General News | 23 June 2026 23:15 CET

I Was Born with A Silver Spoon And Lost It – Nancy Isime

By Oluwarantimi Oludase 

Nollywood actress Nancy Isime has opened up about her journey from wealth to hardship, revealing that she was born with a silver spoon but lost it.

Speaking on the Tea With Tay podcast, the movie star shared how her father was once pretty wealthy, but things took a turn for the worse.

The actress stated that she has always known she was destined to live a good life and roll in money. She explained that this belief became a major source of motivation, pushing her to work for the life she knew she was meant to have.

The experience, she added, reinforced her commitment to hard work and personal responsibility, becoming a driving force in her journey to success.

She said:
"I was born with a silver spoon, and I lost it. My dad was pretty wealthy at some point, but then things changed."

"I've always known I wanted to work. I know for a fact that I'm destined to live a good life, I'm destined to roll in money, I'm destined to look like money, so you know what? Let's work for it."

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