Nigerian-Canadian actress, Sunshine Rosman, has shared how acting became her way of coping after losing her father.
Naijaonpoint reports that she explained that working on movie sets helped her deal with her emotions during that painful period.
Rosman made this known while speaking on the Open Up podcast with Amanda Dara, where she revealed that her acting career served as therapy when grief became too heavy to bear.
According to her, the experience pushed her to focus more on her craft and channel her pain into creativity.
The actress also spoke about how much her parents shaped her life, describing them as the people who inspired her values and outlook on life.
She said she constantly works to become a better version of them while acknowledging the struggles they faced in their own upbringing.
Rosman, who started her acting journey in 2015, shared that despite fame, she keeps herself grounded by staying close to family and genuine friends.
She said that her sisters are her closest companions and that she prefers keeping a small circle of true friends who care about her beyond the spotlight.
She said, “I was able to work away a lot of emotions. People say time heals; I don’t think it does.
“The more I’ve advanced in life, the more I’ve realised that my parents have always been my true role models. My mum and dad set such wonderful examples for me that I don’t desperately desire to be anybody but them. Maybe I just want to be a better version of them, a healthier version, because many of our parents had to deal with a lot of toxicity from their own upbringing, which they unknowingly passed down. One has to give them grace for that. But I truly admire my parents and strive every day to become a better version of them.
“By being myself. The expectations people have of you can easily creep into your life and start to affect how you think. But surrounding yourself with the right people makes a big difference. My best friends are my sisters. Outside of my family, I probably have about five true friends, people who are genuinely my friends and whom I hold very dearly.”
Born to a Nigerian mother from Imo State and a Canadian father, Rosman has appeared in several Nollywood movies, including When Love Strikes and To Kill a Monkey.
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