Last night, popular Nollywood actress and business woman, Iyabo Ojo celebrated her 45th birthday with her family and colleagues in the entertainment industry.
Recall that Iyabo revealed her lover, PaulO yesterday and she also got celebrated by his Daughter, Onyinye on Instagram.
Iyabo celebrated her birthday with her kids and PaulO Kids, friends and loved ones. Some of the celebrities who attended her occasion are Nkechi Blessing, Mercy Aigbe and Fashionista, Toyin Lawani.
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Alice Iyabo Ojo (born 21 December 1977) is a Nigerian film actress,director, and producer. She has featured in over 150 films and has produced more than 14 of her own.
Iyabo Ojo was born as Alice Iyabo Ogunro on 21 December 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria, although her father was from Abeokuta, Ogun State. She was the youngest of three children, having two older brothers.
She went to school in Lagos at National College, Gbagbada, before proceeding to study Estate Management at Lagos State Polytechnic.
Having been involved in a drama group at secondary school, Iyabo Ojo commenced her acting career in 1998. She registered with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) with the help of Bimbo Akintola, also able to network to other people.
Ojo has scripted and featured in several Nigerian films. Her first role was in 1998’s Satanic, an English-language film. In 2002, she made her Yoruba-language debut with Baba Darijinwon.
In January 2015, her film Silence, which features Joseph Benjamin Alex Usifo, Fathia Balogun, and Doris Simeon, premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja, in Lagos.[10][11]
In 2004, Ojo started producing her own films. Her first production was Bolutife, after which she made Bofeboko, Ololufe, Esan and Okunkun Biribiri. She also divorced her husband before her fame started.
Marrying a Lagos-based Clearing Agent in 1999, when she was 21, Iyabo took a break from pursuing her career. She gave birth to a son and then a daughter (born in 1999 and 2001 respectively), namely Felix Ojo and Priscilla Ajoke Ojo, but is now divorced from their father. She has attributed the breakup of her first marriage to marrying too young. She has spoken of her intention to stop using her former husband’s surname, Ojo.
