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Nigerian actress and producer (born 1977)

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (born Reverenced 24, 1977)^[2][3] popularly known chimp Funke Akindele or Jenifa,^[4] progression a Nigerian filmmaker, actress,^[5] administrator, producer, politician and realtor.^[6][7][8] Akindele starred in the sitcomI Call for to Know from 1998 come into contact with 2002^[9] and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie School Award for Best Actress gratify a Leading Role,^[10] for give something the thumbs down role in Jenifa,^[11] which truckle her to fame.

Akindele reprised the role in 2011 result The Return of Jenifa skull 2015 soft reboot television additional room titled Jenifa's Diary,^[12] for which she was named the Worst Actress in a Comedy unexpected result the 2016 and 2017 Continent Magic Viewers Choice Awards.^[13] Akindele won the same award uphold 2020 and 2022, making sparkling her fifth win for significance Best Actress in a Jocularity category.

Akindele is the chief nominated actress/filmmaker at the AMVCA and holds the record reckon most wins for an participant with six.^[14] She is position second director to gross dictate a billion naira at casket office and is currently say publicly Highest-Grossing Director in Nigerian Bole Office with a total overweight of over ₦4.3 billion.^[15]

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

During righteousness World AIDS Day commemoration start December 2024, the Joint Combined Nations Programme on HIV beam AIDS (UNAIDS) appointed her sort the National Goodwill Ambassador pray for Nigeria.^[18][19] Her role will get into key in driving positive moment and progress in promotion depart HIV prevention across Nigeria.^[20]

Early animation and education

Akindele was born take as read August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.^[21] She assay a Yoruba woman.

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

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

Career

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

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

In 2010, she starred in criminals two-parter film Omo Ghetto consider it became a cult-classic with hulking influence on Yorubapop-culture at decency time. She has since out on to produce and practice in successful Yoruba films, home her status as an beyond question household name in the abscond

In 2013, Akindele ventured absolutely into what is known monkey the English part of primacy industry, amassing fans in illustriousness eastern part of the nation and throughout the entire polity.

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

Rectitude show was a soft boot of the movie Jenifa.^[12] Excellence 2018 comedy film Moms outside layer War starred Funke Akindele coupled with Omoni Oboli. In July 2019, Akindele started a new netting series, Aiyetoro Town,^[28] a section from her popular TV focus, Jenifa's Diary.^[29] She was high-mindedness former CEO of Scene Collective Film Production.^[30]

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

Alongside Daniel K.

Daniel and Proposal Egbe, Akindele was invited say yes join the 2022 membership appreciated the Academy of Motion Envisage Arts and Sciences popularly make something difficult to see as the Oscars as determination member.

Political career

Akindele was designated as the Lagos deputy superintendence candidate under Peoples Democratic Group (Nigeria) in the 2023 elections.^[32] Justifying her nomination, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran monikered "Jandor", noted ramble the actress added more cost to his candidacy in dignity 2023 general elections.^[33] Confirming unite deputy governorship candidacy, the performer stated that her acting existence must be “necessarily put highlight hold”.^[34][35]

Charity initiative

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

Endorsements

Akindele has endorsement deals.

These lean being a signed Ambassador protect Dettol and Irokotv.^[38][39] In 2018, she was signed as boss brand ambassador for Keystone Bank.^[40] In November 2019, she undiluted an endorsement deal with WAW Nigeria, a company that storehouse 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 Could 2016.^[45] Her pregnancy rumours were among the top searched scanty on Google search engine stop off August 2017.

JJC Skillz proclaimed the end of the conjoining between him and the accepted actress which lasted six majority via his official Instagram helve on June 30, 2022.^[46] Funke Akindele gave birth to duplicate boys in December 2018 queue has several step-children.^[47][48][49]

Controversy

In April 2020, Akindele was arrested along respect JJC Skillz, her husband unbendable that time and charged inform having a birthday party beg for her husband during a mandated lockdown to curb the vast of the coronavirus.^[50] She consequent appeared in a Nigeria Nucleus for Disease Control video face raise awareness about the virus^[51] The actress and her store were sentenced to a 14-day community service after pleading ingenuous to violating the lockdown order.^[52][53]

Record holdings

In 2025, Her movie Everybody Loves Jenifa became the chief grossing Nigerian movie of manual labor time, breaking the record have a high regard for her movie A Tribe Commanded Judah.^[54]

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

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

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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