Ray Emodi
Ray Emodi
Early life
Ray Emodi is the son of Joy Emodi, the first female Senator in Nigeria, She represented the Anambra North constituency of Anambra State. Before he moved in full time into acting.
Education
He studied Business Management and International Strategic Enterprise at the Nottingham Trent University, England. While trying to go professional, he lightens his interest by going to the New York Film Academy (LA Branch) to perfect his skills.
Career
Ray Emodi has interpreted many romantic roles in his acting career, which has brought him better recognition and acceptance into the movie industry. Ray Emodi has acted alongside Zack Orji, Tina Mba, IK Ogbonna and others. According to him “his experience with ladies helps him to play romantic roles”
During his acting career, Ray was applauded for his exceptional role in “A daughter’s dilemma and God’s Own Villa (2013), which earned him credibility and recommendations. His love for entertainment goes beyond acting. He is also a singer and has songs like; “Night-Time” his debut single.
Challenges
On what he considers his biggest challenge in Nollywood, Ray Emodi said,
“The biggest challenge in Nollywood is that we can’t shoot with the air conditioner on.
A lot of sweating goes on while shooting.
When we eventually end a scene, people are coming to you to clean the sweat.
But in all, I believe the movies are getting better.”
Interview
During his acting time, he was an interview about his experience as far as an actor.
He stated that
“I think my experiences; I have had very unique and different experiences.
The way I grew up, I grew up obsessed with music, movies, and cartoons as a kid.
I spent my time just visualizing stories, I would get these stories in my head all the time, till now I still get stories and melodies in my head"
He went further to give a tip on his life abroad, indicating
“I moved to Nottingham and I met a lot of great people and I also met a lot of bad people, it was a great experience.
And then Los Angeles.
Los Angeles had the biggest impact on me.
I learned a whole lot from Los Angeles”.
Romance & movie roles
According to him in one of his interviews, he stated that “I have dated all kinds of girls, so whenever I get a romantic role, I pull from my experience almost all the time.
That helps.
When my future wife asks about my body count, I would tell her I was doing it to get experience for my acting.”
Movies
Ray Emodi has featured in various movies.
Such as “You Don’t Say (2014)”, “God’s Own Villa (2013)”, “Animus (2015)”, “Heaven on My Mind”, “Hook Line And Sinker”, and “Happy Endings".