“How having Jide Kosoko as my father has had a negative effect on my career” – Temilade Kosoko spills
Temilade Kosoko, the last child of veteran Nollywood actor Jide Kosoko, has shared the negative impact her father has had on her acting career.
The budding actress, who recently graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, with a B.A degree in Creative Arts, shared her frustration during a recent interview with Legit NG.
She stated that being a veteran’s daughter has had several adverse effects on her career. She revealed that though it has its upside because it’s easier to network with people, the disadvantages outweighs the benefits.

Speaking further, she said she dislikes it when people attribute her success to being her father’s daughter because he has never introduced her to anyone in the industry.
Temilade added that people often give her an attitude when they discover that she is Jide Kosoko’s daughter, because they assume she is snobbish and proud.
Her words,
βFirst of all, I am glad to finally finish school after six years, even though it was supposed to be four years. And life after school has been almost the same because in truth I am just coming out of it, I canβt really say much about what is going to be right now. But It is not like I have not been in the industry before, the major difference now is just that I would have more time for my career.
It is a long story; I wish I could speak more about this privately. Being Jide Kosokoβs daughter has had negative and positive side effects on me and my career. On the good side, I have been able to network better, although most of the people I know, I got to know them myself and not through my father.β
βMy dad barely introduces me to anybody. I donβt really like it when people attach me or my success to my dad.β
βI tell people that being the daughter of a celebrity has done more harm than good to me. First of all, It usually makes people have an impression about you thatβs totally wrong.
βMany people see you, and they automatically think youβre proud, so before you can even prove to them that youβre not they are already giving you attitude. There are so many places that I work into and once they know that Iβm Jide Kosokoβs daughter they all just start giving me attitude.β
On the expectations that comes with having a veteran as her father, Temilade said,
βWhen it comes to being featured or starred in movies, they almost always expect you to do more. Even if youβre doing it perfectly and you get the role, you will hear people say things like, ehn she got it because sheβs the daughter of this and that. This is not true because I have actually put in the effort to get the role. Though to be honest the name accords me a lot of respect.β


























































































