Joke Silva

Joke Silva MFR nyɛla Nigeria kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun n nyɛ paɣa , darɛta, ni daa bia.

Yuuni 1998 o zaashee mini o tuma daa nyɛla zaɣititali,n be din badaaŋa ni Colin Firth mini Nia Long  British-Canadian filim puuni din yuli booni The Secret Laughter of Women. Yuuni 2006, o daa dila "Best Actress in a Leading Role" din n nyɛ 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards do mini o kpaŋ maŋa Women's Cot puuni, mini "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" din n nyɛ 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards yuuni 2008 domini o kpaŋ maŋa ni o ni daa nyɛ yabpaɣa White Waters puuni.

Silva nyɛla actor Olu Jacobs ni niŋ so amiliya. Too ŋɔ mini o paɣa n kpa ka operate the Lufodo Group, din n nyɛ media corporation ka mali filim production, distribution assets,  ni Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts  ni maa ni o daa nyɛla darɛta zaŋ n ti bohim. Ŋuni n lahi nyɛ pioneer managing darɛta zaŋ n ti Malete Film Village, laɣingi ni Kwara State University.

Silimiin gɔli September biɛɣu pihita yini ka dali yuuni 2014, Silva daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ baŋbu bee bɛ ni baŋ so ka o nyɛ Order of the Federal Republic nim nira,Nigeria National Honours nim yini,n be International Conference Centre Abuja.

 O piligu 
Silva nyɛla bɛ ni doɣi so Lagos, Nigeria, Saro/Amaro daŋ ni bɛn nyɛ bihi anahi. o ma,ŋun n nyɛ pioneering doctor ŋuni n nyɛ Adebimbola Silva, nyɛla ŋun n kpi silimiin gɔli July  yuuni 2015. o ba, Chief Emmanuel Afolabi Silva, daa nyɛla loya, ka o yabdoo daa nyɛ prominent Colonial Nigerians Charles Phillips mini Samuel Herbert Pearse.

O shikuru chandi
Silva nyɛla ŋun n chaŋ Holy Child College din n be Lagos.
o naa la University of Lagos mini Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art din n be London, Silva pilila o filim yuuni 1990s. O ni daa be university o daa pahila ti kaya ni taɣida laɣiŋ ŋu ni din gbaai playwright Bode Osanyin mini singer Stella Monye. O daa nyɛla ŋun yihi yuun yini o bohimbu puuni,during which time she began working as an actress  before relocating to England where she studied Drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Initially, her parents were opposed to Silva's decision to go into the theatre but they soon began to support her, happy at the success she made of her career. During a slow period of her career, Silva returned to school, studying English at the University of Lagos.

 O tuma 

 Earlier roles (1990–2004) 
Silva nyɛla ŋun n be filim nim ni pam ni television series English mini Yoruba balli ni zaa. O piligu zaashee mini I tuma daa nyɛla yuuni 1990 English television series Mind Bending. yuuni 1993 o daa ŋun n be she Owulorojo, ka Violated doli di nyaaŋa yuuni  1996. yuuni 1998 she starred opposite Colin Firth mini Nia Long din n nyɛ British-Canadian filim yuli booni  The Secret Laughter of Women, in which she portrayed Nene. Author Finola Kerrigan daa nyɛ mi kamani Silva nyɛla ŋun n yiŋsina bee n yina n nyɛ kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun yi o ko Niger filim industry puuni o ni daa boli bee yɛli o zaashee mini o tuma.

Yuuni 2002, Silva starred opposite Bimbo Akintola Keeping Faith ni. Akintola later cited Silva, whom she refers to as "Aunty Joke", as a major career influence, adding, "Silva has done a lot, but it's not even about the things that she did, it's about the things she didn't realize that she did". Also in 2002, Silva co-produced and starred in The Kingmaker with Olu Jacobs. Ŋɔ daa nyɛla zaashee mini tuma din n nyɛ anfooni nima ka mani A Husband's Wife (yuuni 2003), Shylock (yuuni 2004), mini A Past Came Calling (yuuni 2004).

 Critical success (2006–present) 
Yuuni 2006, Silva daa nyɛla ŋun n deegi "Best Actress in a Leading Role" pini 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards domini o zaashee mini o tuma Women's Cot puuni. lala yuuni maa ni daa di saha, Silva starred opposite Genevieve Nnaji n beMildred Okwo's action thriller biɛɣu pihita, din n nyɛ piibu pia Africa Movie Academy Awards yuuni 2008. She also narrated Jeta Amata's Anglo-Nigerian production The Amazing Grace, din daa nyɛ bɛ ni yaai shɛli Calabar. The film was lauded by critics, ka daa nyɛ bɛ ni piigi shɛli 11 African Movie Academy Awards. Lahabali daa nyɛla din n wuhi ni Silva's "song-like voice, [which] ''provides insight to the actions".

Yuuni 2007, Silva starred opposite Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Michael Okon mini Fred Essien daa Bela  Ndubuisi Okoh's To Love mini to Hold. Silva daa nyɛla ŋun n di kpɛrikpɛtiba bɛn nyɛ paɣaba ŋun n tabi sɔŋ gɔnaatɛ pini yuuni 2008 domini o "methodical portrayal of a grandmother" White Waters puuni (yuuni 2007), amaa o daa nyɛla ŋun kani paati maani ni o deegi o pini maa o maŋmaŋa. silimiin gɔli November yuuni 2008 bɛ daa niŋ o vihigu, Silva daa yɛli ni " saha shɛli kam ka di ti ʒiya ni o yɛn nyɛla kpɛrimi n nyɛ sɔnya bee ninvuɣubiɛɣu filim ni, o nyɛla ŋun yɛn suhi Naawuni bee n jɛm ka zaɣi annabi Yisa n lɛbi o 'hedge'". Silva lahi nyɛla ŋun n deegi EMOTAN pini din n yina African Independent Television (AIT) mini SOLIDRA pini for Visual Art.

Yuuni 2011, Silva daa nyɛla ŋun n be ni Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo mini Lydia Forson, Kunle Afolayan's ''romantic'' asafihili din n nyɛ Phone Swap. ''Lauded by the critics, and one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year'', di daa nyɛla din n nyɛ piibu bunahi zuɣu 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards, n ti pah Best Nigerian Film. Di daa lahi nyɛla din n di pini ''for Achievement in Productions Design''. yuuni 2013, Silva daa nyɛla ŋun n du stage n yina  Thespian Family Theatre mini Productions staging zaŋ n ti "Mad King of Ijudiya"  Agip Hall din n nyɛ Muson Centre of Lagos at Christmas. show dibaa ayi daa nyɛla din n yɛn niŋ  3:00pm and 6:00pm on 21, 22, 28 and 29 December, which Vanguard described as a "rich blend of folklore, traditional dance and music that naturally transports the audience to a typical African village setting". Kwara State University.

 United Nations Goodwill Ambassador 
Silimiin gɔli October yuuni 2012, United Nations Office on Drugs mini Crime daa nyɛla bɛn pii Silva goodwill ambassador. 

Selected filmography
Laughter of Women (yuuni 1999)
Last Wedding (yuuni 2004)
Women's Cot (2005) 
30 Days (yuuni 2006)https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798364/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm  
 Eewo Orisa (yuuni 2007)
The Secret
The Royal Hibiscus Hotel (yuuni 2017)
Potato Potahto (yuuni 2017)
Chief Daddy (yuuni 2018)
Light In The Dark (yuuni 2019)
Diamonds in the Sky (yuuni 2019)
Two Weeks in Lagos (yuuni 2019)
Namaste Wahala (yuuni 2021)
Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke
Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman (yuuni 2022)

Television
Battleground (yuuni 2017 ni hali ni yuuni 2018)

Lihimi m pahi
List of Yoruba people
 List of Nigerian actresses
 List of Nigerian philanthropists

Kundivihira

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