Funke Akindele

About Funke Akindele

After playing the starring role of Omolayo in the Nigerian-produced Aje Metta films, this African actress earned an Africa Movie Academy Award. She rose to prominence after starring in the Nigerian television series I Need to Know.

Akindele-Bello Olufunke Ayotunde is a Nigerian actress and producer. Funke starred in the sitcom I Need to Know from 1998 to 2002, and in 2009, she won the African Academy of Cinema Award for Best Actress. She starred in Jenifa's Diary, which she was named Best Actress in a Comedy at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2016

Born	Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde, August 24, 1977, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria
Years active	1998-present
Alma mater	Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, University of Lagos
Occupation	Actress, Film Producer

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Trivia

She played the title role in the 2011 Nigerian film Maami.

Funke Akindele before fame

She studied law at the University of Lagos after graduating from Nigeria's Moshood Abiola Polytechnic University.

Achievement of Funke Akindele

In the 2011 Nigerian film Maami, she plays the title role.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Funke Akindele family life

Born Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde, she grew up in the city of Ikorodu in Nigeria's Lagos State. From 2012 to 2013, she was married to Kehinde Oloyede.

Associations of Funke Akindele

She and Genevieve Nnaji, a contemporary Nigerian actress, both won the Africa Movie Academy Award.

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