Английская Википедия:Adesua Etomi

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Tolulope Adesua Etomi-WellingtonШаблон:Pronunciation (born 22 February 1988),Шаблон:Refn professionally known as Adesua Etomi Шаблон:Pronunciation is a Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. In 2014, she starred in her first feature film Knocking On Heaven's Door. She won the Best Actress in a Drama award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the 2015 romantic drama film Falling.

Early life and education

Tolulope Adesua Etomi was born in Owerri, Imo State, several major sources claims her birthdate is 22 February 1988. However, in an interview published in January 2016, Etomi told Pulse Nigeria she was 29 years old. Furthermore, Answers Africa published an article in March 2016 stating that she was 30 years old. Her father is a soldier of Esan descent and her mother is an engineer of Yoruba descent. She is the youngest of three siblings. Etomi attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, where she joined the drama club at the age of seven. Thereafter, she attended Queen's College, Lagos before moving to the United Kingdom at the age of 13. Etomi later obtained a diploma in "physical theatre, musical theatre, and performing arts" from City College Coventry in 2004. After completing these courses in 2006 with triple distinctions, she studied drama and performance at the University of Wolverhampton, graduating with first-class honours.

Career

Etomi's film credits include The Arbitration, The Wedding Party, and Falling. Her performance in Falling earned her the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Other notable films she has appeared in include A Soldier's Story (2015), Out of Luck (20,15), and Couple of Days (2016). Etomi played Shiela in the fourth and fifth seasons of Shuga, a television soap opera about HIV/AIDS prevention. Etomi began starring as Amaka Obiora, an undercover police officer, in Yemisi Wada's crime series LasGidi Cops, which debuted in June 2016 on television. She was also featured on Vogue's list of 14 global superstars. In February 2022, she released her first single titled ‘So Natural’. In October 2023, she launched her beauty brand Sanaa Beauty which was founded with Jemima Osunde.

Personal life

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Adesua Etomi and husband Banky W. at AMVCA 2020

Etomi got engaged to Banky W in February 2017. The couple held their traditional marriage on 19 November, court wedding on 20 November and white wedding on 25 November 2017; the latter ceremony was held in Cape Town, South Africa. In early January 2021, Adesua and Banky W had a son named Hazaiah Wellington.

On 5 April 2021, Adesua and Banky W shared the story of their marriage and their struggles with conception and child hearing titled 'Final Say Faith'. This story was shared in the Waterbrook church.

Adesua was credited for saving the daughter of Nollywood actress Iretiola Doyle from bullies.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Call	Tara	Short film
2014	Brave	Layo	Short film
	Knocking On Heaven's Door	Debbie
2015	Falling	Muna
	A Soldier's Story	Lebari
	Out of Luck	Bisola
2016	Couple of Days	Nina
	The Arbitration	Dara Olujobi
	Something Wicked
	The Wedding Party	Dunni Coker
	Ayamma: Music In The Desert	Ayamma/Iko/Ihuoma
2017	10 Days In Sun City	Bianca
	The Wedding Party 2	Dunni Onwuka
2018	Date Night
	King of Boys	Adekemi Salami
	Memoirs of 4
	Up North	Zainab
2019	Muna	Muna
	Malika: Warrior Queen	Malika
	Sugar Rush	Susie
	The Set Up	Chike
2022	The Set Up 2	Chike
	The Perfect Arrangement
2023	Gangs of Lagos	Gift

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Smooth Promotions	Reporter/Presenter	TV Station
2014	Gidi Up (season 2)	Sharon	Series
2015	Las Gidi Cops	Amaka Obiora	Series
	Shuga (season 4)	Sheila	Series
2017	Shuga: Down South	Sheila	Series

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company
2004	The Crucible	John Proctor	City College Production
2005	Miss Saigon	John Thomas	City College Production
2006	Jesus Christ Superstar	Judas	City College Production
2008	Fractal	The Oppressed	Arena Theatre
2009	The Grimm Tales	Dwarf/Witch	Arena Theatre
	Not My Cup Of Tea	Immigrant	Arena Theatre
2012	The Miller's Tale	Alice	Saga Tiata - Edinburge Fringe Festival
2013	Anatomy Of A Woman	Bolatito	Lagos Theater Festival
	Shattered	Loveth	Paw Studios
	Crystal Slippers	Sewa	Thespian Family Theater
	London Life Lagos Living	Sue	Paw Studios
	Saro	Rume	Bap Productions
	Secret Life Of Baba Segi's Wives	Segi	Joos and Joms Productions
2014	Band Aid
	Make We Waka	Chantelle	Look Left Look Right
	Saro	Rume	Bap Productions

Voice over

Year	Role	Company
2013	Taste Bud	Fanta
2014	Fan	Solo Phones

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
2009	Foresight Theater Awards	Best Performance in a devised Piece of work	Herself	Шаблон:Won
2014	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Most Promising Actress	Knocking on Heaven's Door	Шаблон:Nom
	Nollywood Reinvented Awards	Best New Actress	Herself	Шаблон:Won
2015	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Actress in a Lead Role	Falling	Шаблон:Nom
		Discovery of the Year	Herself	Шаблон:Won
	City People Entertainment Awards	Best New Actress		Шаблон:Nom
	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Best Actress	Falling	Шаблон:Nom
		Best On-screen duo		Шаблон:Nom
		Female Viewer's Choice	Herself	Шаблон:Nom
	ELOY Awards	Actress of the Year - Big screen	Falling	Шаблон:Won
		Actress of the Year - Television	Gidi Up	Шаблон:Nom
2016	Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Actress in a Drama (Movie/TV series)	Falling	Шаблон:Won
	12th Africa Movie Academy Awards	Best Actress in Leading role		Шаблон:Nom
	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Actress		Шаблон:Nom
	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Actress in Leading Role		Шаблон:Nominated
	ELOY awards	Actress of the year - Big Screen	The Arbitration	Шаблон:Nominated
2017	Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Actress Drama/TV Series		Шаблон:Nominated
	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Lead Actress In A Film	Ayamma	Шаблон:Nominated
2020	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actress in a Lead role –English	Sugar Rush	Шаблон:Nom

See also

• List of Nigerian actresses

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name