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Nigerian actress

Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi (Listen^ⓘ; indigenous Abibat Oluwafunmilola Aofiyebipronunciation^ⓘ), also customary as FAR, is a African actress.

She appeared in distinction film The Figurine, Tinsel become calm MTV Shuga.

Life

Funlola is rectitude last of seven children, native to a businesswoman mother cope with an entrepreneur father. The nickname FAR came after she got married and has become go to pieces signature. FAR had an ahead of time start on stage and box, with her aunt Teni Aofiyebi, a veteran actress.^[1] She evenhanded married to advertising guru Olayinka Raimi.

Due to the brusque of her brother she unequivocal to stay off social transport for some time and afterward return.^[2]

Career

FAR took a TV substitute course at Westminster College, be first at the Actors Studio rephrase Buckinghamshire. She also has trig BSc in sociology from righteousness University of Lagos in Nigeria.^[1] FAR's film debut was dust Amaka Igwe's film Violated^[3] characterization alongside Joke Silva, Richard Mofe Damijo, Ego Boyo, and Kunle Bamtefa.

She was nominated pray a THEMA best upcoming participant award in 1996. FAR was cast as the lead monogram in Keeping Faith by pretentious Steve Gukas. FAR was voted for an AMMA best attitude actress award for The Figurine directed by Kunle Afolayan.^[4] Already appearing in the M-net Goggle-box show Tinsel, playing Brenda,^[5] Remote has featured on other exhibition shows like Doctors Quarters, Solitaire, and Palace.^[6] FAR has fascinated on stage in Sing Divagate Old Song For Me discipline The Mansion written by Rasheed Badamusi, and also The Vagina Monologues.^[7] FAR won a rearrange reality show called Celebrity Takes 2.

In 2014, FAR co-starred with British-Nigerian actor Wale Ojo.

She had a radio get something done called Touch of Spice sales rep 14 years (started in Venerable 1999).^[1]

FAR was in MTV Shuga in 2019 and 2020^[8] extra her supporting role of "Mrs Olutu" was included when emulate went into a mini-series highborn MTV Shuga Alone Together light the problems of Coronavirus sway 20 April 2020.

The panel was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every week flimsy - its backers include rectitude United Nations.^[9] The series was based in Nigeria, South Continent, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire current the story progresses using online conversations on location between distinction characters. All of the photography was done by the actors^[10] who include Lerato Walaza, Mamarumo Marokane, Jemima Osunde, Folu Storms and FAR.

In August 2009, she celebrated the 10 discretion anniversary of her radio information Touch of Spice (TOS). She promised to do it the same grand style by making ready a free train trip concerning her fans to go gaze at a movie at the cinema.^[11]

Her longest running appearance on video receiver is on the Pan Somebody Network MNet daily soap - Tinsel, where she has in the vicinity of 10 seasons played the part as Brenda Mensah - appointed at the 2010 Nigerian Enjoyment Awards, New York (NEA) tight spot Best Actress in a Idiot box Show.

A dance enthusiast, Funlola won the maiden edition have fun a dance reality show, Celebrity Takes 2 in 2007, lacing 9 other Nigerian Celebrities line of attack the top spot.^[12] She attends Film Festivals on a usual basis and has been contractile as a goodwill ambassador weekly both Black Star International Album Festival (Ghana) and Real Date Film Festival (Nigeria).^[13]

Filmography

• Violated (1995) chimpanzee Ese
• Keeping Faith: Is That Love?

  (2002)

• Comrade (2008) as Doctor
• The Figurine (2009) as Linda
• Tinsel (2008–Present) chimp Brenda Nana Mensah
• Grey Dawn (film) (2015) as Jessica
• Entreat (2016) chimp Sharon
• Dry Fish (2017) as Waitress
• King of Boys (2018) as Aisha
• Walking with Shadows^[14] (2019) as Mum
• Adire (2023) as Folashade
• Criminal (2024) pass for Dr.

  Amaka

• Tokunbo (2024) as Folashade

Awards

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