Nigerian actress, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi (FAR), is 41 today, November 24, 2015.
To celebrate her, we take a look at 12 things we have since learned about her.
- Funlola is a graduate of the University of Lagos in Nigeria, with a degree in Sociology.
- She has featured in movies like Violated, Keeping Faith and The Figurine, and TV shows including Tinsel, Doctors Quarters, Solitaire and Palace.
- FAR has also acted on stage, performing in plays such as Sing That Old Song for Me and The Mansion written by Rasheed Gbadamosi.
- Funlola took a Theatre Arts course at Westminster College, London.
- She also took a TV acting course at the prestigious Actors Studio, Buckinghamshire also in London.
- She was nominated for a THEMA (The Movie Awards) as Best Upcoming Actress in 1996 for her role in Amaka Igwe’s Violated.
- She was also nominated for an Africa Movie Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actress for Kunle Afolayan’s The Figurine.
- In 2007, she emerged the winner of dance reality show called Celebrity Takes 2 beating out nine other contestants.
- FAR is also the owner of www.iamfar.com, an entertainment blog where she airs her thoughts and opinions on issues about the entertainment industry.
- She produced and presented radio show called Touch of Spice for 14 years having started in August 1999.
- Funlola sat in for Funmi Iyanda on the TV talk show, New Dawn, while the latter was on maternity leave in 2001.
- She is wife of advertising guru, Olayinka Raimi, and a doting mother of a son.
Bonus: Her middle name is Abibat.
