Alex Lopez (actress): Biography, Age, Career, Family And Movies

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Alex Lopez (actress): Biography, Age, Career, Family And Movies

Alex Lopez (actress)

Alexandra López, commonly known as Alex Lopez is a Brazilian-Nigerian actress and former model, who is best known for her starring role as a lesbian in Zeb Ejiro’s 1996 controversial movie Domitila 2. In 1993, she was second runner-up in the popular beauty pageant, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria.[citation needed]

Early life

López, of Afro-Brazilian, and Nigerian (Igbo) descent, was born in Jos and was trained at Obosi, Anambra state in southeastern Nigeria. She is the second child from a family of five girls and a boy.

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Career

López starred in Faruk Lasaki’s Changing Faces where she played Franca, the caring Nigerian wife of Dale, a successful white architect. She has also played lead and supporting roles in Nollywood movies like DomitillaLove, Sex & MarriageDangerous GirlsAbuja Connection 2&3Emotional HazardThe One I LoveAkataCatastropheJungle JusticeMoving TrainRemarkable PainsScoutSisters On the RunSix Problem GirlsThe Good The Bad And The Terrible and Walls Have Ears. She played a lesbian in Zeb Ejiro’s movie Domitilla.

See also  Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor

Due to her mixed ethnicity, she is often referred to as “the half-caste Nollywood actress”.

Personal life

As of 2011, Lopez was unmarried and had a son. In July 2013, it was reported that López and Slim Burna, the Port Harcourt-based Nigerian singer, were dating.[citation needed] Both responded that they were just friends.

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
1996 Domitila
2003 Six Problem Girls
2003 Moving Train with Kanayo O. Kanayo
Abuja Connection 2
2004 Scout with Uche Jombo
Abuja Connection 3
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