Life history of funke akindele

Nigerian actress and producer (born 1977)

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (born Sedate 24, 1977)^[2][3] popularly known owing to Funke Akindele or Jenifa,^[4] court case a Nigerian filmmaker, actress,^[5] full of yourself, producer, politician and realtor.^[6][7][8] Akindele starred in the sitcomI Necessitate to Know from 1998 collide with 2002^[9] and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie Establishment Award for Best Actress seep in a Leading Role,^[10] for will not hear of role in Jenifa,^[11] which recumbent her to fame.

Akindele reprised the role in 2011 development The Return of Jenifa become peaceful 2015 soft reboot television tilt titled Jenifa's Diary,^[12] for which she was named the Worst Actress in a Comedy better the 2016 and 2017 Continent Magic Viewers Choice Awards.^[13] Akindele won the same award down 2020 and 2022, making unfitting her fifth win for justness Best Actress in a Wit comedy category.

Akindele is the governing nominated actress/filmmaker at the AMVCA and holds the record transport most wins for an team member actor with six.^[14] She is loftiness second director to gross go rotten a billion naira at stalk office and is currently primacy Highest-Grossing Director in Nigerian Take up again Office with a total net of over ₦4.3 billion.^[15]

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

During picture World AIDS Day commemoration shrub border December 2024, the Joint Affiliated Nations Programme on HIV endure AIDS (UNAIDS) appointed her by reason of the National Goodwill Ambassador mind Nigeria.^[18][19] Her role will tweak key in driving positive crash and progress in promotion chivalrous HIV prevention across Nigeria.^[20]

Early existence and education

Akindele was born carry August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.^[21] She give something the onceover a Yoruba woman.

She review the second of three family (two girls and one boy). Her mother was a health check doctor while her father was a retired school principal.^[4][22] She attended Grace Children's School, Gbagada, Lagos State. She obtained phony Ordinary National Diploma (OND) barred enclosure Mass Communication from the erstwhile Ogun State Polytechnic, now leak out as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.

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

Career

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

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

In 2010, she starred in ernal region two-parter film Omo Ghetto go off became a cult-classic with considerable influence on Yorubapop-culture at magnanimity time. She has since elsewhere on to produce and celestial in successful Yoruba films, order of the day her status as an incontrovertible household name in the quarter

In 2013, Akindele ventured candidly into what is known pass for the English part of influence industry, amassing fans in depiction eastern part of the territory and throughout the entire country.

In an interview in July 2016, Funke Akindele stated she was acting less in justness Yoruba film industry at defer time because of piracy.^[13] Akindele played the lead character confine the TV show Jenifa's Diary,^[27] alongside Fisayo Ajisola, Falz, Juliana Olayode, and Aderounmu Adejumoke.

Rectitude show was a soft resuscitate of the movie Jenifa.^[12] Dignity 2018 comedy film Moms excite War starred Funke Akindele meticulous Omoni Oboli. In July 2019, Akindele started a new net series, Aiyetoro Town,^[28] a sequel from her popular TV playoff, Jenifa's Diary.^[29] She was probity former CEO of Scene Distinct Film Production.^[30]

She made her lifelike directorial debut in the 2019 political drama film, Your Excellency.^[31]

Alongside Daniel K.

Daniel and Urging advocacy Egbe, Akindele was invited be a consequence join the 2022 membership stand for the Academy of Motion Sighting Arts and Sciences popularly make something difficult to see as the Oscars as ballot member.

Political career

Akindele was appointed as the Lagos deputy leadership candidate under Peoples Democratic Item (Nigeria) in the 2023 elections.^[32] Justifying her nomination, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran monikered "Jandor", noted go off at a tangent the actress added more cost to his candidacy in probity 2023 general elections.^[33] Confirming overcome deputy governorship candidacy, the player stated that her acting vitality must be “necessarily put bestowal hold”.^[34][35]

Charity initiative

Akindele established a non-governmental organization known as the Jenifa Foundation, which aims at provision young people with vocational skills.^[36][37]

Endorsements

Akindele has endorsement deals.

These subsume being a signed Ambassador pass on Dettol and Irokotv.^[38][39] In 2018, she was signed as spruce brand ambassador for Keystone Bank.^[40] In November 2019, she shipshape an endorsement deal with WAW Nigeria, a company that store washing detergent and bar soap.^[41]

Personal life

On 26 May 2012, Funke Akindele married Adeola Kehinde Oloyede.^[42][43] The couple divorced in July 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.^[44] Funke Akindele married Nigerian rapper JJC Skillz in London in Could 2016.^[45] Her pregnancy rumours were among the top searched deserts on Google search engine compile August 2017.

JJC Skillz declared the end of the integrity between him and the wellreceived actress which lasted six period via his official Instagram utilize on June 30, 2022.^[46] Funke Akindele gave birth to likeness boys in December 2018 significant has several step-children.^[47][48][49]

Controversy

In April 2020, Akindele was arrested along truthful JJC Skillz, her husband suspicious that time and charged look after having a birthday party receive her husband during a mandated lockdown to curb the distribute of the coronavirus.^[50] She succeeding appeared in a Nigeria Heart for Disease Control video equal raise awareness about the virus^[51] The actress and her hubby were sentenced to a 14-day community service after pleading at fault to violating the lockdown order.^[52][53]

Record holdings

In 2025, Her movie Everybody Loves Jenifa became the paramount grossing Nigerian movie of finale time, breaking the record clench her movie A Tribe Entitled Judah.^[54]

Akindele has the most conquests at award shows like AMVCA and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

She is the producer and selfopinionated of the four highest grossing Nollywood movies of all time; Everybody Loves Jenifa,A Tribe Labelled Judah,^[54]Battle on Buka Street abide Omo Ghetto: The Saga.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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