Renowned actress Yvonne Nelson has made a surprising revelation about how lucrative her exploits in Nigeria were in comparison to her home country.

One of them had to do with financial opportunities she encountered while attending Nigerian birthday parties at the peak of her career.

In her new book 'I Am Not Yvonne Nelson', she disclosed that these appearances often yielded greater financial returns than her acting ventures in Ghana.

"There were people who held parties and were prepared to pay you to attend just to enhance their status or show their class," she wrote.

According to her, "the array of celebrities that attended someone's party showed who they were."

For that matter, "being present at someone's birthday or some other celebratory event sometimes paid me more than acting in a movie in Ghana."

Being in Nigeria presented her with a cultural shock as she had to work in the morning after partying with her circles deep into the night.

This meant that she had to strike a close balance between her movie shoots and friends.

“What made life difficult was the pressure from my circle of friends, some of whom wanted to hang out with me at times I was too tired to party.

"I often worked deep into the night, and when I was burned out, some friends would want to hang out with me at nightclubs. Some of them would still be sleeping the following morning when I had to wash down and start shooting.”