Iyabo Ojo: The Multitalented Entertainer

 

Iyabo-Ojo, a Nigerian multitalented Nollywood actress had kept the news buzzing and social media platforms busy with her revealing roles in the Real Housewives Of Lagos, a Nigerian Entertaining Movie series.

Iyabo Ojo is a TikTok sensation,  brand influencer, serial entrepreneur, among other endeavours.

When Showmax announced her as one of the cast members of The Real Housewives Of Lagos, several reactions positioned her as one to watch on the show and she hasn’t let her fans down since the series started to air.

Yes, she had told her fans what they should expect from the show in a recent interview and she had being at her best.

She had started trending on several social media platforms following her performance on the show that she even had to tell fans that “she isn’t as troublesome as they think"…lol. Iyabo-Ojo has proven to be the icing on the cake for the series.

No doubt, Real Housewives Of Lagos has really exposed the real Iyabo Ojo.

Priscilla Ojo, her daughter, was also recently in the news after she acquired a new Mercedes Benz.

The excited 21-year-old took to her Instagram page on Sunday to announce that she had acquired a “new whip”.

The announcement was accompanied by photos of herself and the new car.

Priscilla wrote, “Meet my new whip.”

Iyabo-Ojo, The Actress

Iyabo Ojo was born as Alice Iyabo Ogunro on 21 December 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria, although her father was from Abeokuta, Ogun State. She was the youngest of three children, having two older bbrothers. She went to school in Lagos at National College, Gbagbada, before proceeding to study Estate Management at Lagos State Polytechnic.

 

Background

Iyabo Ojo married a Lagos-based movie marketer in 1999, when she was 21, Iyabo took a break from pursuing her career. She gave birth to a son and then a daughter (born in 1999 and 2001 respectively), namely Felix Ojo and Priscilla Ajoke Ojo, but is now divorced from their father. She has attributed the breakup of her first marriage to marrying too young. She has also spoken of her intention to stop using her former husband's surname, Ojo.

 

Career

Having been involved in a drama group at secondary school, Iyabo Ojo commenced her acting career in 1998. She registered with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) through the help of Bimbo Akintola.

Ojo has scripted and featured in several Nigerian films. Her first role was in 1998's Satanic, an English-language film. In 2002, she made her Yoruba language debut with Baba Darijinwon. In January 2015, her film Silence, which features Joseph Benjamin, Alex Usifo, Fathia Balogun and Doris Simeon premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja, in Lagos.

In 2004, Ojo started producing her own films. Her first production was Bolutife, after which she made Bofeboko, Ololufe, Esan and Okunkun Biribiri. She also divorced her husband before her fame started.