List of Highest Paid Nollywood Stars And What They Earn

Nollywood is in reality the second largest film industry in the world in terms of total number of film productions per annum, placing it ahead of the United States Hollywood and behind Indian Bollywood. Nollywood was rated in 2013 as the third most valuable film industry in the world (according to Wikipedia) after generating a total revenue of US$10 billion that year alone, placing it behind Bollywood and Hollywood. This is by no means a simple achievement by any industry, let alone an Africa based industry.

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The Nigerian film industry is worth more than US$5.1 billion as of 2014 and is projected to worth as much as a hundred billion dollars in the next ten years. Nollywood produces hundreds of home videos and films per annum. With these, Nigerian cinema is by far the Africa’s largest movie industry in terms of value, revenue, and the number of movies produced per year. It is not surprising that the Nollywood stars are earning big and living large.

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Here we present to you the list of Nollywood stars and what they are earning. Nollywood is the third biggest film industry in the world and by far the biggest in Africa. This list of Nollywood stars is made up of both established and new stars. If you have been wondering what your favorite Nollywood stars are earning, wonder no more. See below the comprehensive list of the highest paid Nollywood stars and what they are earning.

Nollywood Stars And What They Are Earning

Paul Sambo	218	Actor	$1,500	$5,000
Jummai Joseph	217	Actress	$1,500	$5,000
Vanessa Nzediegwu	216	Actress	$1,500	$5,000
Uche Anyamele	215	Actor	$1,500	$5,000
Babatunde Omidina (Baba Suwe)	214	Actor	$1,500	$5,000
Chidi Ihezie-Okafor	213	Actor	$1,500	$5,000
Khabirat Kafidipe	212	Actress	$1,500	$5,000
Wole Ojo	211	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Cossy Orjiakor	210	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Adeniyi Johnson	209	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Ajanigo Simeon	208	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Venita Akpofure	207	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Sugar Asoegwu	206	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Taiwo Hassan	205	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Bolaji Amusan (Mr Latin)	204	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Florence Okechukwu	203	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Dayo Amusa	202	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Opeyemi Aiyeola	201	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Wale Ojo	200	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Ali Nuhu	199	Actor	$2,000	$5,000
Ivie Okujaye	198	Actress	$2,000	$5,000
Lancelot Imasuen	197	Actor/Director	$2,000	$12,000
Pat Attah	196	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Tessy Oragwa	195	Actress	$2,500	$5,000
Bimbo Manuel	194	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Gabriel Afolayan	193	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Mide Funmi Matins Abiodun	192	Actress	$2,500	$5,000
Chacha Eke	191	Actress	$2,500	$5,000
Chiege Alisigwe	190	Actress	$2,500	$5,000
Bob-Manuel Udokwu	189	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Rich Oganiru	188	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Charles Okafor	187	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Uche Iwuji	186	Actress	$2,500	$5,000
Olaniyi Afonja	185	Actor	$2,500	$5,000
Shan George	184	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Keppy Bassey Ekpenyong	183	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Benita Nzeribe	182	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Lanre Hassan	181	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Moji Olaiya	180	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Segun Arinze	179	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Yemi Blaq	178	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Bobby Michaels	177	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Moyo Lawal	176	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Amaechi Muonagor	175	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Steph-Nora Okere	174	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Ronnie Dikko	173	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Lilian Bach	172	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Akin Lewis	171	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Jaiye Kuti	170	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Racheal Tabuno Oniga	169	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Mike Godson	168	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Paul Obazele	167	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Yemi Solade	166	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Adaora Ukoh	165	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Ikechukwu Onyeka	164	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Susan Peters	163	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Ufuoma Ejenobor	162	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Mary Uranta	161	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Michael Okon	160	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Tina Mba	159	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Adekola Tijani	158	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Kenneth Chukwu	157	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Benedict Johnson Obiakor	156	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Ruth Kadiri	155	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Alex Usifo	154	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
John Paul Nwadike	153	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Chinyere Wilfred	152	Actress	$2,500	$7,000
Fredrick Leonard	151	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Jim Lawson Maduike	150	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Leo Mezie	149	Actor	$2,500	$7,000
Ada Aronu	148	Actress	$3,000	$7,000
Thelma Okoduwa	147	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Amanda Mike-Ebeye	146	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Ifeoma Okeke	145	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Sam Dede	144	Actor	$3,000	$8,000
Florence Onuma	143	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Ibinabo Fiberesima	142	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Franca Brown	141	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Gloria Young	140	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Nobert Young	139	Actor	$3,000	$8,000
Mosun Filani	138	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Funke Etti	137	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Funke Adesiyan	136	Actress	$3,000	$8,000
Yomi Gold	135	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Eniola Badmus	134	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Afeez Oyetoro	133	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Tana Adelana	132	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Ike Okechukwu	131	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Ejiro Okurame	130	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Mr Gentle Jack	129	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Kelvin Ikeduba	128	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Victor Osuagwu	127	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Junior Pope Odowondo	126	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Didi Ekanem	125	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Esther Audu	124	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Yvonne Jegede	123	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Tony Umez	122	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Kenneth Okorie	121	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Funsho Adeolu	120	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Damola Olatunji	119	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Foluke Daramola	118	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Yinka Quadri	117	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Femi Jacobs	116	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Antar Laniyan	115	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Saheed Balogun	114	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Femi Brainard	113	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Femi Branch	112	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Annie Macaulay Idibia	111	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Abiola Segun-Williams	110	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Eve Esin	109	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Anne Njemanze	108	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Iyabo Ojo	107	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Funmi Holder	106	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Angela Okorie	105	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Prince Eke	104	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Emeka Ossai	103	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Grace Amah	102	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Bimbo Akintola	101	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Anita Joseph	100	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Ronke Ojo	099	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Nuella Njubigbo	098	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Tchidi Chikere	097	Actor/Director	$3,000	$8,500
Francis Duru	096	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Jude Orhorha	095	Actor	$3,000	$8,500
Toyin Aimakhu	094	Actress	$3,000	$8,500
Matilda Obaseki	093	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Fred Amata	092	Actor	$3,500	$8,500
Ime Bishop Umoh	091	Actor	$3,500	$8,500
Empress Njamah	090	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Kiki Omeili	089	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Alexx Ekubo	088	Actor	$3,500	$8,500
Blossom Chukwujekwu	087	Actor	$3,500	$8,500
Belinda Effah	086	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Rita Edochie	085	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Eku Edewor	084	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Lilian Esoro	083	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Bimbo Oshin	082	Actress	$3,500	$8,500
Ayo Adesanya	081	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Yomi Fash-Lanso	080	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Uti Nwachukwu	079	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Osas Ighodaro Ajibade	078	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Beverly Naya	077	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Gbenro Ajibade	076	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Ireti Doyle	075	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Linda Ejiofor	074	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Victor Olaitan	073	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Nonso Diobi	072	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Gideon Okeke	071	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Queen Nwokoye	070	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Kunle Afolayan	069	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Muyiwa Ademola	068	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Femi Adebayo	067	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Adekola Odunlade	066	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Marry Remmy Njoku	065	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Zack Orji	064	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Kate Henshew	063	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Sola Fosudo	062	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Joseph Benjamin	061	Actor	$4,000	$10,000
Moji Afolayan	060	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Shola Asedeko	059	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Ngozi Nwosu	058	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Idowu Philip (Iya Rainbow)	057	Actress	$4,000	$10,000
Emeka Enyiocha	056	Actor	$5,000	$15,000
Kenneth Okonkwo	055	Actor	$5,000	$15,000
Ngozi Ezeonu	054	Actress	$5,000	$15,000
Halima Abubakar	053	Actress	$5,000	$15,000
Kehinde Bankole	052	Actress/Producer	$5,000	$15,000
Damilola Adegbite	051	Actress	$5,000	$15,000
Clem Ohameze	050	Actor	$5,000	$20,000
Fathia Balogun	049	Actress/Producer	$5,000	$20,000
Bukky Wright	048	Actress/Producer	$5,000	$20,000
Jide Kosoko	047	Actor	$5,000	$20,000
Daniella Okeke	046	Actress	$5,000	$20,000
Doris Simeon	045	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Mercy Aigbe	044	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Clarion Chukwura Abiola	043	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Tonto Dikeh	042	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Chiwetalu Agu	041	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Dakore Egbuson	040	Actor	$5,000	$25,000
Ebube Nwagbo	039	Actress	$5,000	$25,000
Rukky Sanda	038	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Kanayo O. Kanayo	037	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Stella Damasus Aboderin	036	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Funlola Aofiyebi	035	Actor	$5,000	$30,000
Oge Okoye	034	Actress	$7,500	$30,000
Chika Ike	033	Actress	$10,000	$30,000
Segun Arinze	032	Actor	$10,00	$30,000
Joke Silva	031	Actress	$10,000	$30,000
Nse Ikpe Etim	030	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Uche Jombo	029	Actress	$10,000	$30,000
Emeka Ike	028	Actor/Producer	$10,000	$30,000
Nkeiru Silvanus	027	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Stephanie Okereke	026	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Chioma Chukwuka	025	Actress	$5,000	$30,000
Kalu Ikeagwu	024	Actor	$7,000	$30,000
Chidi Mokeme	023	Actor	$10,000	$35,000
Yul Edochie	022	Actor	$10,000	$35,000
Osita Iheme	021	Actor	$5,000	$35,000
Omoni Oboli	020	Actress	$6,000	$35,000
Chinedu Ikedieze	019	Actor	$5,000	$35,000
Mike Ezuruonye	018	Actor	$7,000	$35,000
Ini Edo	017	Actress	$7,000	$35,000
Monalisa Chinda	016	Actress	$5,000	$35,000
OC Ukeje	015	Actor	$5,000	$35,000
Olu Jacob	014	Actor	$7,000	$35,000
Patience Ozokwor (Mama G)	013	Actress	$7,000	$35,000
Pete Edochie	012	Actor	$7,000	$35,000
Funke Akindele	011	Actress	$7,000	$40,000
Desmond Elliot (Olushola)	010	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
John Okafor (Ibu)	009	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
Mercy Johnson Okojie	008	Actress	$10,000	$40,000
Rita Dominic	007	Actress	$10,000	$40,000
Nkem Owoh (Osuofia)	006	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
Jim Iyke	005	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
Richard Mofe Damijo	004	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde	003	Actress	$10,000	$40,000
Ramsey Noah	002	Actor	$10,000	$40,000
Genevieve Nnaji	001	Actress	$10,000	$50,000

This list of highest paid Nollywood stars will be to changing from time to time to reflect the latest information. Help make it complete, if you have any useful information as to what the top stars are earning, send it to us on [email protected] and we’ll be more than glad to update this list with the information you provided.

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