I Thought I Was In Love... - Princess

For Princess (real name Damilola Adekoya) acting is a natural calling which she started at the age of six. Her major play which she took part in at age nine was entitled Half Human, Half Animal.

A product of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State where she earned an OND in Electrical-Electronics Engineering and Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Princess is an actress and currently blazing a trail as a stand-up comedian.

“My first experience with the movie industry was not pleasant. Way back in 1997, I registered as a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). Things were so terrible to the extent that we were treated shabbily. There was so much politics, people would use you for their movies and they would not like to pay. I lost interest and went into stage and TV. I, however, took part in Tunde Kelani’s Campus Queen,” she said of her early days experience in acting as an adult.

Among the TV series she has appeared in are Flat Mates and Super Story. She had wanted to become an engineer before fate pulled a fast one on her and she ended up in the arts.

Princess is single, but not searching. Asked about her prospect of getting married she said in an interview: “Well, I am not in a hurry to get married because I don’t believe in rushing into things. I think I should put it in two ways. One, I have not found the man that I can marry. I have not seen a man that wants to marry me. It is not that I have not come across potential men, but it is not my style to meet a man and jump into marrying him simply because he is rich or handsome, because such marriages sooner or later will hit the rocks. I would have been married more than three times but what would be the fate of children from such marriages that are hastily contracted? I want to take my time and wait for the right time and the right man.”

Though jilted by her man some years back she has remained focused, insisting on making the right choice when the opportunity knocks again.

“The most important thing is, make the right choice. I made the wrong choice. I believe the person I was dating loved me until I was proved wrong. We can all make mistakes,” she said in an interview

source: http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/celebrity-plus/8427-i-thought-i-was-in-love-princess.html