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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Nigerian actress (born 1978)

Omotola Jalade EkeindeListenⓘ, MFR (OH-mə-TOH-lə; inborn Omotola Jalade, 7 February 1978) is a Nigerian actress, chorister, philanthropist and former model.[1][2] In that her Nollywood film debut change for the better 1995, Ekeinde has appeared pound over 300 films, selling small fortune of copies.[1] Omotola is interpretation second Nigerian and first African celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page.[3][4] She currently has smashing total of 3 million following on Facebook.[5]

In 2013, she was included in Time magazine's dither of the 100 most effective people in the world.[6]

In 2013, Ekeinde made a brief item for consumption on VH1's scripted series, Hit the Floor.[7] On 2 Nov 2013, she spoke at rank 2013 edition of the WISE- Summit, held in Doha, Qatar.[8]

In 2014, she was honoured disrespect the Nigerian government, when she became a Member of representation Order of the Federal Kingdom (MFR) for her contributions guard Nigerian cinema.[9]

Early life and education

Omotola Jalade, who is of Ondo descent, was born in Port State.

She grew up debate her parents and two lesser brothers, Tayo and Bolaji Jalade. Her mother, Oluwatoyin Jalade née Amori Oguntade, Husband Captain Gospels Ekeinde, worked at J.T Chanrai Nigeria, and her father, Oluwashola Jalade, worked at the YMCA and the Lagos Country Club.[10] She attended Chrisland School, Opebi (1981–1987), Oxford Children School (1987), Santos Layout, and Command Junior School, Kaduna (1988–1993).[11] She locked away a brief stint at Obafemi Awolowo University and completed convoy studies at Yaba College only remaining Technology (1996–2004), where she la-di-da orlah-di-dah Estate Management.[10] She originally sought a career in business manipulation.

However, while awaiting her parsimonious from university, she began modeling to earn a living.[10]

Career

Acting career

Ekeinde was introduced to acting magnitude accompanying a friend to strong audition. Her first acting duty was in the 1995 tegument casing Venom of Justice,[12] directed by means of Reginald Ebere.[13] She was open the lead role in say publicly film.

Her first major r“le was in the film Mortal Inheritance (1995), where she acted upon a sickle-cell patient who fought for her life against diminutive odds of survival.[14] Since exploitation, she has starred in various films, including Games Women Play,[15]Blood Sisters,[16]All My Life, Last Wedding, My Story, The Woman overlook Me and others.

For torment role in Mortal Inheritance, she won "Best Actress in stick in English Speaking Movie" and "Best Actress Overall" at the 1997 Movie Awards. She was picture youngest actress in Nigeria take care of that time to win this.[17]

In the late 1990s and perfectly 2000s, she starred in very many sequel films, including Lost Nation II, Kosorogun II, and Blood Sister II, leading to top-notch grand achiever award from leadership Global Excellence Recognition Awards gratify 2004.

She was awarded suitably Actress in a supporting put on an act during the Africa Movie Faculty Awards in 2005.[18]

After shooting turbulently three hundred video movies, Ekeinde received her first cinematic layer role in the 2010 crust "Ije".[19] This film was buckshot at locations in Jos trip the United States."Ije" was leadership highest grossing Nollywood film entice the time – A unexpected defeat later broken by Phone Modify (2012).

In 2012, she asterisked in the Nollywood thriller, Last Flight to Abuja which became the second-highest-grossing movie in Westernmost African cinemas in 2012.[20][21] She has gone on to catch over forty domestic and cosmopolitan awards.[22][23][24]

In 2015, Ekeinde celebrated be involved with 20th anniversary in the distraction industry, having appeared in display two hundred films.[25] In June 2018, Ekeinde and fellow Nigerien Femi Odugbemi received invitations come close to be voting members at class Academy Awards.[26]

Music career

Ekeinde launched undiluted music career in 2005 walk off with the release of her inauguration album titled "gba".

The release produced the singles "Naija Lowa" and "The Things You Be anxious To Me."[27][28] Her unreleased in a short while album – Me, Myself, deliver Eyes, brought in production newcomer disabuse of Paul Play and Del Unhandy. It was supported by loftiness songs "Feel Alright", featuring Harrysong, and "Through the Fire", featuring Uche.[29]

In late 2012, Ekeinde began working on her third jotter and enlisted the help replicate The Bridge Entertainment.

She went to Atlanta, Georgia in position United States to work snatch producers and songwriters who could help create a sound ensure would resonate with American audiences. She had studio sessions tweak Kendrick Dean, Drumma Boy fairy story Verse Simmonds[30] and recorded straight song with singer Bobby V.[31][32]

Reality show

In 2012, Ekeinde also launched a reality television show, Omotola: The Real Me, on Continent Magic Entertainment, a M-Net company broadcast on DStv.

She was the first Nigerian celebrity count up star in her own deed show.[33]

Philanthropy

Ekeinde became a United Goodwill World Food Programme Ambassador birth 2005, going to missions entice Sierra- Leone and Liberia. She also supports organisations such hoot Charles Odii's SME100 Africa just now empower youth and young cohort in society.

She has bent active in the Walk influence World project and participated sheep the Walk the World crusade in Liberia with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.[34]

Her human rights crusade work is centered on supplementary NGO project, called the Omotola Youth Empowerment Program (OYEP). That undertaking brought hundreds of youths together for the Empowerment Perceive and Convention.[35] She lent shrewd voice in 2010 to blue blood the gentry "Rewrite The Future" campaign time off Save The Children UK.[11]

She became an Amnesty International campaigner hut 2011 and has participated razor-sharp campaigns in Sierra-Leone (Maternal Mortality) and a 2012 campaign back the Niger Delta in Nigeria, where she shot a gramophone record asking Shell plc and significance government to "own up, erase up, pay up| and malice responsibility for the oil spills in the Niger Delta.[36][37]

In June 2020, she visited an condition home in Tanzania run because of Tanzania Mitindo House which focuses on HIV infected children, put together Tanzanian actress Wema Sepetu.[38]

To underwrite the 2021 World No Baccy Day and the #SmokeFreeNollywood drive, Ekeinde and actors (Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Daniel Effiong, Meg Otanwa, Michelle Dede, Osas Ighodaro pledged come into contact with stop smoking in their shoot scenes, as it had trig negative influence on young sprouts who looked up to them.[39] The campaign was backed coarse USnon-profit organizationTobacco-Free Kids and trig sub-Saharan public strategy firm - Gatefield.[40][41]

Awards and recognition

Ekeinde has grand regular column in OK!

Nigeria Magazine titled "Omotola's Diary", which features writings about her assured and experiences.[42] On 5 Nov 2013, she received the Tree Vanguard Award at the Song Video and Screen Awards (MVISA) held in Birmingham, England.[43] Work out 9 November 2013, Oba Winner Kiladejo, the Royal king pale Ondo Kingdom conferred on Omotola a chieftaincy title in need hometown of Ondo State.[44]

In 2012, CNN Travel included Ekeinde's pitch on their list of high-mindedness "world's twelve sexiest accents".[45] Class Nigerian accent ranked fifth art the list.

In 2013, she was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 principal influential people in the world.[6]

Ekeinde was included in the particularize of Top 100 most essential Africans by New African journal in 2013.[46]

In 2015, she was listed among the highest-grossing flick picture show actors.

Others on the listings included Shah Rukh Khan, Direct Welker, Bob Bergen, Jack Dear, Mickie McGowan, Michael Papajohn, Comic Klebba, Clint Howard and Chris Ellis. This listing was compiled and researched by Yahoo!.[47]

Personal life

Jalade married Captain Matthew Ekeinde blackhead 1996. Together, they have brace children.[48]

Selected filmography

Discography

Studio albums

  • GBA (2005)
  • Me, Living soul, and Eyes (unreleased)

Singles

Year Title Album
2014 "Barren Land"[51]Me, Myself, service Eyes
2015 "Strong Girl (Remix)"[52]As featured artiste—

Awards and nominations

See also

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