 3 (2006)
- Bridge-Stone (2005) as Polina
- Bridge-Stone 2 (2005)
- Crazy Passion (2005) a Rebecca
- Crazy Passion 2(2005)
- Day of Atonement (2005)
- Now & Forever(2005)
- Now & Forever 2 (2005)
- Squad Twenty-Three (2005)
- Squad Twenty-Three 2 (2005)
- Women in Power (2005)
- Women in Power 2 (2005)
- Inheritance (2004)
- Melody of Life (2004) as Anita
- Red Hot (2004)
- Turn Table (2004)
- Turn Table 2 (2004)
- World Apart (2004) as Mirabel
- World Apart 2 (2004)
- Èèkù-idà (2002)
- Èèkù-idà 2 (2002)
- Wisdom and Riches (2002)
- Wisdom and Riches 2 (2002)
- Dapo Junior (2000) .... Ronke
- Karishika: Part 2 1999 (1999)
- Chain Reaction (1999)
- Diamond Ring (1998)
- Diamond Ring 2 (1998)
- Karishika (1998)
- Scores to Settle (1998)
- Witches (1998) as Princess
- Yesterday (1997)
- Back to Life (1997)
- Glamour Girls 1996 (1996)
- True Confession (1995)
- Glamour Girls (1994)
- Silenced (????)
- Hour of Grace
- Lady Bianca
- Evil Men
References
[edit]- ^ "Liz Benson, the ever adorable Nollywood veteran: A Profile - P.M. News". Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Liz Benson makes a comeback". The Nation. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ Sulaimon, Nimot (12 March 2020). "Liz Benson, the ever adorable Nollywood veteran: A Profile". P.M. News. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Liz Benson, back with a bang!". 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Check out Liz Benson, Frederick Leonard, Mimi Orijekwe in upcoming series". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Liz Benson's Daughter, Lilian's Pre Wedding Photos Are So Adorable- See Photos". Koko Level's Blog. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Liz Benson, back with a bang!". 25 May 2016.
- ^ "I will be damned if I don't speak out — Liz Benson-Ameye". 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Liz Benson returns". 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Liz Benson returns". Vanguard News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Why I Remarried — Liz Benson". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Ademola Olonilua (10 March 2012). "From showbiz to the pulpit". The Punch. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Kemi Lawal. "MY MISTAKES BELONG TO THE PAST – LIZ BENSON". Nigeriafilms. Punch. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Liz Benson biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Liz Benson at IMDb
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Nigerian Christians
- Actresses from Delta State
- 20th-century Nigerian actresses
- 21st-century Nigerian actresses
- Actresses in Yoruba cinema
- Nigerian television actresses
- Nigerian film actresses
- Nigerian Pentecostal pastors
- Nigerian Christian clergy
- Yoruba people
- People from Akwa Ibom State