Background
Funke Akindele, was born on August 24, 1976 in ikorodu, Lagos state, Nigeria.
Funke Akindele, was born on August 24, 1976 in ikorodu, Lagos state, Nigeria.
Funke Akindele obtained an Ordinary National Diploma (Ordinary National Diploma) in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and got a Law degree from the, Akoka, Yaba.
She came to limelight after featuring in popular United Nations Population Fund (United Nations Population Fund) sponsored sitcom. I NEED TO KNOW, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Funke Akindele also has a television hit show titled Jenifa.
She is the second of three children (two sisters and one bother).
Her mother is a medical doctor while her father is a retired school principal. Funke came to limelight after featuring in popular United Nations Population Fund (United Nations Population Fund) sponsored sitcom.
I NEED TO KNOW, which ran from 1998 to 2002. She played Bisi, a curious but highly intelligent secondary school student.
Funke Akindele"s big break came in 2009 from the movie titled JENIFA. Funke Akindele has over a 100 movies to her cr as actress, writer and producer.
Funke Akindele runs a non-governmental Organisation known as THE JENIFA FOUNDATION, whose aims and objectives involves nurturing talents and acquiring vocational skills. Funke Akindele has a lot of endorsement deals to her name, the most recently is her being signed as Ambassador to Iroko television On May 26, 2012 Funke got married to husband Mr.