Damilola Adegbite (born Oluwadamilola Adegbite; 18 May 1985) is Nigerian actress, Model, and Television personality. She played Thelema Duke in the soap opera ''
Tinsel
Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called "lametta", and emulates icicles. It was o ...
'', and Kemi Williams in the movie ''
Flower Girl''. She won Best Actress in a TV Series at the
2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
The 2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was the 6th edition of the ceremony to reward outstanding contribution to Nigerian entertainment industry. It was held at Sharp Theater, Symphony Space, New York City on September 5, 2011. It was hosted by Funk ...
.
Biography
She was born in
Surulere
Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...
,
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...
. She attended
Queen's College in
Yaba, Lagos
Yaba is a suburb located on Lagos Mainland, Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria. There are several federal government institutions in the area, which include Queen's College, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, the Yaba College of Technolog ...
and studied business administration at
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 ...
in
Iwo, Osun State. ''Tinsel'' was her acting debut. She has also appeared in TV commercials and hosted programs on TV.
Personal life
In August 2014, Adegbite got engaged to
Chris Attoh
Chris Attoh (born Christopher Keith Nii Attoh; May 17, 1979) is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera ''Tinsel''.
Education
He attend ...
, a fellow actor she met on set of the soap opera ''
Tinsel
Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called "lametta", and emulates icicles. It was o ...
''. In September 2014, the couple welcomed their son Brian. Adegbite and Attoh married privately in
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, Ghana on 14 February 2015.
In September 2017, news broke that Adegbite's marriage to husband
Chris Attoh
Chris Attoh (born Christopher Keith Nii Attoh; May 17, 1979) is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera ''Tinsel''.
Education
He attend ...
had crashed. Adegbite had sparked split rumours after she deleted Chris Attoh's surname from her social-media accounts She also unfollowed him on Instagram, deleted all photos of him from her social media account. Hours later, in an interview, Chris Attoh confirmed his marriage to Damilola Adegbite was over.
Filmography
Films
Television
Theatre
* ''The V Monologues''
References
External links
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Nigerian television actresses
Nigerian film actresses
Actresses from Lagos
1985 births
Living people
Yoruba actresses
Queen's College, Lagos alumni
Bowen University alumni
21st-century Nigerian actresses
Nigerian female models
Yoruba female models
Models from Lagos
Nigerian television personalities
Actresses from Osun State
Nigerian television presenters
Nigerian media personalities