A proud and caring mother of four, Patience's first son is an engineer while the last is a footballer with Rangers International of Enugu.

Although she lost her husband a few years ago to a terminal disease, she is full of joy and gratitude to God for her achievements in the entertainment world. The actress recalled her days as a teacher, broadcaster and owner of a fashion institute before she went into acting by accident or better still, as fate would have it. 

Recently, African Star spotted the beloved actress in Philadelphia and briefly conducted an exclusive interview with her. In the interview, the internationally known actress proclaims she is not wicked. Read interview below with our entertainment news writer Archie Howard.

 

 

African Star (AS): How do you cope with the role of a wicked African woman, which you play in movies into your real Life?

 

Mama Gee: The Mama Gee you see in Movie is different from the Patience you see standing in front of you. If someone is playing a drunk, let me ask you now, does it mean the person is drunk?" If I’m playing wicked woman, I’m only playing it but I’m not wicked. We only try to bring out the ills of the society. And if at all you take a look at all our movies, there is a lesson to be learnt - the end of a wicked is usually bad.

 

AS: What is your message to upcoming artists that want to be like you?

 

Mama Gee: It is up to one to admire another to wish to be like that person. My advice is you try to be yourself. Don’t try to be Mama Gee, because you can never get to be Mama Gee. And I never try to be like someone who was there before me. You see, God is the giver of the rights and has deposited into every person who has skills. You have discover your own gift and the world will appreciate you that what you are not because you want to be like someone else.

 

Like when we started, we never wanted be like the whites to play like them, rather we decided to play our movie, and movie of the people by the people and for the people and the world has accepted us for who we are.

 

AS: How many Children you have?

 

Mama Gee: I have four children, three boys and a girl. I’m divorce and will not marry again.

 

AS: What is the story behind the movie "Old School"?

 

Mama Gee: First and foremost it is meant to make you laugh. It is about a woman who lives in the past. She never wanted to come out from the past--- the life she lived when she was young. Things like that cause problem for some family that is what Old School is about. And thanks all of you for having me in Philly.