Toyin Alausa
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| Born | Toyin Alausa January 4, 1978 (age 44) Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigeria |
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| Years active | 1997 - present |
Toyin Alausa (born 4 January 1978)[1] is a Nigerian actress, film producer and movie director.[2] She became prominent in the Nigeria Nollywood industry in 1997 for the role she played in a soap opera movie Tales by Moonlight.[3]
Early life and education
Toyin Alausa was born into a Polygamy family on 4 January 1978 in Ijebu Ode in Ogun State. She is the only child of her mother, and the fourth of six children in the family. She was born into a Muslims family, with her Mother being a Christianity.[4]
Toyin attended both primary and secondary school education in Ijebu Ode, ogun state. She furthered her education at the College of education where she studied English at the Ogun state college of education and eventually dropped out after getting pregnant during the course of her studies to focus on her child.
Career
[5] Toyin Alausa started her acting career at a very early stage with school dramas, but wasn't fully recognised until 1997[6] where she took a role in a Nigerian soap opera Tales by Moonlight, she has since featured in several soap opera and television series like Super story, Family ties, Edge of Paradise, Treasures, Memorial Hospital and many Other. She has also acted different movies as she doesn't only act in operas.[7]
Personal life
Toyin Alausa is not married at the moment.[8] She is a Single parent[9] to her son Rotimi Muyiwa, her adult son. When she was 17 years old she got pregnant, [10]and this made her drop out of the institution (ogun state college of education) where she studied English before the exit and ever since, she's been in charge of everything concerning the grow of her son.
Filmography
Opera
- Treasure
- Two side of a coin
- Tales by moonlight
- Memorial Hospital
- Super Story
- Edge of Paradise
Movies
- Gidi High life(2019)
- St Mary as Mrs. Ojukwu (2014)
- Ruth (2017)
- Fury as Abigail (2019)
- Oba Bi Ọlọ́run as Amope (2021)
- Blackout 1 as Mama Tife (2021)
- Blackout as Mama Tife (2021)[11]
- The Cokers as Mama Rogba (2021)
- Igbako as idera (2020)
References
- ↑ "Toyin Alausa Archives". 102.3 Max FM. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ "Yoruba Actress Oluwatoyin Alausa Celebrate her 43rd birthday today (photos) - Nolly Naija News". 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ "My road to Nollywood –Toyin Alausa". Nigeriafilms.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ Gists, Naija (2018-01-04). "Toyin Alausa Marks 40th Birthday, Says She Was Born To Muslim Father & Christian Mother - NaijaGists.com - Proudly Nigerian DIY Motivation & Information Blog". Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ Online, Tribune (2021-01-31). "Excessive attention from men don't get to me —Toyin Alausa". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ "Sensational Actress, Toyin Alausa, Bags Deal With Noodles Plus". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ ""In Nollywood, everything is rush, rush and rush, with no time to double-check"-Toyin Alausa". The Sparklight News. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ "What Nollywood's Toyin Alausa said about dating younger men - P.M. News". Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ "I Endured Various Forms of Abuse in my Relationship…Actress, Toyin Alausa". Smile International Magazine. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ Online, Tribune (2020-01-05). "Why I won't marry the father of my child —Toyin Alausa". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ↑ Online, Tribune (2020-06-16). "Stunt Actor, Crackydon to feature Eedris Abdukareem in new movie 'Blackout'". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
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