Being Happily Married Has Nothing To Do With Careers — Chioma Toplis

Nollywood actress, Chioma Toplis, who came to national consciousness in the movie, ‘Stolen Bible’ has expressed her disagreement on a common believe that careers do affect marriage, most especially Nollywood actresses.

Toplis, who has been married for 25 years said “It is wrong to think that marriages fail because one is in this career or that job. I hear a lot of people saying actresses do not do well in marriage and I wonder what side of the bed they always wake up from. It cuts across careers. From teaching, banking, entertainment to politics, one gets couples who are sad and some who are very happy.

I have been married for 25 years and still counting.  I can say that being happily married does not have anything to do with one’s career. It is purely out of mutual understanding. What works for me in my marriage may not work for another woman. Marriage does not come with a manual. Understanding is what couples need to live happily.”

She however gave advice to ladies who aspire to be in show business, but shy or scared because of their marriage.

“They need to believe in the goal first and foremost.

Then they must be true and avoid having cliques and gossip. If they try and do not succeed, they must try, try and try again. Rome was not built in a day as they say.”