Adebukola Oladipupo

Adebukola Oladipupo or Bukola Oladipupo (born May 23, 1994) is a Nigerian actress who debuted on MTV Shuga.

Bukola Oladipupo
Born
Adebukola Oladipupo

May 23, 1994
London
NationalityNigerian
EducationCovenant University
Occupationactor

Life

Oladipupo was born in London[1] but educated in Lagos. She has two siblings. Oladipupo had her primary education in Bellina Nursery and Primary School Akoka, Lagos. She also attended Babcock High School and Caleb International School for her secondary education. She studied Management Information Systems at Covenant University and also studied drama in other courses.[2] Oladipupo inspiration to go into acting came when she was still an undergraduate at Covenant University during a church service when the pastor told them to turn their talent into skills.

featuring in MTV Shuga
As "Faa" talking online in June 2020, filmed by herself as part of MTV Shuga

She successfully auditioned for MTV Shuga in 2015 where she was given what became the continuing role of "Faa".[3] She puts her success down to the media mogul Mo Abudu who taught her to have self-belief.[4] In 2015 she appeared in the first season of Indigo, Inevitable and The Other Me.[2] In 2017 she appeared in the film Missing as the secretary playing herself.[5]

Her film credits include - Moms at War, Phases (NdaniTV), The Men's Club, and Africa Magic Forbidden.

Oladipupo was still in MTV Shuga as the character "Faa" went it went into a nightly mini series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus in April 2020. The show was broadcast for 60 nights and its backers include the World Health Organisation.[6] The series will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire and the story will be explained with on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming will be done by the actors themselves[7] who include Jemima Osunde, Lerato Walaza, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Uzoamaka Aniunoh and Mohau Cele.

gollark: QP2tC xx:11:35 next! AR at xx:09:35.
gollark: (The ToD thing isn't entirely accurate, so I'm kind of nervous)
gollark: Please catch it now.
gollark: AR now!
gollark: No, I have one magi left.

References
  1. Published. "Anything I wear looks good on me— Bukola Oladipupo". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. "Adebukola Oladipupo". World Bank Live. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. "WCW- Our Woman Crush Is Adebukola Oladipupo". Espact. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. "Profiling The Young Nigerian Superstar, Adebukola Oladipupo". Women Africa. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. The Missing (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-02-09
  6. "Every Woman Every Child partners with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation to Tackle COVID-19". Every Woman Every Child. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  7. Akabogu, Njideka (2020-04-16). "MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series". BHM. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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