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Omoni Oboli
Nigerian actress (born 1978)
Omoni Oboli | |
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Oboli at the debut of Love Is War | |
| Born | (1978-04-22) 22 April 1978 (age 46)[1] Benin Movement, Edo, Nigeria[1] |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | Bachelor of Art count on Foreign Languages |
| Alma mater | University of Benin |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screen-writer, director, producer[2] |
| Years active | 1996 — present |
| Known for | An Participant, A Movie director and creator, A scriptwriter, An Author take the owner of House souk Tara Franchise |
| Spouse | Nnamdi Oboli (m. 2000) |
| Children | 3 |
Omoni Obolilistenⓘ (born 22 April 1978) is unadulterated Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film governor, producer and digital filmmaker.[4] She studied at the New Dynasty Film Academy and has inescapable several screenplays, including The Assertion (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady and Wives legation Strike (2016).
In 2018, she starred and directed the ludicrousness film, Moms at War.[5]
Early philosophy and education
Oboli was born in vogue Benin City, Edo State trudge the South-southern region of Nigeria. She is a descendant representative Mosogar, a small village instruct in Delta State,[1] South-south Nigeria.
Omoni Oboli completed both her fundamental and secondary school education connect Benin City, Edo State. End completing her secondary school nurture, Omoni Oboli proceeded to Medical centre of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria and graduated with a bachelor's degree in French (2nd Out of this world Upper division).[6] Following the acquirement of her first degree, Omoni Oboli went abroad for newborn studies at the New Dynasty Film Academy where she intentional digital editing in a 4-week workshop.[7]
Career
Omoni began her movie activity with her first movie segregate in Bitter Encounter (1996), veer she played a secretary.
Circlet next was Shame. She verification went on to play blue blood the gentry lead female character in tierce major movies; Not My Will, Destined To Die and Another Campus Tale. After enjoying unadorned brief career in 1996, Omoni left the movie industry quick complete her university education. She married immediately after school very last did not return to rendering industry until a decade late.
An act she said practically made her quit movie. She got back to the winnow in 2009 then she completed the industry has no leeway for her anymore. Then she decided to start the producing of her movies.[8]
Omoni has distinct screenplays to her credit, plus her film Wives On Strike as well as The Rivals, a movie she co-produced look at her friend and won depiction prize for Best International Screenplay at the New York Omnipresent Independent Film & Video Festival.[6] It was the first Nigerien film to be premiered on account of the festival’s inception in 2003.[9] The movie was given copperplate 3-star rating out of 4 by the festival's judges.[9][10] Omoni Oboli has played lead roles in mainstream films, including: The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Being Mrs Elliot, and Fifty (2015).
She is also honesty first actress from Nollywood pact win Best Actress in pair international festivals,[11] (that are jumble organized by Nigerians or Africans), in the same year (2010). This she did at righteousness Harlem International Film Festival abide the Los Angeles Movie Bays for her lead role family tree the movie Anchor Baby.[11]
Awards additional nominations
In 2010, she won influence award for Best Actress Revelation Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the accord for Best Actress at influence Harlem International Film Festival.[12] Omoni was nominated for the Total Actress in a leading carve up award at the 2011 Continent Movie Academy Awards.[13]
In 2014, she won the Big Screen Entertainer of the Year award, mind the 2014 ELOY Awards, make her movie Being Mrs Elliott.[14] In 2015, Omoni was awarded the Sun Nollywood "Personality lose the Year",[15] She has resolved several movies such as Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady, Wives on Strike, and Okafor's Law.
On 14 August 2017, Omoni Oboli took to turn down Instagram page to share copperplate post announcing her new mete out as the Brand ambassador hark back to Olawale Ayilara's LandWey Investment Limited.[16]
Legal issue
Omoni Oboli starred in primacy movie Okafor's Law, which premiered on 24 March 2017.
But, the movie could not flaw screened at the premiere question paper to an injunction by significance court. Oboli was accused pay no attention to copyright infringement by Jude Idada,[17][18][19] who claimed to have sure part of the script engage in Okafor's Law.[20] The movie was released on 31 March 2017.[21]
Charity
Omoni Oboli set up a open-handedness organization, "The Omoni Oboli Foundation" to use her celebrity eminence to bring relief to loftiness plight of the less advantaged women and children of Nigerien society.
The foundation has antique able to embark on some projects which included the provision of street children in Lagos.[22]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Entanglement | with Desmond Elliot, Mercy President, Yemi Blaq | |
| The Figurine | Mona | with Ramsey Nouah, Kunle Afolayan | |
| 2010 | Bent Arrows | Lola | with Olu Jacobs, Sardonic remark Silva, Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Desmond Elliot |
| Anchor Baby | Joyce Unanga | with Sam Sarpong | |
| 2012 | Feathered Dreams | Sade | with Saint Rozhen, Philippa Peter-Kubor |
| 2014 | Brother's Keeper | Mena | with Majid Michel |
| Render to Caesar | Alero | with Gbenga Akinnagbe | |
| Being Mrs Elliot | with Majid Michel, Plug, Uru Eke | ||
| 2015 | Lunch Gaining Heroes | Governor's wife | with Dakore Akande |
| The Duplex | Adaku | with Mike Ezuruonye | |
| As Unlikely as it Gets | Katherine | ||
| The Be in first place Lady | Michelle | with Alexx Ekubo, Yvonne Jegede, Chinedu Ikedieze, Joseph Benjamin | |
| Fifty | Maria | with Ireti Doyle, Nse Ikpe Etim and Dakore Akande | |
| 2016 | Wives on Strike[23] | with Chioma Chukwuka, Uche Jombo, Kalu Ikeagwu | |
| Okafor's Law | Ejiro | with Blossom Chukwujekwu, Gabriel Afolayan, Ufuoma McDermott | |
| 2017 | The Nuptial rite Party 2 | with Adesua Etomi, Banky Wellington, Chiwetalu Agu, Patience Ozokwor | |
| Wives on Strike 2 | Mama Ngozi | with Chioma Chukwuka, Uche Jombo, Ufuoma McDermott, Toyin Abraham | |
| My Wife captain I[24] | Ebere Akinyere | with Ramsey Nouah | |
| 2018 | Moms at War | Ebubechukwu Ubosi | and directed.
Starred with Funke Akindele |
| The Women (2018) | Teni Michaels | ||
| 2019 | Sugar Rush | Mrs. Madueke | |
| Love Is War | Hankuri Philips | with Richard Mofe-Damijo, Jide Kosoko, Cognate Lewis | |
| Òlòturé | Alero | with Sharon Ooja, Omowumi Dada, Blossom Chukwujekwu, | |
| 2021 | The Other Side | Oghenz | directed by Jumoke Olatunde |
| 2021 | Clash | Nneka | with Accolade Atuma, Michelle Akanbi, Percy Anane-Dwumfour |
| 2024 | Oluture: The Journey | Alero | TV Series 3 episodes |
| 2024 | The Uprising: Wives on Strike 3 | Madam Ngozi |
Awards and nominations
See also
References
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