Gloria Olusola Bamiloye is a Nigerian

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, producer and director. She is a co-founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry.

Early life

She was born on the 4th of February, 1964 in

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, a city in

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, southwestern Nigeria. Gloria was raised a Muslim, but converted to Christianity. She studied English language and religious studies at Oyo State College of Education in Ilesha. She continued her education and received teacher preparation at the Divisional Teachers Training College in

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Career

She met Mike Bamiloye in 1983 and eventually married him. Together, they co-founded the Mount Zion Faith Ministry on August 5, 1985. She has starred in, directed and produced several Christian Nigerian movies and dramas. In 2002, she wrote a book, ''The Anxiety of Single Sisters''.

Personal life

Mike and Gloria first met at

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College of Education in

Ilesha Ilesa () is an ancient town located in the Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that village. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ij ...

. On October 8, 1988, they married. Gloria was 24, and Mike was 28. However, because his only employment was his full-time involvement in a theatrical ministry, the marriage went against her parents' wishes. She has three children and four grand-children.

Selected filmography

*''Agbara nla'' (1992) *''Apoti Eri'' *''Just A Little Sin'' *''Story Of My Life'' *''Blood on the Altar'' *''Wounded Heart'' *''The Great Mistake'' *''The Haunting Shadows 1'' (2005) *''The Haunting Shadows 2'' (2005) *''The Haunting Shadows 3'' (2005) *''Shackles 1'' (2019) *''Shackles 2: Fetters of Iron'' (2020) *''Higher Calling'' (2020) *''My Mother-in-Law 1'' (2020) *''My Mother-in-Law 2'' (2020) *''My Mother-in-Law 3'' (2020) *''My Mother-in-Law 4''; episodes 1 - 4 (2021) *'' Strategies 1 (2020) *'' Strategies 2 (2020) *''Gbemi 1'' (2022) *''Gbemi 2'' (2022) *''Magdalene'' (2022) *''My Dream'' (2022)

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Living people Yoruba actresses Actresses from Ilesha People from Osun Nigerian film actresses Nigerian women writers Nigerian dramatists and playwrights Nigerian women dramatists and playwrights Nigerian film directors Nigerian film producers 1964 births Nigerian women film producers 20th-century Nigerian actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses Nigerian women film directors {{Nigeria-film-bio-stub

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Career

Personal life

Selected filmography

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