Mercy Aigbe Biography

Mercy Aigbe is a Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman. She is the second child in a family of five. She attended the polytechnic in Ibadan where she received her OND in Financial Studies. She then went to the University of Lagos for a degree in theatre arts. Before she began to perform in Yoruba movies, Aigbe started her career acting in soap operas. She made her Nollywood debut in 2006.

Since then, she has been a part of several movies. She went on to become one of the most popular actresses in the Nigerian movie industry. This beautiful woman is a brilliant and very famous Nigerian actress. She is doing great at life, or so it would appear at first sight. Of course, she has successfully managed to combine her job with raising children.

Mercy Aigbe Age

Aigbe was born on 1 January 1978, Benin City, Nigeria. As of 2019, she is 41 years old.

Mercy Aigbe Height

She stands at a fair height and fair body weight.

Who Is Mercy Aigbe Husband

She is married to Lanre Gentry popularly called Asiwaju Gentry. Mercy met Lanre Gentry, a divorced Hotel Manager. According to her, she was skeptical about their relationship leading to marriage, due to the failure of her first marriage and the failure of Lanre’s first marriage as well. According to her, she decided she would rather face her career due to the bad experiences she gained in her first marriage.
However, after dating for two years the couple got married. They have two children, Michelle, and Gbolahan Gentry, as well as three stepdaughters.

The marriage between Mercy and Gentry headed to the rocks when her husband was accused of domestic violence. It all began when Mercy accused her husband of having extra-marital affairs. More allegations surfaced when Mercy revealed she was used as a punching bag by Gentry who aggressively pounced on her at home. Photos of a battered Mercy subsequently surfaced online with preceding medical reports of internal bleeding and fractures. The actress moved out of her husband’s house on grounds of domestic violence. Talks of possible divorce have flooded the media since the dreadful episode, although neither of the party has affirmed it.

Mercy Aigbe Children

Aigbe is blessed with two children a son Juwon Gentry and a daughter Michelle Aigbe.

Mercy Aigbe Twins

Aigbe is already blessed with two kids and she is still open to childbirth when the right time comes but for now, mercy is not rushing. The actress might not have been in good terms with her hubby, Lanre Gentry, but she is ready to give love another chance when she makes up her mind though.

Mercy has always been a lover of children and she is ever ready to ensure that any child she brings into the world enjoys life to the fullest because she has seen a lot and she is not ready to allow her children to suffer. She shared a picture of cute twins recently and prayed that God blesses her with a set of twins that is when she is ready.

Mercy Aigbe Daughter Age

Her daughter was born on 11 July 2001, Michelle welcomed her latest birthday this summer, and now mercy daughter age is 16. This gorgeous young lady is a product of Mercy’s first marriage. She has a daughter and a son (Olajuwon Michael) with her husband – Lanre Gentry. When everything was perfect, she adopted three more daughters.

Mercy Aigbe Fashion Style

She is known for her unique style and dressing. Her dress to the 2016 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards earned her great applause as she continued to trend on Twitter days after the award ceremony. Many commended the uniquely designed dress created by Nigerian designer, Ceoluminee. Mercy also says the dress earned her many more followers on social media.

Mercy launched her clothing store, Mag Divas Boutique in November 2014. Its success earned her the ″Fashion Entrepreneur of The Year″ awarded by Links and Glitz World Awards.

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Awards

• Best Actress in Yoruba award at the City People Awards held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
• Best Indigenous Language (Yoruba) (2014)
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) (2010)
• Best Actress in an Indigenous Movie Nomination (non-English speaking language) (2012)
• City People Entertainment Yoruba Movie Personality of the year (2015)
• Fashion Entrepreneur of The Year Awarded by Links and Glitz World Awards (2015)

Mercy Aigbe Movies

• Satanic
• Afefe ife (2008)
• Okanjua (2008)
• Atunida leyi (2009)
• Igberaga (2009)
• Ihamo (2009)
• Ìpèsè (2009)
• Iró fun (2009)
• Mafisere (2009)
• Oju ife (2009)
• Ile Oko mii (2014)

Mercy Aigbe Net Worth

Mercy is currently one of the richest and most influential actresses in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $600,000.

Mercy Aigbe Wizkid

Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe, may not be as controversial as people tout but she sure knows how to court the public attention and will definitely send tongues wagging with her latest revelation. The actress took to her Instagram page to reveal that the latest single titled ‘Low’ from Wizkid and record label executive cum artiste, Larry Gaaga, ”turns her on so bad”.

Mercy Aigbe was making subtly sensual moves for the camera as the song played in the background, in a video shared on her Instagram account. She also pleaded with the public to arrange a meeting between Wizkid, Larry Gaaga and herself.

“This song turns me on so bad. Somebody get me Larry Gaaga or Wizkid or better still both of them”, she said.
However, there have been debates on what she really meant by saying the song ‘turns her on’. Some insinuated that it is sexually related while others claim it’s just a mood-related thing.

Mercy Aigbe and Adeniyi Johnson

Mixed reactions as Mercy Aigbe praises Adeniyi Johnson for congratulating their ex-wife. Recently, Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe praised Adeniyi Johnson for choosing to acknowledge his wife’s recent triple blessings – The beautiful screen diva particularly said that she was proud of him – Many Nigerians have reacted in mixed ways to Mercy’s post Recently, Legit.ng gave a report about how Mercy Aigbe shared an Instagram post in which she praised actor Adeniyi Johnson following the congratulatory message he shared online after his ex-wife Toyin Abraham got married and gave birth to a baby boy. In her post, Mercy said she was proud of Niyi Johnson and she even prayed for him. A lot of mixed reactions have followed this public post she made about him. Some Nigerians really trolled her for her sheer praise of Toyin’s ex-hubby; they did not like that she thought the action of Adeniyi was praiseworthy. Read more:

Mercy Aigbe Tattoo

Mercy does not see herself having a tattoo because she is a professional. She explains that natural she does not like anything that will cause her pains of any sort but stressed that even if she decides to have a tattoo now, she will still get fed up about it and will want to remove it. She noted that as an actor having such an inscription to some extent might hinder the person from playing some roles which are not healthy for a professional. “Maybe it’s because I dread pain. But seriously, I don’t like it on me, because I’m like an insatiable person when it comes to having things like that on my body; today I may like a bird, and the following day I’ll get tired of that and want to change it.

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