Bukola Oladipupo
Born
Adebukola Oladipupo

May 23, 1994
London
NationalityNigerian
EducationCovenant University
Occupationactress

Adebukola Oladipupo or Bukola Oladipupo Listenⓘ (born May 23, 1994) is a Nigerian actress[1] who debuted on MTV Shuga.

Life

Oladipupo was born in London[2] and 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.[3] 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".[4] She puts her success down to the media mogul Mo Abudu who taught her to have self-belief.[5] In 2015 she appeared in the first season of Indigo, Inevitable and The Other Me.[3] In 2017 she appeared in the film Missing as the secretary playing herself.[6]

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 Organization.[7] The series will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte 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[8] who include Jemima Osunde, Lerato Walaza, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Uzoamaka Aniunoh and Mohau Cele.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2017 You Me Maybe [9]
2018 Moms at War [10]
2019 Oloture Beauty Netflix original [11]
2021 Juju Stories Chinwe In the Suffer The Witch segment [12]

TV shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2015-2019 MTV Shuga Faa
2016 This Is It Folake
Phases Ndani TV series
2018 The Men's Club Tiara RedTV series
2020 Lara of Lagos Tessie
Forbidden Africa Magic original

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tv, Bn (2021-11-29). "Kumi Seeks Healing in Episode 8 of "Money.Men.Marriage" starring Toni Tones, A'rese & Adebukola Oladipupo". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  2. ↑ "Anything I wear looks good on me— Bukola Oladipupo". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. 1 2 "Adebukola Oladipupo". World Bank Live. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. ↑ "WCW- Our Woman Crush Is Adebukola Oladipupo". Espact. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Profiling The Young Nigerian Superstar, Adebukola Oladipupo". Women Africa. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. ↑ The Missing (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-02-09
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Akabogu, Njideka (2020-04-16). "MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series". BHM. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  9. ↑ nollywoodreinvented (2017-12-30). "You Me Maybe". Nollywood Reinvented. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  10. ↑ "Moms At War". Nollywood Reinvented. 2019-02-07. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  11. ↑ "With Oloture, Nollywood makes Nigeria proud". TheCable. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  12. ↑ "'Juju Stories' to premiere at the BFI London film festival". Pulse Nigeria. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

Adebukola Oladipupo at IMDb

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