Adesua Etomi: One of Nollywood’s Finest

Tolulope Adesuwa Etomi was born in Owerri, Imo State on 22 February. Several major editorials on Etomi state her birth year as 1988. However, in an interview published in January 2016, Etomi told Pulse Nigeria that she was 29 years old. Her father is a soldier of Esan descent from Edo state, and her mother is a Civil Engineer of Yoruba descent. She is the youngest of three siblings. Etomi attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, where she joined the drama club at the age of seven. Thereafter, she attended Queen’s College, Lagos before moving to the United Kingdom at the age of 13 years old, and later obtained a diploma in “physical theatre, musical theatre and performing arts” from City College Coventry in 2004. After completing these courses in 2006 with triple distinctions, she studied drama and performance at the University of Wolverhampton, graduating with first class honours.

Adesua Etomi’s but has been acting since she was 7 as she joined the drama club in her primary school, but she ventured into her acting career in the theatre while studying in the UK. She featured in different plays such as “The Crucible”, “Miss Saigon”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Fractal”, “The Grimm Tales” and “Not My Cup Of Tea”. After graduating from the university, Adesua ventured away from acting for three years to experience the world. She returned back to acting in 2012, featuring at the Saga Tiata-Edinburg Fringe Festival in a drama titled “The Miller’s Tale”. After moving to Nigeria, Adesua featured in different plays such as “Anatomy Of A Woman”, “Shattered”, “Crystal Slippers”, “London Life Lagos Living”, “Saro”, “Secret Life Of Baba Segi’s Wives”, “Band-Aid”, and “Make We”. but has been acting since she was 7 as she joined the drama club in her primary school. Etomi’s film credits include The Arbitration, The Wedding Party, and Falling Her performance in Falling earned her the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Actress In A Drama. Other notable films she has appeared in include A Soilder’s Story (2015), Out of Luck (2015), and Couple of Days (2016). Etomi played Shiela in the fourth and fifth seasons of Shuga, a television soap opera about HIV/AIDS  prevention. Etomi began starring as Amaka Obiora, an undercover police officer, in Yemisi Wada’s crime series LasGidi Cops, which debuted in June 2016 on television.

She got engaged to Banky W in February 2017. They both had their traditional marriage on 19 November, Court Wedding on 20 November and on 25 November (2017) they had the White Wedding in Cape Town, South Africa. 

Tolulope Adesua Etomi has starred in so many movies and she is still doing more. Some of the movies she has starred in are;

Television Programs

Year        Title                                        Role

2012    Smooth Promotions                    Reporter/Presenter

2014    A Series – Gidi Up ( season 2 )   Sharon

2015    A Series – Las Gidi Cops             Amaka Obiora

2015    A Series – Shuga ( season 4 )     Sheila

2017    A Series – Shuga: Down South    Sheila

Theatre

Year                 Title                                        Role

2004       The Crucible                                    John Proctor

2005       Miss Saigon                                     John Thomas

2006      Jesus Christ Superstar                     Judas

2008       Fractal                                              The Oppressed

2009      The Grimm Tales                                Dwarf/Witch

2009      Not My Cup Of Tea                             Immigrant

2012     The Miller’s Tale                                    Alice

2013      Anatomy Of A Woman                          Bolatito

2013      Shattered                                              Loveth

2013      Crystal Slippers                                    Sewa

2013    London Life Lagos Living                       Sue

2013     Saro                                                      Rume

2013    Secrets Life of Baba Segi’s Wives         Segi

2014     Make We Waka                                    Chantelle

2014     Saro                                                      Rume

Voice over

Year            Role              Company

2013        Taste Bud       Fanta

2014         Fan               Solo Phones

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2009	Foresight Theater Awards	Best Performance in a devised Piece of work	Herself	Won
2014	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Most Promising Actress	Knocking on Heaven’s Door	Nominated
2014	Nollywood Reinvented Awards	Best New Actress	Herself	Won
2015	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Actress in a Lead Role	Falling	Nominated
2015	Golden Movie Awards	Discovery of the Year	Herself	Won
2015	City People Entertainment Awards	Best New Actress	Herself	Nominated
2015	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Best Actress	Falling	Nominated
2015	Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Best On-screen duo	Herself	Nominated
2015	2015 Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Female Viewer’s Choice	Herself	Nominated
2015	ELOY Awards	Actress of the Year – Big screen	Falling	Won
2015	ELOY Awards	Actress of the Year – Television	Gidi Up	Nominated
2016	2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Actress in a Drama (Movie/TV series)	Falling	Won
2016	12th Africa Movie Academy Awards	Best Actress in Leading role	Falling	Nominated
2016	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Actress	Falling	Nominated
2016	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Actress in Leading Role	Falling	Nominated
2016	ELOY awards	Actress of the year – Big Screen	The Arbitration	Nominated
2017	Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Actress Drama/TV Series	The Arbitration	Nominated
2017	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Lead Actress In A Film	Ayamma	Nominated