Alex Lopez
Born
Alexandra López

1980
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present

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 1999 controversial movie Domitila II. In 1993, she was second runner-up in the popular beauty pageant, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria.

Early life

López, of Afro-Brazilian, and Nigerian (Igbo) descent, was born in Jos and was trained at Obosi, Anambra state in southeastern Nigeria.[1] She is the second child from a family of five girls and a boy.[2]

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 Domitilla, Karishika, Love, Sex & Marriage, Dangerous Girls, Abuja Connection 2&3, Emotional Hazard, The One I Love, Akata, Catastrophe, Jungle Justice, Moving Train, Remarkable Pains, Scout, Sisters On the Run, Six Problem Girls, The Good The Bad And The Terrible and Walls Have Ears. She played a lesbian in Zeb Ejiro's movie Domitilla.[3]

Due to her mixed ethnicity, she is often referred to as "the half-caste Nollywood actress".[4]

Personal life

As of 2011, Lopez was unmarried and had a son.[1] In July 2013, it was reported that López and Slim Burna, the Port Harcourt-based Nigerian singer, were dating. Both responded that they were just friends.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1996 Domitila
Karishika
2001 The Luck of the Irish
2003 Six Problem Girls
Moving Train with Kanayo O. Kanayo
Abuja Connection 2
2004 Scout with Uche Jombo
Abuja Connection 3

References

  1. 1 2 Akinnagbe, Akintomide (2011-06-25). "I am not in a hurry to settle down.Actress Alex Lopez". Nigeriafilms. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  2. "Alex Lopez".
  3. "Nollywood Star Alex Lopez's role in Changing Faces and other movies".
  4. "19 Fading and Outdated Nollywood Stars who are no Longer Relevant in The Industry".
  5. Slim Burna denies dating Nollywood actress Alex Lopez.
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