Funke biography

Funke Akindele's acting career

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The young move vibrant Funke Akindele strike gold when she marked in relation breakthrough comedy-drama, "Jenifer, "-where she played the shepherd of a local wench attempting think a lot of put point up a manufacture appearance bear out being calved with a silver containerful. The comical drama established accolades care for highlighting interpretation societal issues with unfactual living.

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That's Cornelia

It is not an easy thing to describe oneself. I think my friends and even my readers would be much better at that. But ....as you probably came to this website to know more about me or my books, I will try:

I was born on the 10th of December, 1958 in a small town in Germany, in Westfalia to be exact, between cow meadows, old mines, factory chimneys on the horizon and ...quite a few water castles. My parents called me Cornelia Maria and I was the oldest of their four children. The youngest, Insa, is the Captain of this website.

I wanted to be an astronaut since I watched the first moonlanding – and after I had watched many many episodes of StarTrek. I believe that maybe I became a storyteller because every evening I had to invent new StarTrek episodes for my brother as streaming and downloads had not yet been invented. No, DVDs neither. And I think my 14 years younger sister Insa is to be blamed for the fact that I always loved the company of children and it was therefore no surprise that I became a children’s book writer.

But first I was a social worker and all the wild children I met taught me what kinds of books I should write: books for those who like me loved to read, but also for those, who usually don’t. It still makes me very happy, that

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Funke Akindele

Nigerian actress and producer (born 1977)

Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele (born August 24, 1977)^[2][3] popularly known as Funke Akindele or Jenifa,^[4] is a Nigerian filmmaker, actress,^[5] director, producer, politician and realtor.^[6][7][8] Akindele starred in the sitcomI Need to Know from 1998 to 2002^[9] and in 2009, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role,^[10] for her role in Jenifa,^[11] which brought her to fame. Akindele reprised the role in 2011 sequel The Return of Jenifa and 2015 soft reboot television series titled Jenifa's Diary,^[12] for which she was named the Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2016 and 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.^[13] Akindele won the same award in 2020 and 2022, making it her fifth win for the Best Actress in a Comedy category. Akindele is the most nominated actress/filmmaker at the AMVCA and holds the record for most wins for an actress with six.^[14] She is the second director to gross over a billion naira at box office and is currently the Highest-Grossing Director in Nigerian Box Office with a total gross of over ₦4.3 billion.^[15]

In 2022,