{"id":2948,"date":"2021-05-11T06:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2022-04-24T08:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T08:02:30","slug":"yomi-fabiyi-biography-early-life-early-career-awards","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/yomi-fabiyi-biography-early-life-early-career-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Yomi Fabiyi Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2939\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2939\" src=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-68-276x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Yomi Fabiyi Biography. \" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yomi Fabiyi Biography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Yomi Fabiyi Early Life<\/h2>\n<p>The renowned Yoruba actor Yomi Fabiyi was born on May 31st in Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Ogun State, Yomi is also a native of Ogun State.\u00a0<a title=\"Ogun State\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ogun_State\" rel=\"\">Ogun State<\/a>\u00a0is a State in the South Western part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Yoruba superstar Yomi attended Odunlade Primary School for his primary education.<\/p>\n<p>For his Secondary education, Yomi attended Igbobi College, Shomolu.<\/p>\n<h2>Early Career<\/h2>\n<p>Yomi Fabiyi joined the Yoruba movie industry in 2001. In plain words, Yomi started acting in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>As it were, the Yoruba movie star Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe introduced him to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>He landed his first movie role &#8216;Obelomo,&#8217; in 2001 but rose to prominence after the release of the Yoruba blockbuster movie, \u2018Ona Abayo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, he featured in the blockbuster movie. In fact, he did play a dual role in the movie.<\/p>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Since he rose to fame Yomi Fabiyi has been able to win many hearts, awards, recognitions, and nominations to himself.<\/p>\n<p>These among others include;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Best Actor in Leading Role (Yoruba) BON Awards 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Best Producer (City People Awards 2016)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Best Movie (YOMAFA 2016)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Best Producer (African Films Award, London 2016)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (African Films Award, London 2016)<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2938\" src=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-69-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Movies<\/h2>\n<p>The Yoruba renowned actor Yomi Fabiyi has featured in over 50 movies, and has worked with the likes of Toyin Abraham, Desmond Elliot, Saka, Kemi Afolabi, Ayo Mogaji, Hakeem Rahman, and others.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of his movies;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Ebi Iku<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Metomi<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Aje Metta<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Alakada Reloaded<\/p>\n<p>As a movie producer, Yomi has produced a lot of movies. In fact, his expertise in movie production won him the Best Producer at the 2016 City People awards and the African Films Award, London.<\/p>\n<h2>Yomi Fabiyi on Instagram<\/h2>\n<p>You may want to follow Yomi on Instagram @realyomifabiyi to stay connected to him and his craft.<\/p>\n<p>We are here! What else do you want to know about Yomi? 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