Bukky Abaniwonda, popularly called Bukky Wonder, is a Canadian

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of Nigerian descent. She is best known for the films ''Bridges'', ''Awkward Things About Losing Weight'' and ''The Carperdian''.

Personal life

She was born in Canada as the second of the family with five siblings. She spent her childhood in

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

. She has two brothers and two sisters. She attended Command Day Secondary School, Abuja for high school studies. Then she graduated with an accounting degree from

Bowen University Bowen University is a private Baptist Christian Nigerian university located at Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria, and is housed in the old 1,300-acre (6 km²) campus of the Baptist College, a teacher-training institution on a hill just outside ...

Career

In 2017, she played the lead role in the film ''Bridges'' directed by

Rogers Ofime Rogers Ofime (born March 10, 1973) is a Nigerian born Canadian based film maker and television producer. He is best known for producing several notable Nigerian television soap operas, including the successful ''Tinsel'', which was the first multi ...

. Then she acted in the film ''It's The End''. In 2020, Abaniwonda directed the first Afro-Canadian web serial ''The African Family'' which is almost exclusively an all-Black production. It has been shot in Calgary. The cast included African actors from Nigeria,

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and

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First-of-its-kind African-Canadian film production in Calgary showcases Black talent
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abaniwonda, Bukky Living people Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Nigerian descent Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian expatriates in Nigeria Canadian web series actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Bowen University alumni