Matilda Obaseki is a Nigerian film actress and scriptwriter. She is the lead actress in the award-winning TV series, ''

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''.

Early life

Obaseki was born on 19 March 1986 in

Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of 2022. It is situated ...

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Local Government Area,

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where she grew up. She is the youngest of seven children.

Personal life

Obaseki married Arnold Mozia in Benin City on 21 September 2013 after having her first child a year before on 31 August 2012. She gave birth to a second baby boy on 1 January 2015.

Education

Obaseki grew up in Benin City, where she had her Primary and Secondary School Education. She quit studying English at the University of Benin to focus on her acting career.

Career

Obaseki began her acting career in 2007 but is mostly known for her performance in the soap opera Tinsel, where she plays Angela Dede. Before Tinsel, she played the role of the maid in the TV program US, appearing in three episodes. Her first movie was the 2014 film,

A Place in the Stars ''A Place in the Stars'' is a 2014 Nigerian crime thriller film written by Ita Hozaife and J. K. Amalou, co-produced and directed by Steve Gukas. It stars Gideon Okeke, Segun Arinze, Matilda Obaseki, Yemi Blaq, Femi Branch and Dejumo Lewis. T ...

, where she worked alongside

Gideon Okeke Gideon Okeke is a Nigerian actor, model, and TV Presenter. He came to the public eye in 2006 when he appeared as a contestant on the first edition of ''Big Brother Nigeria''. In 2008, Gideon joined the cast of the M-NET TV series '' Tinsel'' on wh ...

and

Segun Arinze Segun Arinze (born Segun Padonou Aina in 1965) is a Nigerian actor and singer. Early life and education He is the eldest of seven children born to Lydia Padonu. He is descent of Badagry, Lagos State. He attended Victory College of Commerce in I ...

. she was also in the movie getting over Him alongside

Majid Michel Majid Michel (born 22 September 1980) is a Ghanaian actor, model, television personality, evangelist and a humanitarian. He received nominations for '' Best Actor in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 ...

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obaseki, Matilda Living people Nigerian film actresses 1968 births People from Benin City Actresses from Edo State Nigerian screenwriters University of Benin (Nigeria) alumni Nigerian filmmakers Edo people