Yoruba actress Regina Chukwu has asserted that the Nigerian English film business relies solely on sex for roles.
She said this when discussing her interactions with the industry before ultimately deciding to remain in the Yoruba Nollywood sector.
Regina claimed that the English segment of the Nigerian film industry is not “as accommodating as the Yoruba movie industry,” recounting her multiple attempts at auditions.
“For the English industry, it was strictly sex for role,” the actress, who said that the Yoruba film industry is quite accommodating, said in her most recent interview on Oyinmomo TV on Friday.
While explaining how her inability to act in both industries has limited her popularity, she said
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“there’s a place we normally go for auditions at Surulere, Winnings Hotel. That was where those actors used to be, including Genevieve and co. We were all sitting at Winnings Hotel and I tried auditioning several times but they are not as accommodating as Yorubas.
“Despite the fact that I’m Igbo by tribe. You will have to start sleeping with them before getting to the top, starting from their generator guys. Lots of fake scripts to leisure you into sexual intimacy. They are not accommodating. It is easier for me to relate with the Yorubas, maybe it’s because I was born and grew among the Yorubas all my life. For the English industry, it was strictly sex for role. They won’t hide it from you. I’m well known in Lagos and other South West States, but they don’t know me in my state as an actor. Enugu is a place that if I enter today, nobody will say hi I know you”, she explained.
In November 2025,Nigerian music video director, Praise Onyeagwalam, AKA Director Pink, disclosed the reasons behind her decision to abandon her acting career.
The celebrated cinematographer revealed that she left that line of work because of the s*xual exploitation and humiliation of aspiring performers.
Director Pink claimed in a recent interview with Hip TV that she changed careers to become her own boss because she was embarrassed by the long lines at film auditions and the suspicious calls she received from male filmmakers asking her to go to compromising settings.
“I wanted to be an actress but the humiliation was too much. Long queues, shady ‘come to this location’ calls. I said ‘No.’ That’s when I chose to be my own boss,” she said.
