{"id":60620,"date":"2022-02-11T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=60620"},"modified":"2022-02-11T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:45:56","slug":"top-10-richest-yoruba-actresses-and-their-jaw-dropping-estimated-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/11\/top-10-richest-yoruba-actresses-and-their-jaw-dropping-estimated-net-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 richest Yoruba actresses and their jaw-dropping estimated net worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yoruba subset of Nollywood has seen many beautiful and talented acts who have painstakingly been able to make a name for themselves and also money in their bank accounts. Truly, many of them have side hustles, but their major source of income is from movies they act, produce or direct. Here is a list out of 10 Nollywood actresses and their estimated net worth.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1. Funke Akindele-Bello<\/h3>\n
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Funke Akindele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Popular Nollywood actress Funke Ayotunde Akindele-Bello, is unarguably the richest Yoruba actress in Nigeria. She is popularly known as Funke Akindele or Jenifa due to the character she plays in popular TV series, Jenifa\u2019s Diary. Funke is a Nigerian actress and producer who was born on August 24th,\u00a01977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n

Funke Akindele obtained an ordinary national diploma (OND) in mass communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funke who has been in the industry since the 90s first starred in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) sponsored sitcom I Need to Know from 1998 to 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Funke Akindele-Bello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Funke Akindele\u2019s big break didn\u2019t come until 2008 when she appeared in the movie Jenifa\u2019s Diary. She plays the lead character in the ongoing hit TV show Jenifa\u2019s Diary, which is a spin-off from the movie Jenifa\u2019s Diary. <\/span><\/p>\n

In July 2019, Funke Akindele<\/a> started a new web series, Aiyetoro Town, a spinoff from her popular TV series, \u2018Jenifa\u2019s Diary. <\/span><\/p>\n

The mother-of-two has won many awards some of which are the Africa movie academy award (AMAA) for Best actress in a leading role(2009); Best actress in a comedy at the 2016 Africa magic viewer\u2019s choice awards (AMVCA). Best actress in a comedy at the 2020 Africa magic viewers choice award etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Funke is the CEO of Scene One Film Production which produces entertainment content like TV series, Nollywood movies, TV shows and music for TV stations which has a mobile phone application. She has another app named Jenifa Spells which is an educational app that has family word games. The app was designed by Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz, her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n

She also owns a non-governmental organization known as the Jenifa Foundation, which aims at providing young people with vocational skills; she owns an acting school named Scene One School of Drama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funke has starred in countless movies, both in English and Yoruba and is one of the highest paid actors in Nigeria. Reports say she charges about N400,000 per movie role like her counterparts, Odunlade Adekola and Femi Adebayo. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Her net worth is estimated at about $7.6 million (N3.1 billion). Aside from acting, Funke also earns well from\u00a0<\/span>scriptwriting, film production, directing, and costume and production design. She has written films like Egun (2007), Agbefor (2006); produced the likes of Omo Ghetto: The Saga (2020) which made over N468\u00a0million in Nigerian cinemas, Jennifa’s Diary (2015);\u00a0<\/span>directed Your Excellency (2019), Aje metta 1&2 (2008) and equally worked as a costume and production designer in Omo Ghetto: The Saga (2020).<\/p>\n

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Funke Akindele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asides from the aforementioned which obviously generates a large income for her, Funke has multiple endorsement deals such as being a brand ambassador for:<\/span><\/p>\n