How Well Do You Know Your Celebrities??? Today’s Celeb Is Funke Akindele

Every Friday, I’m going to be given my esteem readers, an autobiography of a 9ja celebrity picked by my humble self :)

Today’s celebrity is Nollywood comic actress, Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele.

Funke Akindele the nollywood Diva who recently celebrated her birthday on Friday August 24, 2012, was born in ikorodu, Lagos state, Nigeria, and she had her first taste of education in Calabar where her biological father resides.

Funke Akindele Education OND in Mass Communication from Ogun State Polytechnic and a degree in Law from the University of Lagos funke akindele

Funke Akindele worked in television before switching to cinema, becoming known for her starring role in the family-oriented Nigerian television show I Need to Know.

Akindele’s qualifications include an OND in Mass Communication from the Ogun State Polytechnic and a law degree from the University of Lagos.

funke akindele movies- Funke akindele Biography
Jenifa is a 2008 Nigerian Yoruba comedy-drama film starring Funke Akindele. The film received 4 nominations at the African Movie

Academy Awards in 2008. Funke Akindele, the main protagonist of the film, won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in Leading Role for her role as Jenifa.

Funke Akindele Biography

Full Name: Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde

Stage Name: Funke Akindele

Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria

Parents: –
Date of Birth: August 24, 1976

Marriage Status:Divorced after the long public spat with Alhaji Kehinde Almaroo.