From Child Actor to Digital-Age Entertainer: The Rise of 2 Milly Star

When Ogagbe Oghenechovwe Blessing first appeared on Nigerian screens as a child actor, few could have predicted that he would later reinvent himself for the age of TikTok and streaming platforms.

Now known professionally as 2 Milly Star, the Delta-born performer has gradually built a career that spans film, short-form digital content and music — a hybrid path increasingly common among young Nigerian creatives.

Blessing’s acting career began in 2014 with a role in October 1, the Kunle Afolayan-directed historical thriller that marked a turning point for modern Nollywood. Though his appearance was brief, the experience placed him among a generation of young performers introduced to the industry through prestige productions.

In later years he returned to the screen in films such as Three Thieves and The Herbert Macaulay Affair, where he played Fola in the political-era drama. The latter project, released in 2019, was widely publicised for its exploration of nationalist movements in colonial-era Lagos, and signalled Blessing’s re-entry into feature-length cinema after time away from acting to focus on education.

By the early 2020s, he was appearing in a steady run of productions including The Wait, Strangers and the screen adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s Elesin Ọbá: The King’s Horseman. While he has yet to headline major releases, his filmography places him within a cluster of young actors steadily accumulating credits in mainstream Nollywood.

Alongside film work, Blessing cultivated a following on TikTok, where skits, dance clips and lifestyle videos introduced him to a younger audience. That online visibility eventually fed into music.

In August 2025 he released his debut extended play, JOY, a five-track project that drew on Afrobeats and pop influences while reflecting on personal growth and early adulthood. Interviews around the release saw him describe the project as an attempt to avoid being boxed into a single creative identity.

Whether his long-term future lies primarily in cinema or music remains uncertain, but his career to date illustrates the changing routes into Nigerian celebrity — where film sets, social media feeds and recording studios increasingly overlap.