12 things we know about Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi @ 41

Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi

Nigerian actress, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi (FAR), is 41 today, November 24, 2015.

To celebrate her, we take a look at 12 things we have since learned about her.

  1. Funlola is a graduate of the University of Lagos in Nigeria, with a degree in Sociology.
  2. She has featured in movies like Violated, Keeping Faith and The Figurine, and TV shows including Tinsel, Doctors Quarters, Solitaire and Palace.
  3. FAR has also acted on stage, performing in plays such as Sing That Old Song for Me and The Mansion written by Rasheed Gbadamosi.
  4. Funlola took a Theatre Arts course at Westminster College, London.
  5. She also took a TV acting course at the prestigious Actors Studio, Buckinghamshire also in London.
  6. She was nominated for a THEMA (The Movie Awards) as Best Upcoming Actress in 1996 for her role in Amaka Igwe’s Violated.
  7. She was also nominated for an Africa Movie Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actress for Kunle Afolayan’s The Figurine.
  8. In 2007, she emerged the winner of dance reality show called Celebrity Takes 2 beating out nine other contestants.
  9. FAR is also the owner of www.iamfar.com, an entertainment blog where she airs her thoughts and opinions on issues about the entertainment industry.
  10. She produced and presented radio show called Touch of Spice for 14 years having started in August 1999.
  11. Funlola sat in for Funmi Iyanda on the TV talk show, New Dawn, while the latter was on maternity leave in 2001.
  12. She is wife of advertising guru, Olayinka Raimi, and a doting mother of a son.

Bonus: Her middle name is Abibat.