Kehinde Olorunyomi

Kehinde Olorunyomi (born January 13, 1981) is a Nigerian actress and screenwriter, notable for her role in the defunct soap opera DOMINO, and award-winning screenplays.

Early life

Olorunyomi, (also known as Kehinde Olorunyomi-Odukoya) was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Olorunyomi has an identical twin sister; she and her three sisters grew up with her mother (Ebun Obadofin-Olorunyomi) in Nigeria. Because of her mother’s work as a journalist, Olorunyomi and her sisters moved from Lagos to Kano, Kaduna, Ilorin and back to Lagos in 1993.

Olorunyomi graduated from Lagos State University, Ojo Campus in 2008, Before then Olorunyomi was in the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba for one year in 2000, but left when the school closed after a student activism. In 2001, Olorunyomi received a diploma in screenwriting from the London Academy of Media, Film and TV. In 2011, she also got a certificate in Character Make-up from Cinema Makeup School in Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

Career

Acting

Olorunyomi started her acting career in 2001 with the television program Everyday people[1] She is remembered for her role in the defunct soap opera Domino,[2] where she played Stella Lord-Williams, the wife of the lead character, Oscar (played by Femi Branch).

In March 2017, Olorunyomi joined the cast of the widely acclaimed TV series, Tinsel, where she plays the character Tomiwa Ajayi.

Screenwriting

As a screen writer, Olorunyomi started her career in 2006 with the movie Mamush. She has written over 50 titles that have been produced into movies and series. Olorunyomi has written for Nigerian film makers and production companies like M-Net Africa’s AMOF (Africa Magic Original Films), Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, Ayo Adesanya, Bimbo Akintola, Charles Okafor, Ego Boyo, Ramsey Nuoah, and Mike Ezuruonye.

Olorunyomi is CEO of Nextlevel Cinema, a film production company she started in 2012. Nextlevel Cinema has produced five movies The Perfect Plan (2012),[3] Forever Within Us (2014),[4] One Moment in Time (2014),[5] The Novelist (2015), Tesho (2016). The Novelist was in the Nigerian Cinemas in 2016 and showed great potentials, it also has great reviews online.[6]

Olorunyomi won the Ghana Movie Awards (GMA) in 2012 for best original screenplay for the film titled In the Cupboard which was produced by Desmond Elliot. Recent films under Olorunyomi’s purview include Husbands of Lagos Season 1 (2014) for irokotv, Missing Steps (2016) written for Switzerland/Nigerian government produced by Charles Okafor,[7] Oge’s Sister produced by Uche Jombo,[8] Oju Anu Produced by Ayo Adesanyan, The Patient produced by M-Net Africa. In addition to Olorunyomi receiving the Best screenplay award in 2012, Finding Mercy one of her original screenplays received 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

Personal life

Olorunyomi is married to Adewunmi Odukoya who is chief operating officer/aggregator for Nextlevel Cinema, they have a son who was born in 2013.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Izuzu, Chidumga. "#ThrowbackThursday: Do you remember hit TV series "Everyday People?"".
  2. ↑ Olamide Jasanya (April 10, 2013). "Actress Kehinde Olorunyomi delivers first child in the US". thenet.ng. Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Trailer: Watch Joseph Benjamin, Kehinde Olorunyomi and Ini Edo make 'The Perfect Plan'". Thenet.ng. 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  4. ↑ Chidumga Izuzu (April 29, 2015). "Forever Within Us—Watch Blossom Chukwujekwu, Bayray Mcnwizu, Seun Akindele in trailer". pulse.bg. Pulse NG. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Adunni Amodeni. "Movie Review: One Moment In Time ▷ NAIJ.COM". Entertainment.naij.com. NG. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  6. ↑ "The Novelist Archives - Online Entertainment and Lifestyle Magazine in Nigeria". Happenings.com.ng. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  7. ↑ "‘It’s no paradise’: Switzerland funds Nigerian TV series to discourage migrants from coming".
  8. ↑ "Oge's Sister Archives". BellaNaija.com. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  9. ↑ "Actress Kehinde Olorunyomi delivers first child in the US". Thenet.ng. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
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