Hello WORriors! Our Woman Crush for this week’s edition of #WomanCrushWednesday is Funke Akindele Bello.
Funke Akindele, popularly known as ‘Jenifa’, is an actress, writer, producer, and director. She was born on August 24, 1976 in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She has an Ordinary National Diploma in Mass Communication from Moshhod Abiola Polytechnic and a Law Degree from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba.
She started her acting career in 1998 when she featured in the then popular United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) sponsored sitcom; I Need To Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002. She played Bisi, a curious but highly intelligent secondary school student. Her major big break in Nollywood came in 2009 from the movie titled ‘Jenifa’, which she wrote and produced by herself. She has over a 100 movies to her credit as actress, writer and producer.
She runs a non-governmental organisation known as THE JENIFA FOUNDATION, whose aims and objectives involves nurturing talents and acquiring vocational skills.
She has been nominated and won lots of awards. Some of her awards includes, AMAA (2009) -Best Actress Leading Role, NEA Awards (2009) -Best Actress, 2012 NEA Awards -Best Actress, 2014 AMVCA Awards -Best Actress (Comedy), ELOY Awards -Brand Ambassador of the Year, 2016 Naija Fm Awards -Best Actress In Comedy, 2017 AMVCA Awards -Best Actress In A Comedy Series, Best Comedy Series (Jenifa’s Diary), among others.
Funke Akindele has a lot of endorsement deals to her name, the most recently is her being signed as Ambassador to Iroko TV. She is married to Nigerian Rapper Abdulrasheed ‘JJCSkillz’ Bello.
Women Of Rubies celebrates you, Funke Akindele Bello!