Segilola Ogidan is a Nigerian-British actress, writer, director, and filmmaker. She is a graduate of Media Arts from

Royal Holloway University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. It ...

, she also has a master's degree from

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where she majored in cinema studies. She is popularly known for playing "Ajike" in Netflix original film, ''

A Naija Christmas ''A Naija Christmas'' is a 2021 Nigerian Christmas film directed by Kunle Afolayan and starring Abayomi Alvin, Kunle Remi, Efa Iwara and Rachel Oniga. The film was released on Netflix on December 16, 2021. It is the first Nigerian Christmas fil ...

''. Segilola started acting professionally after her studies when she landed a role in Peter Pan at The Kings Head Theater, a stage play musical directed by Stephanie Sinclaire. Segilola appeared in RED TV's series, ''

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'' where she played the character "Tonye". Ogidan has also appeared in some other movies including the

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film released in 2022, ''Glamour Girls', ''Fault Lines'', ''Payday'', ''Tainted Canvas'', ''Over The Bridge'', and recently in 2024 ''The Man Died''.

Filmography

*'' Glamour Girls (2022) as Helion'' *''Fault Lines (TV movies) as Adina'' *''

(2021) Ajike'' *''The Olive (TV Series)'' *'' The Men's Club (Nigerian web series)'' *''

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(2018) as Yemisole Bankole'' *''Mum, Dad, Meet Sam (2014) as Funmi'' *''Hot Pepper (2015 TV series) as Lisa'' *''Unspoken (2012)'' *'' Tainted Canvas'' (2021), directorial debut *'' Over the Bridge'' (2023) * ''The Man Died'' (2024 film)

Nomination and recognition

In 2022, Segilola was nominated for the NET honor award in the category breakout actress of the year, she was nominated for her performance as the star actor in the film,

. In 2024, Segilola received an AMVCA Best Actress nomination for her outstanding work in Tolu Ajayi's 'Over The Bridge', a multi award winning film that has taken the world by storm. As a Director, Segilola has been nominated and won several awards, notably for her directorial debut film, 'Tainted Canvas'. From winning Best Screenplay in Monaco at the Angel Film Festival, to being nominated for Best Film at the 2022 AMVCA, to winning the Jury grand prize for Outstanding Film at the AFRICA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (AFRIFF), in 2021.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Nigerian television actresses Nigerian film actresses {{Nigeria-film-actor-stub