A Nollywood actress, Henrietta Kosoko, wife of veteran actor,
Jide Kosoko, passed on at the Sacred Heart Catholic Hospital, Lantoro, Abeokuta
on Monday 6th June, 2016, at the age of 53. She celebrated her 53rd birthday
last week. She was said to have slumped and rushed to the hospital.
Henrietta (Nee Onovosa) was said to be in coma and sadly, she
eventually gave up the ghost. The actress who started her career decades ago
with a Yoruba movie titled 'Omolade' has been battling with diabetes for a
while now and she has managed to cope with.
Henrietta came into the limelight in 1995 after starring in
movie titled, 'Omolade' as well as an English one named 'Onome'. She was an
able actress in both Yoruba and English genres. But Henrietta Kosoko, a very
robust actress, married to a popular actor and one time president of the
Association of Nigeria Theatre-Arts Practitioners (ANTP), an umbrella body of
all Yoruba thespians in the country, Prince Jide Kosoko, cut her niche
immediately after featuring in that popular Yoruba movie, Omolade and Onome.
Henriette Kosoko has featured in a great number
of movies and drama series on TV. She hails from Edo State and was mentored by
her husband, Jide Babs.
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