Gbemisola Scarlet Gomez 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 Gomez was born Gbemisola Scarlet Shotade to Nigerian parents in Surulere, Lagos. Her father, Adetokunbo "Toks" Shotade was a renowned music producer, and sound engineer, who influenced her early musical career. She had her primary education at Princeton School, and her secondary education at Ogunlade College. For her tertiary education, Gomez studied Business Administration from the University of Lagos, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She participated in several pageants, including Miss Nigeria, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, and Miss Global Nigeria, where she finished as the first runner-up. In 2012, she participated in the Miss United Nations Tourism pageant in Kingston, Jamaica and won. In 2013, Gomez briefly entered the music industry as a music video model, making her debut in Timi Dakolo's "Love Song", Lynxxx's "Eziokwu", Naeto C's "Bartender", and Burna Boy's "Run My Race". In the same year, she released her debut single, titled "Catch Me", presented and produced by DJ Klem, before venturing 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, to premiere on 23 January. 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.
Personal life On 15 April 2017, Gomez married Temi Gomez, a Nigerian record producer. On Sunday, June 16, 2019, they had their first child, Eli Gomez, who died on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, and was buried the same day at Ikoyi.
Filmography Movies Television Awards and nominations References External links Scarlet Gomez at IMDb