Iretiola Doyle (born Iretiola
Olusola Ayinke) is a Nigerian actress.
Iretiola was born on the 3rd of
May 1967 in Ondo State but spent her early years with her
family in Boston,
United States.
After returning to Nigeria, she attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti and graduated
from the University of Jos with a degree in Theatre Arts.
In a career that has spanned two
decades in the Nigerian entertainment industry, her credits cut across stage,
television and film and print. An accomplished writer, actor, producer and presenter;
Iretiola Doyle was born on the 3rd of May in Lagos Nigeria and in the course of
her life has lived in New York, Boston, Jos and Lagos. She also produced and
presented her own fashion and lifestyle how titled Oge With Iretiola for ten
years and at different times anchored several A-list television shows, like
Morning Ride, Today On STV and Nimasa This Week on Channels TV. She is a writer
and has several screen plays to her credits Amaka Igwe's Tempest (Season 1)
being one of them. Iretiola Doyle is an avid social commentator who at
different times penned the popular columns; Shooting Breeze in City People, and
In The Chat Room in the Gliteratti pull-out of this This Day Newspaper and
Tiola's Take in the Saturday Vanguard. She has been nominated once in the Best
Actress category at the Reel Awards in 1998 for her role in the movie All About
Ere and twice in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category at the AMAA
Awards in 2007 and 2009 for her roles in Sitanda and Across The Niger
respectively and was declared Best Actress in a lead role at the GIAMA Awards
in Houston Texas in 2013, and Best Actress in a lead role at the 2014 Nollywood
Movie Awards for her portrayal of Ovo, in the psychological thriller Torn.
This performance also earned her
an African Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Nomination for Best Supporting Actress
in 2015. Most recently she has been nominated at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy
Awards in the Best Actress In A Leading Role category for her portrayal of Dr.
Elizabeth in Ebony Life Films’ blockbuster 2015 hit; FIFTY. Iretiola Doyle's
acting CV also includes the critical darling The Arbitration and The Wedding
Party, which is the highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinema history
(as of February 2017). Both films screened at the 2016 Toronto International
Film Festival as part of the city to city spotlight. Others include Dinner and
Madam President. On television she has created memorable characters on hit
shows like Fuji House Of Commotion, Dowry, and Gidi Up. Iretiola currently
stars as the enigmatic Sheila Ade-Williams in the MNET television series
Tinsel. Iretiola Doyle will be reprising her role as Dr. Elizabeth in the
upcoming Fifty TV series. Her most recent stage credits include The Vagina
Monologues, Olorounbi The Musical and
Hear Word and The Wives. Described as an 'actor's actor' by her peers, she is
known for pitch perfect performances.
She is married to Patrick Doyle
and has six children
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