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A prolific film siren, Jalade-Ekeinde has also carved out a successful career as a singer and reality TV star. But there's more to Nigeria's beloved celebrity than her glittering entertainment career. Here are 10 things to know about Jalade-Ekeinde.

She's an icon: Last year, she was named as one of the top 100 influential people in the world by Time Magazine, in the Icons category. "I think that's what gives me more satisfaction," she says. "The fact that I wasn't just recognized as an artist but as an icon -- I'm very grateful for it."

She is an activist: Jalade-Ekeinde uses her stardom to speak out about social issues affecting various African countries. An ambassador for the United Nations and an activist with Amnesty International, Jalade-Ekeinde has been on missions to Sierra Leone and Liberia.

She's a family woman: Jalade-Ekeinde is married to an airline pilot and is a mother of four children.

The story behind "Omosexy:" Her popular nickname, "Omosexy," was given to her by her husband -- and it has caught on. "That's my husband's pet name for me," she says, "and the fans love it and now people call me Omosexy almost more than Omotola."

Her road to stardom was paved with childhood tragedy: Jalade-Ekeinde lost her beloved father in her early teens. She started working at 15 to help support her family, her first job being a model.Her fans love her: Jalade-Ekeinde has amassed a large following -- in 2013, her Facebook page has surpassed 1 million likes. Today, it's 1.2 million, and counting ...

Her mother didn't like the idea of her young daughter acting and initially forbade Jalade-Ekeinde from doing so. Finally, she gave in after a film director, joined by the entire movie crew, went to her house to beg her to allow Jalade-Ekeinde to appear in the "Venom of Justice" movie.

She is part of "NEW NOLLYWOOD" Keen to improve the quality of Nollywood movies, Jalade-Ekeinde is now building a film studio -- what she calls a "Village." "I've come to a place where I realize I have to leave something," she says. "I have to have a legacy.

"We need infrastructure; that's what we need now in Nollywood. We have the fans, we have the figures, we have people chanting and calling your name but we don't have infrastructure ... We need studios, we need film villages we need schools and that's exactly what I'm doing right now."

Cameras follow her around: Besides gracing the covers of several lifestyle magazines, the leading actress is also the first Nigerian with her own reality TV show, "Omotola: The Real Me."

She can sing too: Jalade-Ekeinde always loved music but decided to launch her singing career after she became an activist and started working with the U.N. World Food Programme. "I started going on all these missions and I came back and I saw so much I wanted to sing about it," she explains. "I've always wanted to sing all my life anyway, but that was the motivation I needed."

A woman and her husband underwent infertility treatment in the early 1990s. Now they learn their daughter, contrary to what they thought, is not the man's biological child.

Instead, her biological father is a former medical technician responsible for preparing sperm samples.

That's the situation facing a family that received treatment at the University of Utah Community Laboratory and Reproductive Medical Technologies Inc., known as RMTI.

The university says it's investigating the case.

It has put together a panel of physicians and retained an independent medical ethicist. The university is also offering paternity testing to families that may be affected, and set up a hot line for patients with questions.

"We sympathize with the anxiety this family has experienced. We do not know how this occurred and are carefully reviewing the concerns raised," the University of Utah Health Care said.

A widow speaks

Tom Lippert is suspected of switching a patient's sperm with his own. His widow, Jean Lippert, spoke to CNN,describing her husband as troubled.

He was employed by both the University of Utah Community Laboratory and RMTI, which became defunct in 1998. The laboratories were separate entities but shared oversight and staff.

Lippert had a criminal record and a spotty record at work.

Some documents discovered so far suggest he deserved a raise, while others said that more oversight was needed both of him and the laboratories, according to the university.

Jean Lippert told KUTV that she and her husband never had children of their own, but that her husband told her he had them. Tom Lippert was "proud of the fact he had these kids out there," she said.

The couple was married for 20 years before Tom Lippert died from cirrhosis of the liver, KUTV reported. He was 49.

"It seemed like he (Tom) was trying to be a decent person," his widow told the affiliate, adding that "good Tom" didn't stick around for long.

"If I would have left he would have killed me. He threatened my life every day," Jean Lippert reportedly said. "I didn't stay out of the goodness of my heart."

'What we can answer, we will'

The university has been careful to stress that today's policies and protocols are different from those in place in those two labs, given industry standards in the 1980s and early 1990s.

"This is a shocking story to all of us," said Sean Mulvihill, chief executive officer of the University of Utah Medical Group.

He reportedly estimated that Lippert may have interacted with 1,000 families; 15 have called the hot line to date.

"The events in question occurred more than 20 years ago and records from that time are incomplete. That challenge notwithstanding, we are committed to reaching a fuller understanding of what happened then and to providing our patients with relevant information in an expeditious and compassionate manner," the university said.

It continued: "While there are inherent challenges -- the passage of time, the fact that RMTI has been defunct since 1998, and the deaths of Mr. Lippert and RMTI's principal, Dr. Ron Urry -- what we can answer, we will."