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Genoveva Umeh has revealed recently that she did not pursue an acting career initially, even though it had always been her passion

I did not pursue acting at first – Genoveva Umeh | Pulse Nigeria

Michael Aromolaran

<h2>Genoveva Umeh has revealed recently that she did not pursue an acting career initially, even though it had always been her passion.&nbsp;</h2>

According to the 28-year old, she had initially trained to become a lawyer, as she had studied law at the University of Surrey in England.&nbsp;

But after failing her first year in university, the actress started to rethink her career choice.

Umeh revealed this during a recent episode of the 'Is This Seat Taken' podcast hosted by Chinasa Anukam.&nbsp;

“Studying law was my decision. However, I also realised that as a first-generation immigrant, I knew how hard my parents worked to get me into the UK," Umeh said. “So, I didn’t want to pursue a course that I just considered as a hobby. I thought acting was merely a hobby.”

Eventually, acting became more than a hobby for her. In her words, “I went from viewing acting as a hobby during my time in university, thinking that after graduation, I would come back and pursue it. But that didn’t happen until I failed my first year. Failing my first year of law was when I realised that I needed to start considering what I truly wanted to do, rather than what I felt I had to do.”

In 2018, Umeh moved to Lagos to pursue an acting career, writing and performing a one-woman stage play, HOME, which performed at Lagos Fringe Festival in Lagos, and a year later at Bloemfontein, South Africa.

She landed her first lead role in A Tune Away (2020), which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award.&nbsp;

Umeh's breakout performance would come in the 2022 Netflix series <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/blood-sisters-hits-new-milestone-makes-netflixs-top-10-list-of-tv-shows/2l8lw0j.amp">Blood Sisters</a>. In the same year, she played the character Zina in <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/far-from-home-an-engaging-story-about-dreams-and-ambition-that-everyone-needs-to-see/r2tecvh.amp">Far From Home</a>.

I did not pursue acting at first – Genoveva Umeh

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