Ruth Kadiri (born 24 March 1988) is a

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and

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Early and personal life

Ruth Kadiri was born on 24 March, 1988 in

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. She was first child of two children, her father name was Desmond Kadiri. She studied

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at the

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and Business Administration at

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. The actress kept her love life private until December 2017, when she announced that she was engaged on social media. On August 26, 2019, Kadiri gave birth to her first child. On July 20, 2022, she gave birth to her second child.

Career

Kadiri ventured into

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in the movie ''Boys Cot'' and since then has over fifty movies to her credit. As a screenwriter, Ruth Kadiri has written and co-written several movies including ''Matters Arising'', ''Heart of a Fighter'', ''Ladies Men'', ''Sincerity'', ''First Class'' and ''Over the Edge''. Ruth also produced films such as ''Matters Arising'', ''Over the Edge'', ''Somebody Lied'' and ''Memory Lane'', which deals with the issue of lies and

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Filmography

* ''In Your Arms'' (2017) * ''Black Bride'' (2017) * ''We Cheats More'' (2017) * ''WET by Ruth Kadiri'' (2018) * ''Tripod by Ruth Kadiri'' (2018) * ''Black Men Rock'' (2018) * Sex & Love (2018) * ''Love is Beautiful'' (2019) * Tender lies (2019) * Unfounded (2019) * Murder Call (2019) * Stab (2019) * The Final List (2019) * ''The Dumb Wife'' (2020) * ''Too Old for Love'' (2020) * ''Tears of Rejected Seed'' (2020) * Babies and friends (2020) * Too old for this (2020) * Shrine Girl (2020) * Space Out (2020) * Dumb wife (2020) * Larry Cold (2021) * Pair (2021) * Adunni (2021) * Talking chances (2021) * Love Me (2021) * Craving (2021) * 5 is company (2021) * Out of Love (2021) * Nasty Jane(2021) * Boiling point (2021) * Everybody wants Alvin (2022) * Something Fishy (2022)

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