Well-known actress and sketch comedian Lizzy Jay, also known as Adeyela Adebola, has shared that comedy wasn’t her initial career goal.
In an interview on Nollywood on Radio, she mentioned that she originally wanted to be a singer and a doctor.
Talking about how she unexpectedly got into making comedy sketches, Lizzy Jay explained that it all started because she was bored while she was at home on her own.
“Nothing was on my mind when I started making skits. What was on my mind was to do music, go to school, and become a medical doctor,” she said. “Skit-making was just a way of killing boredom. I was home alone, had my phone, and needed to do something.”
She added that her decision to create skits wasn’t influenced by trends or other content creators. “It wasn’t like I planned or saw people doing skits and thought to copy. I was just bored, and I started making a skit,” she said.
Lizzy’s limelight showed up when one of her comedy skits, which she had put on Facebook, unexpectedly went viral after being shared by celebrities, including Nollywood star Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde.
This attention encouraged her to take skit-making seriously, eventually establishing her as a successful content creator and actress in Nigeria’s entertainment industry.
“I knew my skit was beyond just a boredom killer after one of my skits, which I posted on my page on Facebook, was reposted by several celebrities, including Omotola Jolade on Instagram. So, at that point, I just thought I needed to continue what I started,” she added.
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