Omoni Oboli
Omoni Oboli didn’t just become a celebrity overnight. Many years back, the mother of 3 was a student of UNIBEN where she quietly nursed her dreams of showbiz.
Omoni Oboli, 39 is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, director, producer and a trained digital filmmaker at the New York Film Academy.
She is also a writer, with a number of screenplays to her credit, including Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady, and Wives on Strike.
In 2010, she won the award for Best Actress Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, and the award for Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival.[citation needed] Omoni was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
Oboli was born in Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria. She is a descendant of Mosogar in Delta State. Omoni Oboli studied Foreign Languages (majoring in French) at the University of Benin, and graduated with honours (2nd Class Upper division).
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