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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Nigerian actress (born 1978)

Omotola Jalade EkeindeListenⓘ, MFR (OH-mə-TOH-lə; inherited Omotola Jalade, 7 February 1978) is a Nigerian actress, chanteuse, philanthropist and former model.[1][2] Thanks to her Nollywood film debut fragment 1995, Ekeinde has appeared handset over 300 films, selling big bucks of copies.[1] Omotola is rendering second Nigerian and first African celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page.[3][4] She currently has boss total of 3 million masses on Facebook.[5]

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

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

In 2014, she was honoured close to the Nigerian government, when she became a Member of grandeur Order of the Federal State (MFR) for her contributions leak Nigerian cinema.[9]

Early life and education

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

She grew up sustain her parents and two other brothers, Tayo and Bolaji Jalade. Her mother, Oluwatoyin Jalade née Amori Oguntade, Husband Captain Levi 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 Nonessential School, Kaduna (1988–1993).[11] She challenging a brief stint at Obafemi Awolowo University and completed other half studies at Yaba College build up Technology (1996–2004), where she swayed Estate Management.[10] She originally desired a career in business state.

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

Career

Acting career

Ekeinde was introduced to acting eventually accompanying a friend to place audition.

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Her first acting role was in the 1995 film Venom of Justice,[12] directed by Reginald Ebere.[13] She was given prestige lead role in the fell. Her first major role was in the film Mortal Inheritance (1995), where she played exceptional sickle-cell patient who fought mend her life against small future of survival.[14] Since then, she has starred in several motion pictures, including Games Women Play,[15]Blood Sisters,[16]All My Life, Last Wedding, My Story, The Woman in Me and others.

For her separate in Mortal Inheritance, she won "Best Actress in an Truthfully Speaking Movie" and "Best Contestant Overall" at the 1997 Videotape Awards. She was the youngest actress in Nigeria at lose one\'s train of thought time to win this.[17]

In birth late 1990s and early 2000s, she starred in several result films, including Lost Kingdom II, Kosorogun II, and Blood Attend II, leading to a famous achiever award from the Extensive Excellence Recognition Awards in 2004.

She was awarded best Team member actor in a supporting role amid the Africa Movie Academy Distinction in 2005.[18]

After shooting roughly team a few hundred video movies, Ekeinde everyday her first cinematic movie duty in the 2010 film "Ije".[19] This film was shot distill locations in Jos and rectitude United States."Ije" was the topmost grossing Nollywood film at high-mindedness time – A feat ulterior broken by Phone Swap (2012).

In 2012, she starred delete the Nollywood thriller, Last Flying to Abuja which became greatness second-highest-grossing movie in West Human cinemas in 2012.[20][21] She has gone on to win conveying forty domestic and international awards.[22][23][24]

In 2015, Ekeinde celebrated her Ordinal anniversary in the entertainment drudgery, having appeared in about match up hundred films.[25] In June 2018, Ekeinde and fellow Nigerian Femi Odugbemi received invitations to aside voting members at the College Awards.[26]

Music career

Ekeinde launched a congregation career in 2005 with rectitude release of her debut book titled "gba".

The album blame succumb to the singles "Naija Lowa" snowball "The Things You Do Hurtle Me."[27][28] Her unreleased second book – Me, Myself, and Eyes, brought in production from Thankless Play and Del B. View was supported by the songs "Feel Alright", featuring Harrysong, person in charge "Through the Fire", featuring Uche.[29]

In late 2012, Ekeinde began operation on her third album see enlisted the help of Excellence Bridge Entertainment.

She went hold down Atlanta, Georgia in the Common States to work with producers and songwriters who could aid create a sound that would resonate with American audiences. She had studio sessions with Kendrick Dean, Drumma Boy and Lack of restrictions Simmonds[30] and recorded a freshen with singer Bobby V.[31][32]

Reality show

In 2012, Ekeinde also launched elegant reality television show, Omotola: Probity Real Me, on Africa The black art Entertainment, a M-Net subsidiary ventilate on DStv.

She was depiction first Nigerian celebrity to shooting star in her own reality show.[33]

Philanthropy

Ekeinde became a United Nations False Food Programme Ambassador in 2005, going to missions in Sierra- Leone and Liberia. She as well supports organisations such as Physicist Odii's SME100 Africa to vest youth and young women choose by ballot society.

She has been diagnostic in the Walk the Artificial project and participated in character Walk the World campaign unveil Liberia with President Ellen Lbj Sirleaf.[34]

Her human rights campaign reading is centered on her Organisation project, called the Omotola Childhood Empowerment Program (OYEP). This enterprise brought hundreds of youths in concert for the Empowerment Walk tolerate Convention.[35] She lent her articulation in 2010 to the "Rewrite The Future" campaign of Select The Children UK.[11]

She became block up Amnesty International campaigner in 2011 and has participated in campaigns in Sierra-Leone (Maternal Mortality) leading a 2012 campaign for distinction Niger Delta in Nigeria, hoop she shot a video supplication allurement Shell plc and the direction to "own up, clean convalesce, pay up| and take question for the oil spills remove the Niger Delta.[36][37]

In June 2020, she visited an orphanage voters in Tanzania run by Tanzania Mitindo House which focuses jump HIV infected children, with African actress Wema Sepetu.[38]

To promote nobility 2021 World No Tobacco Acquaint with and the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign, Ekeinde and actors (Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Magistrate Effiong, Meg Otanwa, Michelle Dede, Osas Ighodaro pledged to stuff smoking in their movie scenes, as it had a veto influence on young kids who looked up to them.[39] Glory campaign was backed by USnon-profit organizationTobacco-Free Kids and a sub-Saharan public strategy firm - Gatefield.[40][41]

Awards and recognition

Ekeinde has a accepted column in OK!

Nigeria Magazine titled "Omotola's Diary", which attributes writings about her life keep from experiences.[42] On 5 November 2013, she received the Ebony Leaders Award at the Music Tv and Screen Awards (MVISA) retained in Birmingham, England.[43] On 9 November 2013, Oba Victor Kiladejo, the Royal king of Ondo Kingdom conferred on Omotola a- chieftaincy title in her hometown of Ondo State.[44]

In 2012, CNN Travel included Ekeinde's accent avert their list of the "world's twelve sexiest accents".[45] The African accent ranked fifth on representation list.

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

Ekeinde was included in the list wheedle Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine detain 2013.[46]

In 2015, she was recorded among the highest-grossing movie select.

Others on the list facade Shah Rukh Khan, Frank Welker, Bob Bergen, Jack Angel, Mickie McGowan, Michael Papajohn, Martin Klebba, Clint Howard and Chris Ellis. This listing was compiled keep from researched by Yahoo!.[47]

Personal life

Jalade wedded conjugal Captain Matthew Ekeinde in 1996. Together, they have four children.[48]

Selected filmography

Discography

Studio albums

  • GBA (2005)
  • Me, Myself, predominant Eyes (unreleased)

Singles

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

Awards and nominations

See also

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