Pascaline Edwards, an award-winning Ghanaian actress, has stated that her colleagues who claim to have made a lot of money from acting are lying.

The 53-year-old actress-turned-fashion designer said on Onua FM’s ‘Adwuma Adwuma’ with Felicia Osei that the movie industry alone would not be able to provide anyone with the necessary resources to build a house or start a business.

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“Whoever in the industry says they’ve made a fortune from making movies is a liar,” she said.

Acting, according to Pascaline Edwards, is a passion-driven job that can propel you to celebrity status.

“The movie industry propels you to a certain level. It gives you a brand. You may get Brand Ambassadorial deals and endorsement which can be lucrative but the income from the movies and set is inadequate,” she pointed out.

She also advised young people and aspiring actors not to rely solely on movie money and to diversify into other profitable businesses.

“If you have to sell groundnut and maize as your regular day job do that and add the acting as your side hustle because it’s really a hand-to-mouth industry,” she said

“GBC still owes me 5000 cedis old currency, which is now about 50 pesewas in the new Ghana currency,” Edwards who has had a career spanning over 30 years said, also citing the failure of production houses and filmmakers to pay them their wages.

Pascaline Edwards was named Ghana’s Best Female Actress in 2002 and is remembered as an iconic actress who starred in a number of diva roles during her career. She has appeared in over a hundred films and several stage productions.

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