Scarlet Gomez

Biography

Gbemisola Scarlet Shotade professionally known as Scarlet Gomez, is a Nigerian actress, known for her lead role in the 2023 Showmax Original telenovela-series Wura. In 2012, she won the Miss United Nations Tourism pageant in Kingston, Jamaica.

== Early life and career == Gbemisola Scarlet Shotade was born in Surulere, Lagos, to Nigerian parents. Her father, Adetokunbo Shotade, also known as “Toks” Shotade, was a music producer and sound engineer who influenced her early interest in music. Shotade attended Princeton School for her primary education and Ogunlade College for her secondary education before obtaining a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos. She competed in several beauty pageants, including Miss Nigeria, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and Miss Global Nigeria, finishing as first runner-up in the latter competition. In 2012, she won the Miss United Nations Tourism pageant held in Kingston, Jamaica. The following year, she ventured briefly into the music industry as a Video vixen, appearing in "Love Song" by Timi Dakolo, "Eziokwu" by Lynxxx, "Bartender" by Naeto C and "Run My Race" by Burna Boy. Later that year, she released her debut single, "Catch Me", which was produced by DJ Klem, before subsequently transitioning into Nollywood. In 2014, she made her acting debut in the Africa Magic original Scarlet. In 2016, Gomez released her studio album The Scarlet Letter 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. On 4 January 2023, Showmax announced Gomez as the lead actor of its first Nigerian telenovela series Wura, which premiered on 23 January 2023. 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. On 20 May 2023, Gomez lost the AMVCA award to Osas Ighodaro for her role in Man of God. In 2026, Gomez starred in the romantic drama film Somewhere Near Love (SNL), alongside Bimbo Manuel, Iremide Adeoye, Ronke Oshodi, Fisayo Fosudo and Seyi Ademeso.

== Personal life == On 15 April 2017, Gomez married Temi Gomez, a Nigerian record producer. On 16 June 2019, they had their first child, Eli Gomez, who died three days later, and was buried the same day at Ikoyi.

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