Funke Akindele credits Kate Henshaw for confidence on first movie set

Everyone has a first day they never forget, and for Funke Akindele, it was one filled with nerves, encouragement, and a lesson she still remembers.

Looking back on her early days in Nollywood, Funke shared that her first time in front of a camera was alongside Kate Henshaw and Yibo Koko in “Na.ked Wire”, a film produced by Opa Williams.

She admitted that she was extremely nervous when it was time to shoot one of her scenes.

“My first day in front of a camera was with Kate Henshaw and Yibo Koko years ago, the title of the movie is Naked Wire, produced by Opa Williams.

I was so jittery, I was scared, in the scene, Yibo Koko told me to tell Kate Henshaw he is in love with her and I was shaking and shaking.

Kate just called me & said ‘what’s your name?’

And I said ‘Funke ma.’

And she said ‘calm down you can do it’.

And I did it, it was beautiful and here I am today”, she said.

For Funke, that brief moment of reassurance from Kate Henshaw helped settle her nerves. It gave her the confidence to get through the scene, and years later, she still remembers it as one of the defining moments at the beginning of her acting journey.