Mosun Filani is a
Nigerian film and voice actress.
Early life and education
Mosun was born in
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...
to parents from
Ikole Ekiti. She was raised with four other siblings. She attended Abeokuta College of Education and earned a degree in Business Administration from
Tai Solarin University of Education
Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) is a federal List of universities in Nigeria, university of education in Nigeria with the formula 1-2-8 (1st in Nigeria, 2nd Africa and 8th in the World). It was established in 2005 as a state univers ...
.
Acting career
Mosun has starred in several
Nollywood
Nollywood, a portmanteau of Nigeria and Hollywood, is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term goes back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in ''The New York Times''. Due to the history ...
movies, especially
Yoruba films and radio productions since 2005. She has also received several nominations including Best Actress in a supporting role in the
2009
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and
2011 Best of Nollywood Awards.
Personal life
Mosun's father died in 2015. She is married to a lawyer-politician:
Kayode Oduoye with two children.
Selected filmography
* ''Iku Ewa''
* ''Ami Ayo''
* ''Different Strokes (2023) as Dunni''
* ''Imelda (2022) as Bisola''
* ''Iyo Aye (2011)''
* ''Oga Olopa (2010)''
* ''Ise Onise (2009)''
* ''Ise Imole (2009) as Sunmade''
* ''
Jenifa (2009)
as Tracy''
* ''Aje metta (2008) as Hadiza''
See also
*
List of Yoruba people
References
Living people
20th-century births
21st-century Nigerian actresses
Actresses from Ibadan
Actresses in Yoruba cinema
Nigerian film actresses
Nigerian radio actors
Nigerian voice actresses
Oduoye family
Tai Solarin University of Education alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Yoruba actresses
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