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| Actress Destiny Etiko |
Speaking with journalists, the exceedingly
charming actress who can be best described as a paragon and paradigm of beauty,
shared how her mum, Eucharia Etiko, influenced
her decision to join the industry.
“My mum started acting in
2004. She did not act in major roles and her acting career lasted for just
three and half years because it was difficult for her to go on set and come
back at night to attend to her family.
“Whenever we were on
holidays, my mum would ask me to follow her and hold her bag whenever she was
shooting. I followed her on three occasions and I featured in some cameo roles.
“I had minor roles as
an adult too but I finally got a better role in 2012. 2015 was my breakthrough
year as I started receiving regular calls from people who wanted to feature me
in their films,” she said.
She also expressed her
displeasure over linking her achievements to men.
In her own words, “It is funny because I work for my money and I get good endorsements.
If it is easy for men to give someone money, then go and collect money from
men. I work, make my money, and some people appreciate me.
“I just got an
endorsement deal with a Chinese company that deals in sanitary pads and baby
diapers. When I achieve something tomorrow, people would say a man gave it to
me.
“Let them keep talking.
Even if I don’t achieve anything, it is still the same people that would say
after all the films I have been acting, I have not done anything for myself. I
don’t want to take it seriously.”
The delectable actress recalled
how tough her growing up was. According to her, at a point, his family members
lived off the proceeds of her mum’s small shop.
She said, “Growing up was not easy. My father was a headmaster doing well and at
some point, he worked with a firm as a treasurer where he was accused of theft
after the money he was asked to take to the bank was stolen by armed robbers
who attacked him on his way.
“My father had to pay
for money he never took. It was an issue as we had to move out from the flat we
were living in to a ‘public’ house. My mother had stopped acting and we started
living off the proceeds of the shop my father opened for her.”
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