{"id":72551,"date":"2022-03-18T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=72551"},"modified":"2024-01-13T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T11:37:32","slug":"omotola-jalade-ekeindes-net-worth-and-sources-of-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/omotola-jalade-ekeindes-net-worth-and-sources-of-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Omotola Jalade Ekeinde\u2019s Net Worth and Sources of Income"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s net worth is $7.2 million as of 2024. The actress has made a lot of money from acting and has earned top spots as one of the richest actresses in Nigeria. Aside from acting, the ace screen goddess earns decently from the other business endeavors that have kept her on the global map.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over time, the Nollywood industry has produced famous actors and actresses who have gained so much love and respect from fans. One of such famous actress is Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, a Nollywood long-established actress who has maintained her stance in the industry with a career log of 27 years.<\/p>\n

The Primary Source of Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s Net Worth Is Her Thriving Acting Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Yoruba-native Nollywood actress, famously known as “Omo Sexy,” grew up in a family of five; her parents and two younger brothers. She was born into a middle-class family wherein her late father worked at YMCA and the Lagos Country Club and her late mother at J.T Chanrai Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Omotola studied Estate Management at Yaba College of Technology. Having bagged a degree in Estate Management, Omotola’s initial ambition was to work in business management. However, she later changed her career direction and turned into an actress.<\/p>\n

She Started Acting at the of Age 17 in 1995<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 46-year-old Nigerian actress, singer, former model, and philanthropist started her professional acting career in 1995, even before she graduated from the university. Then, following her graduation and while waiting for her results, Omotola had a brief career in modeling to earn a living.<\/p>\n

As aforementioned, Omotola’s entrance into the Nigerian film industry was by chance. She was introduced to Nollywood when she accompanied a friend to an audition. Unfortunately for her friend, she lost the role and suggested that Omotola goes for it. Omotola got the role even though her mother never wanted her to be an actress; she eventually gave in after many convictions.<\/p>\n

Her debut role in the industry was in the 1995 film Venom of Justice<\/em>. The film directed by Reginald Ebere set the stage for Omotola’s flourishing career. Reginald gave her the lead role and has since been cited as the one who launched her career in Nollywood.<\/p>\n

Later in the same year, she got her first significant role in the critically acclaimed movie Mortal Inheritance<\/em>. In the movie, she played the character of a sickle-cell patient who fought so hard for her life despite the difficulties of survival but was able to overcome the disease and have a baby.<\/p>\n

Movies That Contributed to Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s Net Worth and Fame<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Omotola Jalade is considered Africa’s biggest box office actress. Moral Inheritance,<\/em> wherein Omotola had her first significant role, is regarded as one of the ever made Nigerian’s best movies. Since the launch of her career, Omotola Jalade has featured in more than 300 blockbusters.<\/p>\n

Some of the movies which catapulted her into an A-list status earned her many awards and, in turn, contributed to her impressive net worth include Blood Sisters,<\/em> Kosorogun, <\/i>All My Life<\/i>,\u00a0Last Wedding<\/i>, The Woman in Me, My Story, Games Women Play, <\/i>and a host of others.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Omotola had her first cinematic movie role in the 2010 film Ije<\/em>. The film, which also starred Genevieve Nnaji<\/a>, was shot at different locations in Jos and the US. Ije<\/em> became the highest-grossing Nollywood movie at that time, which was later broken by the movie Phone Swap.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2012, she starred in the blockbuster thriller Last Flight to Abuja,<\/em> a film that beat some Hollywood blockbusters like Think like a Man<\/i>, Spiderman<\/i>,\u00a0Ice Age, Madagascar, and The Avengers, <\/i>to become the 2nd highest-grossing movie in West African cinemas in 2012. The sales of these movies contributed highly to Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s net worth.<\/p>\n

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s Movies<\/strong><\/h3>\n