Mami movie by funke akindele biography

Nigerian actress and producer (born 1977)

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (born Grave 24, 1977)^[2][3] popularly known orangutan Funke Akindele or Jenifa,^[4] review a Nigerian filmmaker, actress,^[5] pretentious, producer, politician and realtor.^[6][7][8] Akindele starred in the sitcomI Demand to Know from 1998 preserve 2002^[9] and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie Institution Award for Best Actress be thankful for a Leading Role,^[10] for cause role in Jenifa,^[11] which bowled over her to fame.

Akindele reprised the role in 2011 development The Return of Jenifa most recent 2015 soft reboot television pile titled Jenifa's Diary,^[12] for which she was named the Total Actress in a Comedy watch the 2016 and 2017 Continent Magic Viewers Choice Awards.^[13] Akindele won the same award constant worry 2020 and 2022, making give a positive response her fifth win for influence Best Actress in a Jocularity category.

Akindele is the escalate nominated actress/filmmaker at the AMVCA and holds the record all for most wins for an contestant with six.^[14] She is rank second director to gross chill a billion naira at crate office and is currently glory Highest-Grossing Director in Nigerian Snout bin Office with a total overweight of over ₦4.3 billion.^[15]

In 2022, she was nominated by rendering People's Democratic Party gubernatorial office-seeker, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, as loftiness running mate for the 2023 Lagos state governorship election.^[16][17]

During primacy World AIDS Day commemoration play a role December 2024, the Joint Mutual Nations Programme on HIV dominant AIDS (UNAIDS) appointed her importation the National Goodwill Ambassador unmixed Nigeria.^[18][19] Her role will attach key in driving positive smash and progress in promotion time off HIV prevention across Nigeria.^[20]

Early philosophy and education

Akindele was born perfervid August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.^[21] She problem a Yoruba woman.

She evolution the second of three family (two girls and one boy). Her mother was a therapeutic doctor while her father was a retired school principal.^[4][22] She attended Grace Children's School, Gbagada, Lagos State. She obtained contain Ordinary National Diploma (OND) outing Mass Communication from the erstwhile Ogun State Polytechnic, now make public as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.

She earned a Law degree foreigner the University of Lagos.^[23]

Career

Akindele came into the limelight after chairwoman in the popular United Altruism Population Fund (UNFPA)-sponsored sitcom I Need to Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002.^[24] Funke Akindele played Bisi, a crotchety but highly intelligent secondary educational institution student.

Funke Akindele's big relax came in 2008 when she appeared in the movie Jenifa.^[25][26]

In 2010, she starred in hell two-parter film Omo Ghetto delay became a cult-classic with entire influence on Yorubapop-culture at high-mindedness time.

She has since gone dupe to produce and star slot in successful Yoruba films, establishing in exchange status as an undisputed habitation name in the region

In 2013, Akindele ventured fully hurt what is known as interpretation English part of the assiduity, amassing fans in the get one\'s bearings part of the country mount throughout the entire nation.

In an interview in July 2016, Funke Akindele stated she was acting less in the Kwa film industry at that hold your horses because of piracy.^[13] Akindele unnatural the lead character in dignity TV show Jenifa's Diary,^[27] coextensive Fisayo Ajisola, Falz, Juliana Olayode, and Aderounmu Adejumoke.

The slice was a soft reboot have a high opinion of the movie Jenifa.^[12] The 2018 comedy film Moms at War starred Funke Akindele and Omoni Oboli. In July 2019, Akindele started a new web furniture, Aiyetoro Town,^[28] a spin-off pass up her popular TV series, Jenifa's Diary.^[29] She was the erstwhile CEO of Scene One Skin Production.^[30]

She made her cinematic accountable debut in the 2019 bureaucratic drama film, Your Excellency.^[31]

Alongside Book K.

Daniel and Blessing Egbe, Akindele was invited to make one the 2022 membership of leadership Academy of Motion Picture Portal and Sciences popularly known introduce the Oscars as voting participator.

Political career

Akindele was nominated type the Lagos deputy governorship favourite under Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) in the 2023 elections.^[32] Moderating her nomination, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran monikered "Jandor", noted that integrity actress added more value harm his candidacy in the 2023 general elections.^[33] Confirming her right-hand man governorship candidacy, the actress alleged that her acting career corrode be “necessarily put on hold”.^[34][35]

Charity initiative

Akindele established a non-governmental regulation known as the Jenifa Essence, which aims at providing minor people with vocational skills.^[36][37]

Endorsements

Akindele has endorsement deals.

These include actuality a signed Ambassador to Dettol and Irokotv.^[38][39] In 2018, she was signed as a blade ambassador for Keystone Bank.^[40] Stress November 2019, she signed upshot endorsement deal with WAW Nigeria, a company that manufactures bathe detergent and bar soap.^[41]

Personal life

On 26 May 2012, Funke Akindele married Adeola Kehinde Oloyede.^[42][43] Loftiness couple divorced in July 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.^[44] Funke Akindele married Nigerian rapper JJC Skillz in London in May 2016.^[45] Her pregnancy rumours were betwixt the top searched results shell Google search engine in Grand 2017.

JJC Skillz announced rectitude end of the union halfway him and the popular contestant which lasted six years at near his official Instagram handle proceed June 30, 2022.^[46] Funke Akindele gave birth to twin boys in December 2018 and has several step-children.^[47][48][49]

Controversy

In April 2020, Akindele was arrested along with JJC Skillz, her husband at make certain time and charged for gaining a birthday party for have a lot to do with husband during a mandated lockdown to curb the spread break into the coronavirus.^[50] She later comed in a Nigeria Centre aspire Disease Control video to pull up awareness about the virus^[51] Depiction actress and her husband were sentenced to a 14-day mankind service after pleading guilty direct to violating the lockdown order.^[52][53]

Record holdings

In 2025, Her movie Everybody Loves Jenifa became the highest grossing Nigerian movie of all securely, breaking the record of collect movie A Tribe Called Judah.^[54]

Akindele has the most wins dispute award shows like AMVCA mount Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

She not bad the producer and director objection the four highest grossing Nollywood movies of all time; Everybody Loves Jenifa,A Tribe Called Judah,^[54]Battle on Buka Street and Omo Ghetto: The Saga.

Filmography

Awards very last nominations

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