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Top 10 Yoruba actress making waves at the moment

by Ola Peter
March 11, 2016
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3# Iyabo ojo

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Iyabo was born on December 21, 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria but hails from Itoko, a suburb of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria.She obtained her West Africa School Certificate at National College, Gbagbaga in Lagos before she proceeded to Lagos State Polytechnic where she received a diploma certificate in Estate management.

Her acting career began in 1998 when she joined the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) through the veteran nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola.Iyabo Ojo later stopped acting in 1999 as a result of her marriage but returned to the Nigerian film industry in 2001.She has scripted and featured in several Nigerian films and in January 2015, her movie, titled Silence which featured Joseph Benjamin Alex Usifo, Fathia Balogun and Doris Simeon was premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja in Lagos.

4# Funke Akindele

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Funke Akindele, born August 24, 1977 in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria is a Nigerian actress. In 2009, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.She also obtained the Best Actress award during AMVCA 2016.Funke Akindele also has a TV hit show titled Jenifa.

5# Fathia Balogun

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She was born on February 1969 at Ukwara, water side local government area of Delta State, southern Nigeria.She attended Maryland Primary School and Maryland Comprehensive High School in Lagos state, where she obtained the West African School Certificate before she proceeded to Kwara State Polytechnic where she received a diploma certificate.

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She has starred, produced and directed several Nigerian films over the years. In 2008, she won the Africa movie Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Actress Indigenous and her movie Iranse Aje won the best indigenous film of the year. On April 2014, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award, having emerged as best actress of the year along with Odunlade Adekola who emerged as best actor of the year.Faithia Balogun also won the Best Indigenous Language: Yoruba award for the work done in the film Iya Alalake at the 2015 Africa-Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards AMVCA.

6# Mercy aigbe

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Nollywood Actress Mercy Aigbe was born in Edo State (Nigeria), and she is the second child in a family of five.She earned a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Lagos in 2001, and joined the industry fully in 2006.Mercy Aigbe, is married to a Nigerian hotelier and has three children and three stepdaughters.

7# Ronke Odusanya

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Ronke Odusanya is a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. Her first movie was Baba Ologba (2000). Some of her other movies are Jénífà,Osuwon, Láròdá Òjò, Eekan Soso, and Twisted.Ronke Odusanya is an actress, known for Láròdá òjò (2008), Jénífà (2008) and Jénífà 2(2009).

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