Veteran Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwo has shared insights into her experience balancing motherhood and her acting career.

She credited her family and community for their support. During a recent interview on the Life Unscripted Podcast, she revealed that having children early allowed her to manage her responsibilities effectively.

Recalling a difficult time when her husband lost his job, Patience revealed that her family moved back to the village. There, neighbours and relatives played a crucial role in helping her raise her children.

“In the village, everyone is involved. Your neighbours know when you’re in and out, so my children grew up under the care of everybody. My father also had houses in Enugu, so at the end of shooting, I’d go back to my father’s house, and when the movie was done, I’d return home.”

As her career progressed, she found herself working on multiple movie projects simultanouesly, which helped stabilise her finances.

“My father also had houses in Enugu and at the end of shooting, I'd go back to my father's house and when the movie is done I'd go back home. At some point I was doing multiple movies at a time and that's how money started coming in.

It wasn't so difficult because at the time, my husband was still alive. He was sick but he was alive, so people respected that he was there. So because I started having them early, shortly after they were already in the university.”

She pointed out that despite the challenges, her late husband was supportive and understood that acting was their main source of income.
“My husband also understood that that was where money was coming from. My brother and sisters in law really helped me.”

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