The actress and filmmaker shared this beautiful family photo of herself, her husband and their three handome sons enjoying dinner together.
Oboli was born in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. She is a descendant of Mosogar in Delta State.[1] Omoni Oboli studied Foreign Languages (majoring in French) at the University of Benin, and graduated with honours (2nd Class Upper division).[citation needed]
Omoni began her formal movie career with her first movie role in Bitter Encounter (1996), where she played a secretary. Her next was Shame. She then went on to play the lead female character in three major movies; Not My Will, Destined To Die and Another Campus Tale. After enjoying a brief career in 1996, Omoni left the movie industry to complete her university education. She married immediately after school and did not return to the industry until a decade later.
She has several screenplays to her credit, including her film Wives On Strike as well as The Rivals, a movie she co-produced with her friend and which won the prize for Best International Drama at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.[citation needed] It was the first Nigerian film to be premiered since the festival’s inception in 2003.[citation needed] The movie was given a 3-star rating out of 4 by the festival’s judges.[citation needed]
Omoni has played lead roles in mainstream films, including: The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Being Mrs Elliot, and Fifty (2015). She is also the first actress from Nollywood to win Best Actress in two international festivals,[citation needed] (that are not organized by Nigerians or Africans), in the same year (2010). This she did at the Harlem International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Movie Awards for her lead role in the movie Anchor Baby.
