Kate Henshaw, veteran Nollywood actress says that she wanted to become a Medical doctor before she ventured into the movie industry.
The actress revealed in an Instagram Live interview with fellow actress, Judith Audu.
“I wanted to become a doctor so I could save lives. But I found out that I don’t like blood and injection. It became Medical Micro Biology which was an alternative medical practice,” she said.
Acting career
On her passion for acting and the challenges she had to deal with, Henshaw said that she was surrounded by supportive people at the inception of her career.
“It was basically curiosity, which didn’t kill this cat. I was curious to know what an audition meant. When the late JT invited me for an audition, I decided to go; because I was doing a lot of things while I was in medical school. I was a model, I worked at the international Trade Fair as one of the girls that would sell drinks.
“I also worked at the Lagos Motor Fair, I was doing so many things. That was how I came in contact with the late JT Tomwest. I went for the audition and I was picked to play the lead role in my first movie, “When the Sunset.”
“To me it was a new experience. But I had good people around me who were very supportive of this new person. I’m sure they didn’t even know that I had no training in the art. But they were extremely supportive of me and here we are today.”
Kate Henshaw recently won South African film festival Rapid Lion 2020 Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for her performance in the Akin Omotoso directed The Ghost and the House of Truth.
Being one of Nollywood’s foremost actors, Henshaw made her first appearance on the screen in 1993 as the lead role in the movie When the Sun Sets.
Kate Henshaw has stared in various major Nollywood films including; Stronger Than Pain, My Little Secret, Chief Daddy, New Money, among others.
