Nollywood actress Temitope Osoba has marked her 40th birthday with heartfelt gratitude, celebrating not only a new age but her triumph over cancer.

Sharing elegant birthday portraits on Instagram, Osoba reflected on the difficult journey that brought her to this milestone. She described enduring years filled with fear, pain, uncertainty, and countless sleepless nights, yet emerging from it all stronger, softer, wiser, and thankful to still be alive.

Osoba said surviving cancer transformed her outlook on life, helping her understand both its fragility and its immeasurable value. The experience, she noted, revealed reserves of courage, hope, and inner strength she never knew she had.

While acknowledging that she still carries both emotional and physical scars, the actress emphasised that she now carries even more—lessons learned, renewed courage, deep love, and unwavering resilience.

“Today, I turn 40 — a milestone that once felt so far out of reach,” she wrote. “I’ve walked through fear, pain, uncertainty, and nights that felt endless… but I’m still here. Stronger. Softer. Wiser. And incredibly grateful.”

Reflecting further, she added: “Surviving cancer changed me. It taught me how precious life is, how fragile moments can be, and how powerful hope truly is. I carry the scars, but I also carry the lessons — the courage I never knew I had, the love that held me together, and the quiet strength that kept whispering, ‘keep going.’”

Osoba said turning 40 now represents far more than a birthday. For her, it is a victory, a blessing, and proof that miracles still happen. She celebrated “breath, sunrise, second chances, and the beauty of simply being alive.”

At 38, the actress had revealed that doctors warned her the medications required for her treatment could delay conception for at least five years — a revelation that left her devastated as it pushed her hopes of motherhood into her mid-40s.

Despite the challenges, Osoba is embracing the future with gratitude, joy, and renewed purpose, calling herself “a survivor, a fighter, and a living testimony.”