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Omotola Jalade is aging gracefully and it’s hard to believe that she has just turned forty-five — she looks fabulous!
To mark her birthday today (February 7), the Nollywood actress appears to celebrate it in style as she posted cute new photos on Instagram. In the snapshots, the mother-of-four wears a stunning strapless purple gown with intricate embroideries. She elevated her look with silver accessories, including a choker necklace, drop earrings, and two bangles, while her voluminous black locks rested on one side of her shoulders.
Omotola however, hinted her ‘Gram followers that she just clocked a new age with the caption that says: “+ 1 . 💜.” She also added the word: “Joyful ……”
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The multiple-award winner received a series of birthday wishes from fellow celebs in the comment section of her posts. Actress Mercy Aigbe wrote, “Happy birthday 😍”, while Linda Osifo wrote: “Happy Birthday my queen. More blessings and grace to you.”
As part of the birthday celebration, the actress revisited her past to share a story of her childhood with fans. Jalade, who has been an advocate of the girl child reposted a screenshot of a newspaper article that was written about her in 2015 while revealing some shocking and emotional details about her childhood.
“On today’s girl child day I’ll do an unusual post true to me,” the actress shared in the caption. “As a child I lost my father age 12. Sponsored by a great community of Ondo men, the #Ekimogun club, so i could continue my education.”
She continued: “At age 15, started struggling to help my widowed mother. I started working in the Entertainment Industry. While going to school, and working, faced many challenges as a female child… talks of being loose, perhaps being a prostitute,lack of freedom to mingle like male counterparts, rumours and fear of slander, sexual harassments… but one of my early dreams was to be great at whatever I chose and be side by side the best in the World. I’m Not totally there yet, … but.. That 12 years old iyanaipaja little girl did take care of her widowed mum till she died, took care of her younger brothers… they are in marriage stages now, taking care of herself and her own family, taking care of a few people she is privileged to be able to.”
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The Nollywood star who is also a UN ambassador ended her lengthy post with words of encouragement to the girl child out there who is struggling. “She has worked, spoken on, been awarded on World stages , and has been compared to the people she admired when growing up , from other parts of the World… She’s still a work in progress but…Dont You dare Underestimate the possibilities of a girl Child.“
