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Actor
Funke Akindele
Famoose for
Creating Jenifa and building a major Nigerian screen-production career.
Jenifa · Jenifa’s Diary
- Born
- 24 August 1977
- Birthplace
- Ikorodu, Nigeria
More people
Funke Akindele
Funke Akindele is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker and producer known for popular comedy and ensemble films.
Early life
Education
Studied mass communication and law.
Television
Began developing a screen career in Nigeria.
Career
- Late 1990s
I Need to Know
Gained television recognition.
- 2008 onward
Jenifa
Expanded a successful film character into a series.
- 2020s
Film production
Produced and starred in major cinema releases.
Selected work
Jenifa
Established her signature comic character.
Jenifa’s Diary
Extended the character’s world on television.
A Tribe Called Judah
Led and co-directed the family crime comedy.
Beyond work
Politics
Ran for deputy governor of Lagos State in 2023.
Production
Has developed work for both cinema and television.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Ameyaw Debrah. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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