Before
now, Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele was number 1 and most featured
face marketers go for before agreeing on marketing a film for a
producer. Funke does not really need to play a lead role, as long as her
face is visible on the jacket of the flick, ultimately the movie will
go places. She has carved that niche for herself and displaced many of
her contemporaries.
She
became highest paid actress when she produced her multiple award
winning movie titled, Jenifa which as today earned her fame and wealth.
Shortly after the movie was released, Funke became a brand to reckon
with not only in the movie industry but in all walks of life.
She became a brand ambassador to several multinational companies in
Nigeria including Vitafoam, Unilever, Jobberman.com, Qlichy.com, Lagos
Inland Revenue service and many more. Don’t let us forget in a haste
that Akindele served as one of the longest artiste to be endorsed by
telecommunication giant, Globacom as the brand ambassador.
After
a while, the screen goddess geared up her game as she moved to
Asaba/Enugu to be featuring in English speaking movie. Subsequently, the
price of Funke Akindele to take part in one production kept rising day
by day and subsequently became unaffordable. And for this reason, the
producers choose another actress to replace her.
Having
got this, City People went into further investigation on why her face
is no longer regular and the amount she charges to feature in Yoruba
movies, we gathered that the Omo Ghetto star, does not collect less than
400,000 naira no matter who is demanding for her services.
And
for the fact that they couldn’t afford her bill due to the piracy
seriously battling the industry, the producers stopped featuring her
until recently, when she featured in a movie called Eliza produced by
one of the daughters of late Chief Mrs Adunni Bankole, and Funke was
reported to have made up her mind to return to Yoruba movies.
But
before then, she played a lead role alongside Femi Adebayo in a yet to
be released movie titled ‘’Iyawo Mi’’ (My Wife) produced by her friend,
Bimbo Success. In case you don’t know, Akindele Olufunke popularly known
as Jenifa was born in august 24, 1976 in Ikorodu, Lagos state. She is a
Nigerian actress.
In
2009 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a
leading role. Akindele worked in television before switching to cinema,
becoming known for her starring role in the family-oriented Nigerian
television show named ‘I Need to Know’’. Akindele’s qualification
includes OND in Mass Communication from Ogun State Polytechnic and a law
degree from the University of Lagos.
In 2015, Funke Akindele starred in Tchidi Chikere’s ‘’Compound Fool’’.
The movie also stars other A-list Nollywod actors and actresses like Yul
Edochie, Kenneth Okonkwo, Queen Nwokoye, Moyo Lawal, Zubby Micheals and
a host of others.
Funke
Akindele in one of her previous interviews disclosed that studying law
at the university was to please her father, who wanted her to be a
lawyer. The talented act said she has always had passion for
entertainment.
She
stated that even though she does not have the intention to practice
what she studied in school, but she enjoys it, adding that law is
interesting and beautiful, which she reflects in her stories in movies.
Akindele, who started her acting career in the English speaking sector
of the Nigerian film industry, which many regard as the core Nollywood,
stated that she did not get the needed fame from the area and got
frustrated.
According
to her, she left for the Yoruba speaking aspect of Nollywood because
she felt that there was no place for her in the core Nollywood.
The
actress got a big break in the movie industry after she released her
self-produced flick,’Jenifa’, and is now back in the English speaking
area of the film industry in Nigeria
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