Jackie Matubia (born Jacqueline Mwangi) is a Kenyan actress, entrepreneur, and television personality who specializes in digital content creation. She has been starring as “Nana” on Citizen TV’s Zora.
Matubia portrayed Nana, a woman who adores the finer things in life and will go to any length to obtain and retain them. She was also the best friend of the main character (Zora).
Matubia won the best female actress award in the drama series.
She was cast as Jolene on the popular Tahidi High Show, which also aired on Citizen TV, prior to her appearance on Zora. She did, however, leave after becoming pregnant and being unable to conceal it.
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“I had to leave the show when I was four months pregnant because I had bought so many skirts and it was getting harder to hide the bump,” she stated.
This article examines her life and career, with a focus on her personal life and current engagements.
Early life
Matubia was born in 1992.
She revealed in a prior interview that she had a difficult upbringing as a result of her biological mother’s rejection.
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After her parents divorced, the actress said that she was rejected at her mother’s new home, causing her to move from one relative’s home to another.
“My mum was married elsewhere and the issue was always being accepted in the new family. Back in the days, getting married while already having a child was so hard, not like today. Right now, we are building a relationship after we forgave each other,” she expressed.
Despite this, Matubia and her mother have developed a closeness and a relationship through the years.
Jackie, grew up partly with her father, who lives in the United Kingdom, and with her mum in Kenya.
Family
After about four years together, the couple divorced in March 2019 and went their own ways.
Matubia, who also revealed that her biological father would subsequently be introduced to her as an uncle by her mother, realized how deeply the break affected her when her own marriage fell apart in early 2019.
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Marriage
Matubia and her husband, Captain Mogz (a pilot), met on Instagram and began dating, eventually marrying. They were blessed with a daughter together.
The former Switch TV presenter, revealed that the rejection affected her, as she went into her marriage with unresolved issues.
“I got married in 2015 but after the breakup, I decided to give myself time. At that point, you don’t know who to talk with as you are left all alone. It breaks you more as you always want people to hear the side of your story. I rushed to get married, with no one to mentor me as I learned how to manage a marriage from working it out with my partner.
The most important person in her life, though, was her daughter, who, she claimed, required even more attention as a result of the divorce.
“Just like me, he also had issues before. The problem always is that we women tend to depend on a man, or our kids or our homes, to have a good life. We need to learn to make ourselves happy. For me, I attended counselling and learned to forgive, and how to love myself,” she recalled.
Career
Matubia is an entrepreneur who owns a beauty shop and has an E-zone show on Rembo TV in addition to being a well-known actor. Fabulously Forward, her beauty store, specializes in nail art and accessories.
Matubia worked at Kenya Red Cross-owned station Switch TV before joining Rembo TV, where she co-hosted a show called Chat Spot with three other women.
Dating
In February 14, Matubia confirmed being in romantic relationship with her fellow actor Blessing Lungaho alias Madiba.
After keeping it a secret for a while, Ms Matubia released a video identifying Lungaho as her soon-to-be baby daddy.
The couple is expecting their first child together.
