MARY EZIMAKO: NOBODY CAN DRAG YOU INTO BED IF YOU DON'T WANT

She is young, very young. She is beautiful, very beautiful but she is also talented, very talented. And  like we promised you that we will keep bringing to you new stars that will take Nollywood by storm, have discovered her. Today we bring you Mary,Ogechukwu Ezimako.
“I am from a family of four made up of my father, my mother myself and my kid brother. We are a close knit family and we love each other with a passion. My mother is my greatest champion.”
Mary hails from Orlu Imo State and is an undergraduate of Mass Communications of the Federal Polythecnic Nekede Owerri, Imo State. So how does she combine her acting and schooling?
“Just like everybody else I manage somehow. Besides, I am not overly active right now. Education is ultra important and has taken most of my time. But I have been involved in a soap opera, and a few other movies like DAUGHTER’S IN-LAW, SQUAD 24, UGLY AND DANGEROUS and NOT MY WILL. Most of them were shot in Portharcourt and Asaba because I have been working from the eastern axis but right now I have secure a movie role and a role in another soap in Lagos and I intend to stake my claim here. I know how those here look at the Industry from the east but talent is talent and I believe I can do well here with the talent God has given me.”
Relatively new in the Nollywood Mary got involved in 2010 dropped off for a while and came back fully in 2012. She has remarkable confidence and is poised to go very far.
“I started off as a model then became an actor because of the need to express different facets of my talent. My start was basically inauspicious. I went for an audition in Owerri. I was very shaky because I have always been afraid of crowds but in the end I secured the lead role in the soap.”
Asked about the major keys to success in the industry Mary says
“Believe in yourself if not you may not make it because of the challenges facing especially young female artistes. There are people who look better than you and can act better and also know more important people. So you must develop absolute confidence in your abilities.”
What may those challenges be? Do they include issues like sexual harassment and intimidation by producers and directors?
“A lot of people deny that there is no sexual harassment in the industry but it does exist but it is also about your principles, keeping them and sticking to them. Nobody will drag you into bed and force you to do what you do not want to do. Your future is in your hands and only you can make it happen”
Mary is here to stay but is that really enough.
“Nope. I want to go far, make a name. Make a difference, be a role model. But It’s not by my power, it’s in God’s hand . I admire RITA DOMINIC, MERCY JOHNSON, OLU JACOBS, CHARLES INOJIE. For his comedy. JIM IYKE. JUNIOR POPE and a couple of other actors. I look up to them.
As she looks up to them, we quietly look at her and wait for her to find her feet. Watch Mary Ogechi Ezimako.