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Adding to her ever-growing list of prestigious awards, renowned Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has won NET Honours 2022 Most Popular Actress, a month after winning African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in the movie Omo Ghetto: The Sega.
Funke Akindele beat Nollywood superstar Nancy Isime, Iyabo Ojo, Busola Ayeola, and Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett to win the award for the third time in a row.
Funke Akindele started her acting career in 1998 when she starred in the sitcom I Need To Know. However, her fame came 10 years later for her role in the 2008 comedy-drama Jenifa. In 2015, as a spinoff of the movie Jenifa, Funke launched the sitcom comedy-drama Jenifa’s Diary, where she played the lead role as a village girl who desperately wants to get out of her ratchet way of life and leaves her village and goes to the city of Lagos to get a proper education.
Using data for NET Honours, sourced from a comprehensive database of over eight million users who have engaged with Netng platform via the websites, social media accounts, and email newsletters, Funke enjoyed wide popularity among Nigerians in the last 12 months calendar period.
Born on August 24, 1977, Funke is one of the most successful female actresses in Nigeria with well over 40 movies, playing different roles, that have earned her over 21 prestigious awards and nominations, including Africa Viewers’ Choice Award 2022 Best Actress in A Comedy, NET Honours 2021 and 2022 Most Popular Actress. In a long list of her successful movies, Omo Ghetto: The Saga, a 2020 gangster comedy film where she starred as Leftty (Shalewa) & Ayomide, currently holds the record of the highest-grossing movie of all time in Nigeria with a box office ₦636.1 million.
NET Honours is an annual people’s choice award presented to deserving individuals in the Nigerian entertainment industry with verified data from Netng via the web and social media.
Speaking on the objectives of NET Honours, Femi Falodun, CEO of ID Africa, owners of Netng, Neusroom, 234Star, and Orin, said
“The platform[NET Honours] is a valuable source of insights for brands, organisations and governments that are trying to understand young Africans and their digital media consumption habits.”
See the complete list of winners here.
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Source: TheNet
