Nollywood celebrities have taken time out to celebrate filmmaker and ageless fitness enthusiast, Kate Henshaw, as she clocks 50 years today.
Describing the dark-skinned beauty as a ‘bubbly bunny’ Rita Dominic on her Instagram page prayed for her from the depth of her heart.
“Wishing my hot beautiful friend a very happy birthday! You are such a bubbly bunny and an all-around amazing woman and I pray that the rest of your years be filled with every good thing on this earth. May the happiness you find today stay with you forever and a day! Love you lots @k8henshaw. P:S – This is what 50 looks,” she said.
Dakore Egbuson-Akande also eulogized the actress describing her as ‘an advocate and leader of the vampire geng’.
“Happiest of birthdays to my beautiful, talented, and real big sis @k8henshaw on her 50th birthday. #k8dgr8 (as I fondly call her) fitness queen, advocate, leader of the vampire geng!!! Love you loads and wish I was there to celebrate with you but this birthday na all year celebration,” she said.
Empress Njamah was not left out of the celebration. She described her as a ‘sweet soul’.
“To know you is to love you, Katie you are an amazing soul, wonderful personality, never a dull moment with you. You carry people matter for head, my backbone, teacher, sister, and friend of twenty-something years.
“You have been a sweet soul, @k8henshaw. You already know I love u loads, happy birthday my sweet 16 (like I always call her) 5th floor yet your looks have refused to leave 2nd-floor vampire…Ufanmi of life.”
Praising the actress, Uche Jombo said; “I can write a book on the institution called KATE! I have loved her since my first day on a Nollywood set! That’s over two decades of knowing, learning, working and believing in her brand! Timekeeper of sets. A talented queen. Fit4life at 50. WHAT!!!!!
“Happy golden jubilee superstar! I celebrate you like always but most importantly I pray God continues to bless, keep, provide and lead you!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY K8 @k8henshaw.” (sic).
The multiple award-winning actress has starred in over 45 Nollywood movies.
In 2008, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Stronger than Pain.
She was nominated for “Best Actress in a Leading Role” at the African Movie Academy Award in 2018, for her performance in the movie “Roti”
In 2011, Kate Henshaw was honored by the Nigerian federal government as a member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).