Adunni Ade
Adunni Ade is an American/Nigerian actress and model. Early life and education. Adunni Ade was born in Queens, New York, United States to a German-Irish mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father. She is a Nollywood actress and fashion model. She returned to Nigeria about the age of two with her parents to attend her grand father's burial. She was brought up in Lagos State, Nigeria till she was in her late teens and returned to the United States for her university education. She attended the Chrisland primary school, Opebi, Lagos State, where she obtained her  First School Leaving Certificate. She obtained her Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) at the Bells Comprehensive Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State. Her Lagos-based father, who is also a successful businessman inspired her to study accounting. Adunni Ade earned a degree in accounting at the University of Kentucky in 2008. Prior to her return to Nigeria, Adunni Ade worked with the State of Kentucky in the Housing sector providing living assistance and also State of Maryland in the Medical Insurance department providing medical insurance (Medicare and Medicaid) to those in need. Career. Adunni Ade worked in the housing and insurance  sectors in the United States before switching to the entertainment industry. Adunni ventured into fashion modelling and featured in America's Next Top Model. After moving back to Nigeria, she landed her first Nollywood role when she acted in the Yoruba langguage film "You or I" in 2013. Her short video comedy sketch "Date Gone Bad", which was released on YouTube in 2014, has attracted so much attention that it recorded more than 170,000 hits. She has also featured in several other Nollywood movies of both English and Yoruba languages, including some music videos for Sound Sultan and Ice Prince . In 2021 Adunni Ade ventured into Film production with her Film production company Lou-Ellen Clara Company Limited and debuting her first film as an executive producer SOÓLÈ featuring top actors in the country such as Sola Sobowale, Femi Jacobs, Meg Otanwa, Shawn Faqua, Lateef Dimeji. The movie was Directed by Kayode Kasum. Soólè hit the cinemas November 26, 2021 and grossed 10.2million naira in its opening weekend and 16 million naira in its opening week. After 9 weeks in the cinemas, soólè hit 51 million naira in the box office making it top 10 Nollywood movies in cinemas for  2021. She also received her first Yoruba Award for Best Yoruba Actress for the 5th Edition of Cool Wealth awards. She received a Stella Award from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism for her efforts in promoting the Nigerian culture. In 2017, Adunni Ade became the brand ambassador for OUD Majestic. In 2018, she wrote and produced her first Yoruba movie titled: "Emi Mi – My Soul", directed by Saheed Balogun. The movie starred Ibrahim Chatta, D'Marion Young, Sunkanmi Omobolanle, and Shola Kosoko . Later that year, she produced another Yoruba drama movie titled: "Ewa – Beauty", directed by Saheed Balogun and featured Ibrahim  Chatta, Yinka Quadri, Kunle Omisore, and Tayo Sobola . She has been featured in well over 100 movies in Nigeria (both in the English and Yoruba aspect of Nollywood) Personal life. Adunni has two sons; D'Marion and Ayden. She revealed that after she made a difficult choice to break up with their father, she would continue being a single parent.