page_title: Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Funlola Aofiyebi as Mrs Olutu in MTV Shuga in 2020
context_page_description: Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, born Abibat Oluwafunmilola Aofiyebi and known informally as FAR, is a Nigerian actress. She has had a long running radio show.
  She appeared in the film The Figurine, Tinsel and MTV Shuga.
context_section_description: FAR took a TV acting course in Westminster College, and at the Actors Studio in Bunkinghamshire. She also has a BSc in Sociology from the University of Lagos in Nigeria.
  FAR’s film debut was in Amaka Igwe's film Violated acting alongside Joke Silva, Richard Mofe Damijo, Ego Boyo and Kunle Bamtefa.  She was nominated for a THEMA best upcoming actress award in 1996. FAR was cast as the lead character in Keeping Faith, by director Steve Gukas. FAR was nominated for an AMMA best supporting actress award for The Figurine directed by Kunle Afolayan.  Before appearing in the M-net TV show Tinsel, playing Brenda, FAR has featured on other drama shows like Doctors Quarters, Solitaire, and Palace. FAR has acted on stage in Sing That Old Song For Me and The Mansion written by Rasheed Badamusi, and also The Vagina Monologues. 
  FAR won a dance reality show called Celebrity Takes 2. In 2014, FAR co-starred with  British-Nigerian actor Wale Ojo.
  She had a radio show called Touch of Spice for 14 years (started in August 1999).
  FAR was in MTV Shuga in 2019 and 2020 and her supporting role of "Mrs Olutu" was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus on 20 April 2020. The series was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every week night - its backers include the United Nations. The series was based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story progresses using on-line conversations on location between the characters. All of the filming was done by the actors who include Lerato Walaza, Mamarumo Marokane, Jemima Osunde, Folu Storms and FAR.
caption: Mrs Olutu in MTV Shuga "Alone Together" in 2020
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