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Everything You Should Know About Nigerian Actress, Dayo Amusa

by Damilare Aanu
July 20, 2018
in Entertainment
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Nigerian Actress, Dayo Amusa has every reason to be thankful as she celebrates her 34th birthday today. The actress who was born on July 20, 1984, is also a singer and businesswoman.

To celebrate her on this special day we are sharing a number of things you should know about her.

EARLY LIFE
Born as the first child in a family of five, Temidayo Amusa grew up in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria along with her mother Mrs Abiola Amusa a businesswoman and her father Mr Kolawole Rasheed Amusa an Engineer before retiring.

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She attended Kenny-Tee Private School Surulere, Lagos Nigeria. She had her Junior Secondary School at Mayflower Secondary School Ikenne Remo, Ogun State.

Then she went ahead to finish her Senior Secondary School at Mamak Secondary School Sagamu, Ogun State.

Dayo Amusa has a National Diploma in Food Science and Technology at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria.

Career and Business
Dayo Amusa kicked off her acting career in 2002. In 2006 she sojourned into movie production and within a short time in the Yoruba sector of Nollywood, she made a positive impact.

Although she features mostly in Yoruba language films of Nollywood, she has also acted in a few English language films.

Dayo is not just an actor but also a singer and business owner. She is the proprietress of PayDab Schools which has two locations in Ibadan and Lagos. Some of her songs include Igbese, Aye mi and I go blow my mind

Achievements
In 2013, Dayo won the Best Lead Actress at Best of Nollywood Awards and Best Film Award for her 2014 film Unforgivable at the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards.

Other notable awards include

Nollywood Female Face Of The Year 2017 Pink Awards
Best Actress Indigenous Nollywood Movies Awards 2014
Best Kiss In A Movie BON Awards 2013
Best Crossover Act YMAA 2014
Outstanding Performance 2010 The Ambassador Club
Outstanding Achievers Awards 2011 Diamond Special Recognition Awards 2014
Merit Awards 2013 J15 School Of Art
Achievers Award Of Honour J-KRUE 2013
Award Of Excellence 2016 family

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