Who is Liz Benson?
Born on April 5, 1966, Elizabeth “Liz” Benson Listen is a seasoned Nigerian actress, philanthropist, and television personality.
Early Life
Liz Benson was born in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, in Etinan. She received a degree in Dramatic Arts from Sylvania State College in the United States of America. When Benson was five years old, she started performing.
Career
Early achievement and leaving the Film Industry
In 1993, she had an appearance in the television soap opera Fortunes. In the soap opera, which aired on the NTA Network for around two years, Benson portrayed Mrs. Agnes Johnson. Her reputation as a movie actor was solidified in 1994 when she starred in the popular escorting-themed home video movie Glamour Girls. In 1996, Benson abruptly stopped performing.
Her return
It was revealed that she is a born-again Christian and now works as a full-time gospel preacher since she returned to Nollywood. She clarified in an interview that she would only appear in movies that she felt aligned with her religious beliefs.
Personal Life
In her mid-twenties, Liz Benson lost her first husband, Samuel Gabriel Etim. She claimed that his character had given her strength, which enabled her to continue raising her kids in the wake of the loss.
Following her conversion, the actress, who was born in Ibibio, attempted marriage once more. She married Bishop Great Ameye of Freedom Family Assembly at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in Warri, Delta State, in a low-key court ceremony in Abuja in 2009. The pair is actively committed in an evangelical Christian ministry. Her spouse, Ameye, is a pastor in Jesse Town, Ethiopia West, Delta State, while Benson is an evangelist. Benson, an evangelist, and her spouse reside in Delta State. Together, they manage Freedom Family Assembly, a ministry.
Liz Benson Faith
She gave up acting to become a full-time minister and committed her life to evangelization.
Net Worth
Over the years, the seasoned actress has amassed a net worth of approximately $500,000.
Selected filmography
Among her most well-known performances are those of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in Fortunes, a soap opera that aired on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10 for around two years, and Titubi in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun. Among the many Nollywood video films in which she appeared are Evil Men 1 and 2, Shame, Conspiracy, Izaga, Burden, Stolen Child, Faces, Dead End, Tycoon, Glamour Girls, and Body of Vengeance, among many more:
- Still Falling (2021) as Mrs. Kuku
- Lotanna (2017) as Efya
- Children of Mud (2020) as Annie
- Lotanna (2017) as Efya
- “Idahosa Trails” (2017) as Sarah
- “Behind the Wheels” (2017) as Mama Elijah
- Hilarious Hilary (2015)
- Miss Teacher (2015) as Principal
- “Dry” (2015) as Matron
- Mummy Dearest (2015) as Rose Chinda
- Dry (2014) as Matron
- Toko taya (2007) as Stella
- Political Control (2006)
- Political Control 2 (2006)
- Political Control 3 (2006)
- Bridge-Stone (2005) as Polina
- Bridge-Stone 2 (2005)
- Crazy Passion (2005) a Rebecca
- Crazy Passion 2 (2005)
- Day of Atonement (2005)
- Now & Forever (2005)
- Now & Forever 2 (2005)
- Squad Twenty-Three (2005)
- Squad Twenty-Three 2 (2005)
- Women in Power (2005)
- Women in Power 2 (2005)
- Inheritance (2004)
- Melody of Life (2004) as Anita
- Red Hot (2004)
- Turn Table (2004)
- Turn Table 2 (2004)
- World Apart (2004) as Mirabel
- World Apart 2 (2004)
- Èèkù-idà (2002)
- Èèkù-idà 2 (2002)
- Wisdom and Riches (2002)
- Wisdom and Riches 2 (2002)
- Dapo Junior (2000) …. Ronke
- Karishika: Part 2 1999 (1999)
- Chain Reaction (1999)
- Diamond Ring (1998)
- Diamond Ring 2 (1998)
- Karishika (1998)
- Scores to Settle (1998)
- Witches (1998) as Princess
- Yesterday (1997)
- Back to Life (1997)
- Glamour Girls 1996 (1996)
- True Confession (1995)
- Glamour Girls (1994)
- Silenced
- Hour of Grace
- Lady Bianca
- Evil Men
- Matter of Choice (2024)
- Something About the Briggs (2024)
