Let’s meet 6 Nollywood stars whose fathers are Asians…
1. Touitou, Ben Lugo (Israel, Western Asia)
Ben Lugo Touitou is a Nollywood male actor best known for his roles in Lagos Cougars and Desperate House Girls.
On January 22, 1988, Ben Lugo was born. He was born in Imo State, Nigeria, to an Israeli father and a Nigerian mother (Igbo tribe). He is of Israeli ancestry.
Ben Lugo began his career as a model before venturing into the film industry. He rose to prominence for his role in the film “Lagos Cougars.”
2. Sophie Alakija (Lebanon, Western Asia)
Sophie Rammal Alakija, born 8 February 1993, is a Nigerian actress. She is well known for her parts in the films Halita and Assistant Madams.
Alakija was born on February 8, 1993, in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian mother and a Lebanese father.
In 2010, she was the lead dancer in her ex-boyfriend Wizkid’s music video Holla at your boy.
She has appeared in a number of well-known films, including Drawing Strands, Getting Over Him, and Small Chops. In 2017, she appeared in the Ghana-Nigeria collaborative television series Scandals. In 2019, she appeared in the TV series Halita, followed by Assistant Madams. In 2020, she will also appear in Timini Egbuson’s Muslim wife.
3. Nadia Buari (Lebanon, Western Asia)
Nadia Buari is a stunning Ghallywood and Nollywood female actor who lights up the screen every time she appears.
This is her first appearance. She received her big start in the Ghanaian TV series Games People Play, but she’s since gone on to act in a slew of high-profile films in both her home country and surrounding countries.
Nadia Buari was born on November 21, 1982, in Takoradi, Ghana. Her biological father is from Lebanon, and she was conceived outside of marriage. Her mother, Hajia Buari, is a Ghanaian beautician. Nadia’s mother later married Alhaji Sidiku Buari, a Ghanaian singer and producer who raised her as his own child.
4. Majid Michel (Lebanon, Western Asia)
Majid Michel is a male actor, producer, television personality, model, pastor, and philanthropist from Ghallywood and Nollywood. He was born on September 22, 1980, in Accra, Ghana, to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother in a military cantonment. He is 40 years old right now. He spent his childhood in Accra with his nine siblings.
Michel began his professional acting career by auditioning for a modelling firm that a neighbour had recommended him to. On the recommendation of his next-door neighbour, he was invited to join the modelling agency Super Model Agency.
He appeared in the television series Things We Do for Love, where he earned the nickname “Shaker.” His character in Things We Do for Love was supposed to be played by a Lebanese child, and Michel attributed his casting to his Lebanese origin.
5. Pearl Shim Mugala (South Korea, Eastern Asia)
Pearl Shim Mugala, also known as Little Daniella, is a young and beautiful Nigerian female actor and soul mate studio star.
On June 27, 2008, she was born. Her father is from South Korea, but she has never met him, and her mother, Afor Franca Mugala, is from Udu Local Government Area in Delta State, in southern Nigeria.
Shim Pearl is a secondary school student in Warri, Delta State.
Pearl Shim debuted in Nollywood in 2017 at the age of nine and has since made substantial contributions to the business.
The gorgeous, young, imaginative, and extremely gifted Nollywood teen actress has appeared in a variety of films, including Hostage, Small Girl With Big God, All I Want For Christmas, Lent, My Kids and I, and Little Daniella.
Shim Pearl is well-known for her great performances in films as adolescent characters.
She said that the film In Bondage with Little Daniella was responsible for her rise to fame and notoriety.
Nollywood. She also stated in an interview that the film ‘The Making of Small Girl With Big God’ was both tough and enjoyable.
Shim has appeared in films alongside renowned Nollywood actors including as Christian Paul, Ebu, Oguike’s family, and many others.
Shim Pearl revealed that she enjoys working with the Oguike family, but they are not connected by blood. “We are simply friends, not very close friends, but we are just colleagues,” the young star says.
Shim also claimed that she is really interested in performing and hopes to study Theatre Acts. Pearl Shim mentions
Regina Daniels is her role model due to her outstanding acting abilities. She also named Ogbonna, an actor, as a male role model.
6. Ramsey Nouah (Israel, Western Asia)
Ramsey Nouah is one of Africa’s most popular male performers. The award-winning actress has been instrumental in the success of many Nollywood films.
The Nigerian actor was born in Lagos, Nigeria on December 19, 1970, to an Israeli father and a Yoruba mother. He grew up in Surulere, Lagos State, and is multiracial.
Ramsey’s mother, on the other hand, is an Ondo Yoruba from Owo. Margaret Afolabi is her given name. The public knows very little about Ramsey Nouah’s parents.
Born and bred in Surulere, the famous actor attended Atara Primary School before enrolling at Community Grammar School. Both schools are located in the state of Lagos.
Ramsey later enrolled at the University of Lagos for a Diploma in Mass Communication. He began performing professionally after graduating.
The Nigerian actor has a long list of film credits to his name. His career started in the mid-1990s and peaked in the early 2000s. A friend encouraged Ramsey to pursue a career in acting. He was struggling to make a career in music at the time.
Ramsey Nouah and his wife married in 2004 and have three children: a daughter named Desiree and two sons named Quincy and Camil.