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Funke Akindele Becomes The First Nollywood Star To Have 10M Instagram Followers

Funke Akindele

Funke Akindele

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello just hit the 10m milestone on Instagram and her colleagues have been congratulating her for this achievement.

Funke becomes the first actress to achieve this in her industry so she definitely deserves to be celebrated.

The movie star has since thanked her fans and followers for their support on the social media platform via a heartfelt video.

Reacting, Alex Ekubo wrote, “E no easy, I applaud you big sis”

Mercy Johnson also wrote, “Congratulations Queen mi”

Ufuomamcdermott added, “Boooosss”

Congrats to her.

Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde (popularly known as Funke Akindele) is a Nigerian actress and producer. Funke starred in the sitcom I Need to Know from 1998 to 2002, and in 2009 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She plays the lead character in the show Jenifa’s Diary, for which she was named Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

Akindele was born on August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. Funke is the second of three children (two girls and one boy). Akindele’s mother is a Medical Doctor while her father is a retired School Principal. Funke obtained an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,

Funke Akindele runs a non-governmental organisation known as the Jenifa Foundation, which aims at providing young people with vocational skills.

Funke Akindele has endorsement deals such as her being signed as an Ambassador to Irokotv. Also in 2018, she was signed as brand ambassador for Keystone Bank.



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