Sharon Ooja opens up about her most exhausting movie role yet

Nollywood actress Sharon Ooja has spoken up regarding what she describes as her most exhausting and draining movie role yet.

The actress, while speaking with Arise TV, expressed that her recent portrayal of a character living with bipolar disorder left her emotionally and mentally exhausted.

“I think that because it was more mentally draining for me; when you’re a normal person playing a bipolar role, it’s a lot of work,” she said.

Ooja also explained that the experience changed her perception of people living with mental health conditions and gave her a deeper sense of empathy for their experiences.

“This gave me so much empathy for people who are actually dealing with mental health issues because it was draining. So it was so draining having to be crying, angry, laughing, so many emotions in one. So absolutely, it was definitely one of the toughest I had, especially mentally, which is, in my opinion, almost worse than physical,” Ooja added.