Alex Lopez (actress)
Alex Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexandra López 1980 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Alexandra López, // commonly known as Alex Lopez is a Brazilian-Nigerian actress and former model, who is best known for her controversial starring role as a lesbian in Zeb Ejiro’s 1999 movie Domitila II. In 1993, she was second runner-up in the popular beauty pageant, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]López, of Afro-Brazilian, and Nigerian (Igbo) descent, was born in Jos and was trained at Obosi, Anambra state in southeastern Nigeria.[1] She is the second child from a family of five girls and a boy.[2]
Career
[edit]López starred in Faruk Lasaki's Changing Faces where she played Franca, the caring Nigerian wife of Dale and a successful white architect. She has also played lead and supporting roles in Nollywood movies like Domitilla, Karishika, Love, Sex & Marriage, Dangerous Girls, Abuja Connection 2&3, Emotional Hazard, The One I Love, Akata, Catastrophe, Jungle Justice, Moving Train, Remarkable Pains, Scout, Sisters On the Run, Six Problem Girls, The Good The Bad And The Terrible and Walls Have Ears. She played a lesbian in Zeb Ejiro's movie Domitilla.[3]
Due to her mixed ethnicity, she is often referred to as "the half-caste Nollywood actress".[4]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2011, Lopez was unmarried and had a son.[1] In July 2013, it was reported that López and Slim Burna, the Port Harcourt-based Nigerian singer, were dating.[citation needed] Both responded that they were just friends.[5]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Domitilla | Action / Thriller film
Directed by Zeb Ejiro |
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| 1998 | Karishika | Horror film
Also starring Bob-Manuel Udokwu |
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| 2001 | The Luck of the Irish | |||
| 2003 | Six Problem Girls | |||
| Moving Train | with Kanayo O. Kanayo | |||
| Abuja Connection 2 | Doris | |||
| 2004 | Scout | with Uche Jombo | ||
| Abuja Connection 3 | Doris | Action / Drama / Thriller film
Also starring Eucharia Anunobi Ekwu |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Akinnagbe, Akintomide (2011-06-25). "I am not in a hurry to settle down.Actress Alex Lopez". Nigeriafilms. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ "Alex Lopez".
- ^ "Nollywood Star Alex Lopez's role in Changing Faces and other movies".
- ^ "19 Fading and Outdated Nollywood Stars who are no Longer Relevant in The Industry".
- ^ Slim Burna denies dating Nollywood actress Alex Lopez.