P*rnography Makes Nollywood Movies More Real – Actress Queeneth Hilbert

As much as Queeneth Hilbert, half-Nigerian, half-Lebanese, would like to reassure you she is an average girl next door everything about her depicts something extra-ordinary. From her looks to her mannerisms, there is a touch of uniqueness that stands her out. As vulnerable as she looks, she is everything but a ‘damsel in distress’ as our readers will soon find out in this revealing chat. Often touted as one of the most beautiful girls in Nollywood, Queeneth talks about her journey into showbiz, pornography in Nollywood and a whole lot of other issues..


How did you come about the name ‘Queeneth Hilbert’?
Queeneth Hilbert is my name. Mine is Queeneth while my surname is Hilbert. I am half Nigerian, half Lebanese.

I think that should be all my life because people never stopped telling me I am beautiful.

Has anyone ever gone beyond just appreciating your beauty or making passes at you?
Yeah, sometimes.

Can you share an experience?
There was this guy I met while boarding a flight from Abuja to Lagos. I was coming to shoot a film. The guy was sitting next to me in the plane and he got funny with me. He was so arrogant, rude and uncouth. And if there is anything I really hate it is arrogant guys. Even when I like a guy, I am not the type who goes about showing it because I like to hide my feelings.

Even when we landed in Lagos, and the company’s car came to pick me, the guy was still disturbing me. Funny enough, when I got to the company for the shoot I found out’’ that the guy owns the company. He was like: this girl again? What are you doing in my company? But I told him my mind. He later gave me the contract though but I just can’t stand arrogant people.

When did you actually start acting?
That should be from 2012.

Pornography is gradually eating into Nollywood and some have said it makes the movies more real. What’s your idea of pornography in Nollywood films?
Benson Okonkwo, my actor friend once said that and I think he is right. Pornography makes our films more real. When you shoot in South Africa or Ghollywood, there’s no movie you are going to do without emotion, love and sex. I don’t call it pornography, I call it doing your job. If your script says you should do something, it is doing your job, Nollywood has no business doing movies if it cannot absorb pornography.

What of lesbianism in the industry?
I think why that is taking place now is because there are more girls than guys. Most of the girls who engage in this act are not in Nollywood to act, they are just there to cause trouble. They are all over the place but I don’t think they are there to work.

Can you actually do a sex scene?
There’s nobody that will actually do a sex scene in a movie. But if it is my husband that is producing the film and acting in the film, then it is okay with me, like the case of Jeta Amata and his wife. I can play any role in a movie, that is what is called acting.

What’s this story about Tonto Dikeh being the person that inspired you into acting?
No, no, no, not true. I think someone posted the story online. Tonto never inspired me. I just love her movies like I love movies of other big actresses like Omotola. I am myself.

I have seen some pictures about you and Benson Okonkwo. What’s up with you and Benson?
Benson, I will say, is one of the few people in Nollywood that likes me for who I am. He’s real and because he is a guy, it works for me. The girls, girls thing doesn’t cut it with me. Most of the girls are fake. It is not like I have issues with anyone I just found out very few of them like me.

What’s your idea about sex?
Well, you see someone and you feel this guy will be good in bed, fine, go ahead and have it. Sex is something you can have if you feel good about it. I don’t believe all those Bible stuffs about sex.

There are so many revealing pictures of you on the internet. Does it mean you can act nude?
I can act nude under some certain conditions. If those conditions are met, why not?

Queen, you don’t seem to like men very much. Why?
Well, maybe because when I was trying to establish myself as a model, every man I met wanted something from me. In this country, most men you meet don’t want to do anything for you unless you are ready to offer sex. Only very few men are nice. I don’t know if it happens like that to other women but for me, it has and that doesn’t mean I have anything against men. I don’t.