{"id":124,"date":"2022-05-14T04:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress\/?p=124"},"modified":"2022-05-14T04:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:15:21","slug":"toyin-abraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/14\/toyin-abraham\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyin Abraham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi<\/strong><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-Channels-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;(born&nbsp;<strong>Olutoyin Aimakhu<\/strong>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigerian\">Nigerian<\/a>&nbsp;actress and filmmaker.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mw-toc-heading\">Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#Early_life\">1Early life<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#Career\">2Career<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#Personal_life\">3Personal life<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#Selected_filmography\">4Selected filmography<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#Awards_and_nominations\">5Awards and nominations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#See_also\">6See also<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#References\">7References<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#External_links\">8External links<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Early life[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Born<\/th><td>Olutoyin Aimakhu<br>5 September 1975&nbsp;(age&nbsp;46)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auchi\">Auchi<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edo_State\">Edo State<\/a>, Nigeria<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Occupation<\/th><td>Actressfilmmaker<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Years&nbsp;active<\/th><td>2003\u2013present<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham was born in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auchi\">Auchi<\/a>, a town in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edo_State\">Edo State<\/a>&nbsp;in southern Nigeria. But spent her early life in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibadan\">Ibadan<\/a>, the capital of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oyo_State\">Oyo State<\/a>&nbsp;in southwestern Nigeria. She attended&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Anne%27s_School_Ibadan\">St Anne&#8217;s School Ibadan<\/a>&nbsp;for her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secondary_education\">secondary school education<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;She went to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osun_State_Polytechnic\">Osun State Polytechnic<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iree\">Iree<\/a>&nbsp;from 2005 to 2007, where she had her pre-national diploma, and ordinary national diploma. She obtained a higher national diploma certificate in Marketing from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Polytechnic,_Ibadan\">Ibadan Polytechnic<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Career[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham started acting in 2003, when Nigerian actress&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bukky_Wright\">Bukky Wright<\/a>&nbsp;came to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibadan\">Ibadan<\/a>&nbsp;to shoot a movie.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Abraham has made, directed, and starred in several Nigerian films including&nbsp;<em>Alani Baba Labake<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Ebimi ni<\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;During the 2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Best_of_Nollywood_Awards\">Best of Nollywood Awards<\/a>, Toyin Abraham was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Yoruba Film titled&nbsp;<em>Ebimi ni<\/em>, alongside&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joke_Muyiwa\">Joke Muyiwa<\/a>, who was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Yoruba film titled&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayitale\">Ayitale<\/a><\/em>.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Abraham also starred in the movie,&nbsp;<em>Black Val<\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-auto-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Martini Animashaun, the CEO of Tinimash Entertainment, created and managed her reality show titled,&nbsp;<em>Keeping Up With Toyin Aimakhu<\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Abraham was made the ambassador for Revolution Plus Properties, a Lagos based property outfit.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Abraham was also made the brand ambassador for Checkers Custard Nigeria in the month of February 2022.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham has also directed and released numerous movies including the popular&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nollywood\">Nollywood<\/a>&nbsp;movie,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fate_of_Alakada\">Fate of Alakada<\/a><\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-13\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Personal life[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, Abraham got married to Adeniyi Johnson, a Nollywood actor.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-PUNCHY-14\">[14]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The marriage ended in 2019.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-PUNCHY-14\">[14]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Then, in July 2019, she had a traditional engagement with Kolawole Ajeyemi, an actor too and together they welcomed their first child in August 2019.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-15\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She changed her name from Toyin Aimakhu to Toyin Abraham in 2016.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-Channels-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;According to her, the change was her family&#8217;s decision.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-Channels-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Selected filmography[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Alani Baba labake<\/em>&nbsp;(2013)<\/li><li><em>Ebi mi ni<\/em>&nbsp;(2013)<\/li><li><em>Alakada<\/em>&nbsp;(2013)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okafor%27s_Law\">Okafor&#8217;s Law<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2016)<\/li><li><em>What Makes you Tick<\/em>&nbsp;(2016)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love_is_in_the_Hair\">Love is in the Hair<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2016)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alakada_Reloaded\">Alakada Reloaded<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>Esohe<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>Hakkunde<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>Mentally<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>Tatu<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>London Fever<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wives_on_Strike\">Wives on Strike<\/a>: The Revolution<\/em>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li><em>Celebrity Marriage<\/em>&nbsp;(2017) featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonto_Dikeh\">Tonto Dikeh<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felix_Ugo_Omokhodion\">Felix Ugo Omokhodion<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackie_Appiah\">Jackie Appiah<\/a><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ghost_and_the_Tout\">The Ghost and the Tout<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2018)<\/li><li><em>Seven anf Half Dates<\/em>&nbsp;(2018)<\/li><li><em>Disguise<\/em>&nbsp;(2018)<\/li><li><em>What just happened<\/em>&nbsp;(2018)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elevator_Baby\">Elevator Baby<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em>Don&#8217;t Get Mad, Get Even<\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em>Made in Heaven<\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Two_Weeks_in_Lagos\">Two Weeks in Lagos<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Millions_(film)\"><em>The Millions<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kasanova\">Kasanova<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bling_Lagosians\">Bling Lagosians<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nimbe\">Nimbe<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diamonds_In_The_Sky\">Diamonds In The Sky<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fate_of_Alakada\">Fate of Alakada<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dear_Affy\">Dear Affy<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Small_Chops\">Small Chops<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em>Sola Fe Pami<\/em><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadow_Parties\">Shadow Parties<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kambili\">Kambili<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fate_of_Alakada\">Fate of Alakada<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prophetess_(film)\">The Prophetess<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2021)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Therapist\">The Therapist<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2021)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-16\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Day_of_Destiny\">Day of Destiny<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2022)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_Thieves_(2022_film)\">King of Thieves (2022 film)<\/a>&nbsp;(2022)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Awards and nominations[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Award<\/th><th>Category<\/th><th>Work<\/th><th>Result<\/th><th>Ref<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>Five Continents International Film Festival<\/td><td>Best Supporting Actress Feature Film<\/td><td><em>Hakkunde<\/em><\/td><td>Won<\/td><td><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-17\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Best_of_Nollywood_Awards\">Best of Nollywood Awards<\/a><\/td><td>Best Supporting Actress \u2013English<\/td><td><em>Tatu<\/em><\/td><td>Nominated<\/td><td><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-auto-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Africa_Magic_Viewers%27_Choice_Awards\">Africa Magic Viewers&#8217; Choice Awards<\/a><\/td><td>Best Actress in a Drama<\/td><td><em>Elevator Baby<\/em><\/td><td>Won<\/td><td><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-:0-18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best Actress in a Comedy<\/td><td><em>Bling Lagosians<\/em><\/td><td>Nominated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best Actress in a Comedy<\/td><td><em>Kasanova<\/em><\/td><td>Nominated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Best_of_Nollywood_Awards\">Best of Nollywood Awards<\/a><\/td><td>Best Actress in a Lead role \u2013English<\/td><td><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elevator_Baby\">Elevator Baby<\/a><\/em><\/td><td>Nominated<\/td><td><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyin_Abraham#cite_note-19\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>See also[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Toyin_Abraham&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6&amp;editintro=Template:BLP_editintro\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Nigerian_film_producers\">List of Nigerian film producers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Yoruba_people\">List of Yoruba people<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi[1]&nbsp;(born&nbsp;Olutoyin Aimakhu) is a&nbsp;Nigerian&nbsp;actress and filmmaker.[2] Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Personal life 4Selected filmography 5Awards and nominations 6See also 7References 8External links Early life[edit] Born Olutoyin Aimakhu5 September 1975&nbsp;(age&nbsp;46)Auchi,&nbsp;Edo State, Nigeria Occupation Actressfilmmaker Years&nbsp;active 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