Faithia Williams Balogun (born 5 February 1969) is a Nigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and director.

Early life

Faithia Williams who is of Delta state descent, was born in Ikeja on 5 February 1969. She was born into a polygamous family of nine. Faithia attended Maryland Primary School and Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos state. She obtained her

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in Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School. After that, she studied in the Kwara State Polytechnic for a diploma certificate. In 2016, Faithia got admission into Olabisi Onabanjo University to study Filming.

Career

Faithia became an actress by chance. Faithia's uncle, Alhaji Fatai Teniola, asked her to stand in for an actress that failed to show up in one of the productions of their movie. Williams played her first role in the film title "Ta lo pa chief". She has starred, produced, and directed several

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over the years. In 2008, she won the

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for the Most Outstanding Actress Indigenous and her movie ''Iranse Aje'' won the best indigenous film of the year. In April 2014, she won the

, having emerged as best actress of the year along with Odunlade Adekola who emerged as best actor of the year. She also won the Best Indigenous Language award for the work done in the film "Iya Alalake" at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.

Personal life

Williams was formerly married to veteran Nollywood actor,

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, with whom she has two children, a son and a daughter. Fathia also has a son from an earlier relationship.

Awards

* Most Outstanding Indigenous Actress (2008) *

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Best Local Language Yoruba (2015)

Filmography

*''Farayola'' (2009) *''Aje meta'' (2008) *''Aje metta 2'' (2008) *''Awawu'' (2015) *Teni Teka (2015) *Omo Ale (2015) *Agbelebu Mi (2016) *Basira Badia (2016) *Adakeja (2016) *Eku Eda (2006) *MY WOMAN (2018) *''

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President Kuti ''President Kuti'' is a 2021 Nigerian action film produced by Ibrahim Yekini. It was written by Azeezat Sorunmu and directed by Tope Adebayo and Ibrahim Yekini. ''President Kuti'' was released on 14 July 2021. Cast *Ibrahim Yekini *Bimpe Oyebad ...

'' *10 Days In Sun City (2017) *Victims (2017) *Ehi's Bitters (2018) *Seven and a Half Dates (2018) *Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons (2018) *To Love Again (2018) *Mokalik ( Mechanic) 2019 *Dear Affy (2020) *Oba Bi Olorun (2021) *Esin (2021) *Osun, the Goddess(2021) *President Kuti (2021) *Hatred(2021) *Alagogo Ide (2021) *Tree (2022) *Ojukoro (2022) *''

Aníkúlápó ''Aníkúlápó'' is a 2022 Nigerian epic fantasy film produced by Kunle Afolayan and distributed by Netflix. Released on 30 September 2022, it stars Kunle Remi, Bimbo Ademoye, Sola Sobowale,Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Taiwo Hassan. The film was shot i ...

'' (2022)

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