Stella Damasus

Stella Damasus (born April 24, 1978) is a Nigerian actress and singer. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. She won the Award for Best Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2007. In 2012, she won the award for Best Actress for the movie Two Brides and a Baby at the Golden Icons Academy Awards in Houston, Texas. Stella Damasus was born in Benin City, Edo State, in the South-South region of Nigeria. She has four sisters. She grew up in Benin City, where she completed most of her primary education. Damasus married her first husband, Jaiye Aboderin, in 1999 when she was 21. The couple had two daughters before Jaiye died suddenly in 2004. Damasus remarried in 2007, this time to Emeka Nzeribe. The marriage lasted for seven months before they mutually agreed to divorce. In 2011, she became associated with multiple award-winning Nollywood producer and director Daniel Ademinokan; this eventually led to a separation in 2020 and a subsequent divorce. Their relationship sparked a lot of controversy because both parties never publicly admitted to be dating, engaged or even marbeing ried until 2014.