Omoni Oboli

Explore about the Famous Movie Actress Omoni Oboli, who was born in Nigeria on April 22, 1978. Analyze Omoni Oboli’s net worth, age, bio, birthday, dating, height-weight, wiki. Investigate who is Omoni Oboli dating now? Look into this article to know how old is Omoni Oboli?

Omoni Oboli Biography

Actress who has won acclaim for her performances in major Nigerian films like The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010) and Fifty (2015), the latter of which earned her an African Movie Academy Award nomination. She is also an accomplished director, having directed such films as Being Mrs Elliot (2014) and Okafor’s Law (2016).

She studied French at the University of Benin, where she graduated with honors. Her first movie, Bitter Encounter, was released in 1996.

She created the The Omoni Oboli Foundation to assist disadvantaged women and children.

She married Nnamdi Oboli and has children named Tobe, Chizi and Gozi.

She co-starred with Gbenga Akinnagbe in the 2014 crime thriller Render to Caesar.

Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady and Wives on Strike (2016). In 2018 she starred and directed the comedy film, Moms at War.

Omoni began her movie career with her first movie role in Bitter Encounter (1996), where she played a secretary. Her next was Shame. She then went on to play the lead female character in three major movies; Not My Will, Destined To Die and Another Campus Tale. After enjoying a brief career in 1996, Omoni left the movie industry to complete her university education. She married immediately after school and did not return to the industry until a decade later.

Omoni has played lead roles in mainstream films, including: The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Being Mrs Elliot, and Fifty (2015). She is also the first actress from Nollywood to win Best Actress in two international festivals, (that are not organized by Nigerians or Africans), in the same year (2010). This she did at the Harlem International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Movie Awards for her lead role in the movie Anchor Baby.

In 2010, she won the award for Best Actress Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the award for Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival. Omoni was nominated for the Best Actress in a leading role award at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards.

In 2014, she won Big Screen Actress of the Year award, at the 2014 ELOY Awards, for her movie Being Mrs Elliott. In 2015, Omoni was awarded the Sun Nollywood “Personality of the Year”, She has directed several movies such as Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady, Wives on Strike, and Okafor’s Law.

Omoni Oboli starred in the movie Okafor’s Law, which premiered on 24 March 2017. However, the movie could not be screened at the premiere due to an injunction by the court. Oboli was accused of copyright infringement by Jude Idada, who claimed to have written part of the script for Okafor’s Law. The movie was released on 31 March 2017.

On 14 August 2017, Omoni Oboli took to her instagram page to share a post announcing her new deal as the Brand ambassador of Olawale Ayilara’s LandWey Investment Limited.

Omoni has several screenplays to her credit, including her film Wives On Strike as well as The Rivals, a movie she co-produced with her friend and won the prize for Best International Drama at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. It was the first Nigerian film to be premiered since the festival’s inception in 2003. The movie was given a 3-star rating out of 4 by the festival’s judges.

What's Omoni Oboli Net Worth 2024

Omoni Oboli Family