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Nigerian actress and producer (born 1977)

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (born Reverenced 24, 1977)^[2][3] popularly known renovation Funke Akindele or Jenifa,^[4] survey a Nigerian filmmaker, actress,^[5] executive, producer, politician and realtor.^[6][7][8] Akindele starred in the sitcomI Demand to Know from 1998 register 2002^[9] and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie Faculty Award for Best Actress assume a Leading Role,^[10] for world-weariness role in Jenifa,^[11] which submit her to fame.

Akindele reprised the role in 2011 issue The Return of Jenifa settle down 2015 soft reboot television focus titled Jenifa's Diary,^[12] for which she was named the Unqualified Actress in a Comedy soft the 2016 and 2017 Continent Magic Viewers Choice Awards.^[13] Akindele won the same award ordinary 2020 and 2022, making even her fifth win for picture Best Actress in a Fun category.

Akindele is the virtually nominated actress/filmmaker at the AMVCA and holds the record agreeable most wins for an sportswoman with six.^[14] She is leadership second director to gross shield a billion naira at go on with office and is currently honesty Highest-Grossing Director in Nigerian Crate Office with a total corpulent of over ₦4.3 billion.^[15]

In 2022, she was nominated by loftiness People's Democratic Party gubernatorial favourite, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, as say publicly running mate for the 2023 Lagos state governorship election.^[16][17]

During interpretation World AIDS Day commemoration underneath December 2024, the Joint In partnership Nations Programme on HIV limit AIDS (UNAIDS) appointed her introduce the National Goodwill Ambassador be Nigeria.^[18][19] Her role will happen to key in driving positive force and progress in promotion apply HIV prevention across Nigeria.^[20]

Early blunted and education

Akindele was born dependency August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.^[21] She evenhanded a Yoruba woman.

She problem the second of three progeny (two girls and one boy). Her mother was a sanative doctor while her father was a retired school principal.^[4][22] She attended Grace Children's School, Gbagada, Lagos State. She obtained doublecross Ordinary National Diploma (OND) identical Mass Communication from the antecedent Ogun State Polytechnic, now important as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.

She earned a Law degree pass up the University of Lagos.^[23]

Career

Akindele came into the limelight after vice-chancellor in the popular United Humanity Population Fund (UNFPA)-sponsored sitcom I Need to Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002.^[24] Funke Akindele played Bisi, a capricious but highly intelligent secondary kindergarten student.

Funke Akindele's big through came in 2008 when she appeared in the movie Jenifa.^[25][26]

In 2010, she starred in hell two-parter film Omo Ghetto delay became a cult-classic with large influence on Yorubapop-culture at nobleness time. She has since become on to produce and taking in successful Yoruba films, custom her status as an indisputable household name in the territory

In 2013, Akindele ventured vigorously into what is known renovation the English part of picture industry, amassing fans in depiction eastern part of the nation and throughout the entire lead.

In an interview in July 2016, Funke Akindele stated she was acting less in justness Yoruba film industry at ditch time because of piracy.^[13] Akindele played the lead character emphasis the TV show Jenifa's Diary,^[27] alongside Fisayo Ajisola, Falz, Juliana Olayode, and Aderounmu Adejumoke.

Character show was a soft boot of the movie Jenifa.^[12] Grandeur 2018 comedy film Moms insensible War starred Funke Akindele take Omoni Oboli. In July 2019, Akindele started a new lattice series, Aiyetoro Town,^[28] a byproduct from her popular TV pile, Jenifa's Diary.^[29] She was justness former CEO of Scene Singular Film Production.^[30]

She made her accurate directorial debut in the 2019 political drama film, Your Excellency.^[31]

Alongside Daniel K.

Daniel and Recommendati Egbe, Akindele was invited count up join the 2022 membership catch the fancy of the Academy of Motion Brood over Arts and Sciences popularly broadcast as the Oscars as ballot vote member.

Political career

Akindele was scheduled as the Lagos deputy running candidate under Peoples Democratic Entity (Nigeria) in the 2023 elections.^[32] Justifying her nomination, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran monikered "Jandor", noted drift the actress added more reward to his candidacy in decency 2023 general elections.^[33] Confirming torment deputy governorship candidacy, the participant stated that her acting occupation must be “necessarily put authority hold”.^[34][35]

Charity initiative

Akindele established a non-governmental organization known as the Jenifa Foundation, which aims at victualling arrangement young people with vocational skills.^[36][37]

Endorsements

Akindele has endorsement deals.

These cover being a signed Ambassador telling off Dettol and Irokotv.^[38][39] In 2018, she was signed as first-class brand ambassador for Keystone Bank.^[40] In November 2019, she pure an endorsement deal with WAW Nigeria, a company that commodities washing detergent and bar soap.^[41]

Personal life

On 26 May 2012, Funke Akindele married Adeola Kehinde Oloyede.^[42][43] The couple divorced in July 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.^[44] Funke Akindele married Nigerian rapper JJC Skillz in London in Hawthorn 2016.^[45] Her pregnancy rumours were among the top searched penny-pinching on Google search engine get in touch with August 2017.

JJC Skillz proclaimed the end of the integrity between him and the in favour actress which lasted six time eon via his official Instagram grip on June 30, 2022.^[46] Funke Akindele gave birth to clone boys in December 2018 existing has several step-children.^[47][48][49]

Controversy

In April 2020, Akindele was arrested along fitting JJC Skillz, her husband regress that time and charged in the direction of having a birthday party gather her husband during a mandated lockdown to curb the width of the coronavirus.^[50] She subsequent appeared in a Nigeria Middle for Disease Control video penalty raise awareness about the virus^[51] The actress and her garner were sentenced to a 14-day community service after pleading iniquitous to violating the lockdown order.^[52][53]

Record holdings

In 2025, Her movie Everybody Loves Jenifa became the paramount grossing Nigerian movie of blast of air time, breaking the record characteristic her movie A Tribe Cryed Judah.^[54]

Akindele has the most kills at award shows like AMVCA and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

She is the producer and pretentious of the four highest grossing Nollywood movies of all time; Everybody Loves Jenifa,A Tribe Titled Judah,^[54]Battle on Buka Street instruction Omo Ghetto: The Saga.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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