{"id":3903,"date":"2020-08-18T22:37:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2022-04-26T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T16:06:48","slug":"funke-fakindele-biography-early-life-career-awards-networth","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/funke-fakindele-biography-early-life-career-awards-networth\/","title":{"rendered":"Funke Akindele Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Funke Akindele Biography<\/h2>\n<p>The Nigerian Actress and film producer named Akindele-Bello Olufunke Ayotunde, been popularly tagged as \u2018<strong>Jenifa<\/strong>\u2019 in Nigerian homes prompted her active role in the episodic play &#8216;Jenifa&#8217;s Diary&#8217; which she pioneered, she was born on the 24th of August 1976 in Ikorodu, Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Her presence was generally acknowledged when she was featured in the sitcom; I NEED TO KNOW which existed in the year 1998-2002, sponsored by the United Nations Population funds (UNFPA), since then she\u2019s been an all-time award winner.<\/p>\n<h2>Early life &amp; Education<\/h2>\n<p>Akindele was born and nurtured in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She has a sister and as well a brother which makes them three children to her parents. Her mother happens to be a medical doctor and her father a retired school principal.<br \/>\nShe obtained an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Obtained a degree at the University of Lagos where she studied Law<\/p>\n<h2>Career<\/h2>\n<p>In the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) sponsored sitcom; I Need to Know, Funke Akindele was cast as Bisi (a curious and highly intelligent secondary school student).<br \/>\nHer movie titled Jenifa, was another huge breakthrough for Her as she released it in the year 2009<br \/>\nShe won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She also plays the lead character in the hit TV show Jenifa&#8217;s Diary, alongside Fisayo Ajisola, Falz, Lolo, and more. The show is a spin-off from the movie titled Jenifa, she currently has over a 100 movies to her credit as an actress, writer, and producer, she\u2019s been endorsed as an ambassador to the IrokoTv<br \/>\nShe runs a non-governmental organization known as THE JENIFA FOUNDATION, whose aims and objectives involve nurturing talents and acquiring vocational skills.<\/p>\n<h2>Personal Life<\/h2>\n<p>She got married to Adeola Kehinde Oloyede on the 26th of May 2012, divorced in July 2013 a year and two months after the wedding, she then got married a Nigerian rapper Abdul Rasheed Bello (JJC Skillz) in May 2016 in London<\/p>\n<h2>Movies<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 My siblings and I<br \/>\n\u2022 Jenifa<br \/>\n\u2022 Jenifa&#8217;s Diary<br \/>\n\u2022 Your Excellency<br \/>\n\u2022 Maami<br \/>\n\u2022 Industreet<br \/>\n\u2022 A Trip to Jamaica<br \/>\n\u2022 Return of Jenifa<br \/>\n\u2022 Isoken<br \/>\n\u2022 Moms at War<br \/>\n\u2022 Chief Daddy<br \/>\n\u2022 Omo Ghetto<br \/>\n\u2022 Married but Living Single<br \/>\n\u2022 Apaadi<br \/>\n\u2022 Emi Abata<br \/>\n\u2022 Love Wahala<br \/>\n\u2022 Ladies Gang<br \/>\n\u2022 Anointed Liars<br \/>\n\u2022 Bolode O&#8217;ku<br \/>\n\u2022 Farayola<br \/>\n\u2022 Ija Ola<br \/>\n\u2022 Aje Metta<br \/>\n\u2022 Apoti Orogun<br \/>\n\u2022 Atanpako Meta<br \/>\n\u2022 Kakaki &#8216;leku<br \/>\n\u2022 Omo Pupa<br \/>\n\u2022 Taiwo Taiwo<br \/>\n\u2022 Akandun<br \/>\n\u2022 Baye se Nlo<br \/>\n\u2022 Edunjobi<br \/>\n\u2022 Egun<br \/>\n\u2022 Maku<br \/>\n\u2022 Oba Irawo<br \/>\n\u2022 Okun Ife Yi<br \/>\n\u2022 Agbefo<br \/>\n\u2022 K\u00f2s\u00e9fow\u00f3r\u00e0<br \/>\n\u2022 Odun Baku<br \/>\n\u2022 Oreke Mulero<br \/>\n\u2022 Osuwon Eda<\/p>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Nollywood Movie Award for Best Lead Actress in an Indigenous Language<br \/>\n\u2022 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role<br \/>\n\u2022 Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Actress<\/p>\n<h2>Networth<\/h2>\n<p>Funke Akindele is worth $3.5 million, she\u2019s an ambassador to IrokoTv and there are some other endorsement deals to her name.<\/p>\n<h2>Social media handles<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Instagram<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/Instagram.com\/funkejenifaakindele\" rel=\"nofollow\">@funkejenifaakindele<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Twitter<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/Twitter.com\/funkeakindele\" rel=\"nofollow\">@funkeakindele<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[822,877,872],"class_list":["post-3903","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-acting","biography_category-entrepreneur","biography_category-influencing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Funke Akindele (Early Life, Career, Award, Net Worth) | Naijabiography Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Akindele-Bello Olufunke Ayotunde, has been popularly tagged as&#039; 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