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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (born February 7, 1978) is an actress, singer, and philanthropist from Lagos, Nigeria.


LIFE & CAREER
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde MFR aka OmoT, popularly called Omosexy is a multiple award winning Nigerian actress, Singer, United Nations World Food Programme [NWFP] Ambassador, Amnesty International Activist, founder of Omotola Youth Empowerment Programme (OYEP) and Director. Cited by the UK Telegraph as the Queen of Nollywood, the Screen Nation Best Actress and Beffta Film Icon is one of the most Intriguing women to ever grace the African screen.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Omotola started her career at the tender age of 15 as a model. In 1995 she made her screen debut with a lead role in the movie Venom of Justice at the age of 17. Her performance that same year, as the lead character in the popular Mortal Inheritance got her the awards for the Best Actress in an English-speaking role and Best Actress Overall at the prestigious Thema Awards 1996/97. Omotola is the youngest actress to have won such awards at the age of 18.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, the young starlet starred in several sequel films including Lost Kingdom 2, Kosorugun 2, and Blood Sister 2, earning her a Grand Achiever Award at the Global Excellence Recognition Awards in 2004. By the mid-2000s, Omotola had catapulted into A-list status. Omotola has gone on to win virtually all awards in her home country and Africa.

FAMILY
Omotola married Capt. Matthew Ekeinde, an Airline pilot in 1996. Together the two have four children, Princess, M.J. (also known as CaptainE and Africa's youngest music producer), Meraiah, and Michael.

FILM
Omotola has shot over 300 movies. She was awarded ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role' during the African Movie Academy Awards in 2005 for her role in ‘Games Women Play'.

After shooting more than 300 straight to video movies, Omotola received her first cinema movie role in the 2010 film, Ije. The film was shot on locations in Los Angeles, California and Jos, Nigeria, which at the time of opening became the highest grossing movie in Nigerian cinemas. In 2012, Omotola broke that record with Last Flight to Abuja. The film beat out Hollywood blockbusters like Spiderman, Think Like a Man, Ice Age, The Avengers and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, becoming the second highest grossing movie in West African cinemas in 2012.

Omotola has been in several other cinematic productions including Ties That Bind, starring alongside American actress and NAACP Image Award Winner, Kimberly Elise. Due to her tremendous success, Omotola has been crowned as ‘Africa's biggest box office queen.'

Source:
www.omotola.tv/about/
www.imdb.com/name/nm2122395/
http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/omotola-jalade-ekeinde/