Faithia Balogun
(born February 5, 1969) is a Nigerian actress,
film-maker, producer and director.
She was born in Ikeja
in February 1969. Her ancestry is from Okpara, Delta State. She attended Maryland Primary
School and Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos state, where she
obtained the West African School Certificate before she proceeded to Kwara
State Polytechnic where she received a diploma certificate.
She has starred, produced and directed several
Nigerian films over the years. In 2008, she won the Africa
movie Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Actress Indigenous and
her movie Iranse Aje won the best indigenous film of the year. In April
2014, she won the Africa Movie
Academy Award, having emerged as best actress of the year along with
Odunlade Adekola
who emerged as best actor of the year. Faithia Balogun also won the Best
Indigenous Language: Yoruba award for the work done in the film Iya Alalake at
the 2015 Africa-Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards AMVCA.
She was formerly married to the veteran nollywood
actor, Saheed Balogun
Filmography:
IG:
@officialfaithiabalogun
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