Iya Rainbow set for ‘The Saint’

Having been off the screen for quite some time now, popular actress Idowu Phillips, popularly called Iya Rainbow, is set to return to the screen with a new movie titled ‘The Saint’. This is also coming after she recently celebrated her 75th birthday.

With fans asking what she has been up to of late, the actress responded, revealing that she is currently working with one of her children, Femi Phillips.

The new project is a deviation from the norm – an English language movie, which will see the actress in a new line. The movie, as revealed by the actress, is expected to be out soon.

The project includes a detailed Documentary and a glimpse of the making of the movie, as Iya Rainbow assured fans that they are in for a treat once the movie is released.

She also hinted that it is an epic movie everyone needs to look out for.

Iya Rainbow is a Nigerian veteran actress and wife of the late Nigerian playwright Hubert Ogunde.

According to her journey profile into the make believe world, her stage name “Iya Rainbow” stems from “Osumare” (meaning “rainbow”), the name of the theatre group of her late husband, Sir Hubert Ogunde, who died in 1990.

She worked as a certified nurse in General Hospital in Nigeria for several years, and occasionally acted in theatre, but eventually ventured into full-time acting after the death of her husband.

source: Thenation