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Scarlet Gomez
Nigerian Actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gbemisola Scarlet Gomez professionally known as Scarlet Gomez, is a Nigerian actress, known for her lead role in the 2023 Showmax Original telenovela-series Wura.[1] In 2012, she won the Miss United Nations Tourism pageant in Kingston, Jamaica.[2]
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Gomez was born Gbemisola Scarlet Shotade to Nigerian parents in Surulere, Lagos.[3] Her father, Adetokunbo "Toks" Shotade[3] was a renowned music producer, and sound engineer, who influenced her early musical career. She had her primary education at Princeton School, and her secondary education at Ogunlade College.[3] For her tertiary education, Gomez studied Business Administration from the University of Lagos, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[4] She participated in several pageants, including Miss Nigeria, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, and Miss Global Nigeria, where she finished as the first runner-up.
In 2012, she participated in the Miss United Nations Tourism pageant in Kingston, Jamaica and won. In 2013, Gomez briefly entered the music industry as a music video model, making her debut in Timi Dakolo's "Love Song", Lynxxx's "Eziokwu", Naeto C's "Bartender", and Burna Boy's "Run My Race".[5] In the same year, she released her debut single, titled "Catch Me", presented and produced by DJ Klem,[6] before venturing into Nollywood. In 2014, she made her acting debut in the Africa Magic original Scarlet.[7][5] In 2016, Gomez released her studio album The Scarlet Letter[8] through Knighthouse Entertainment.
In the same year, she was recruited by Africa Magic to join the cast of the M-Net drama series My Flatmates.[8] On 4 January 2023, Showmax announced Gomez as the lead actor of its first Nigerian telenovela series Wura, to premiere on 23 January.[9] On 16 April 2023, Wura earned Gomez a nomination at the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, in the Best Actress in a Drama, Movie Or TV Series category.[10] On 20 May 2023, Gomez lost the AMVCA award to Osas Ighodaro for her role in Man of God.[11]
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Personal life
On 15 April 2017, Gomez married Temi Gomez, a Nigerian record producer.[12] On Sunday, June 16, 2019, they had their first child, Eli Gomez, who died on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, and was buried the same day at Ikoyi.[13]
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