Nollywood actress Sharon Ooja recently opened up about her most challenging film role to date. In an interview with Arise TV, Ooja revealed that playing a character with bipolar disorder was both emotionally and mentally taxing.
It was more mentally draining for me; when you’re a normal person playing a bipolar role, it’s a lot of work,” she shared.
Ooja went on to explain how the experience changed her perspective on mental health and deepened her empathy for those who struggle with such conditions.
This gave me so much empathy for people who are actually dealing with mental health issues because it was draining. I had to portray so many emotions crying, anger, laughter all at once.
It was definitely one of the toughest roles I’ve had, especially mentally, which, in my opinion, is almost worse than physical exhaustion,” she said.
