Idiat Shobande, sometimes written as Idiat Sobande is a Nigerian actress, who acts in

Yoruba language Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami script, Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern Middle Belt, and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the Ethnic group, ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speake ...

films. In 2011, she received

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nomination for her role as the title character in the Yoruba women advocacy film, ''

Aramotu ''Aramotu'' is a 2010 Nigerian drama film directed by Niji Akanni. It stars Idiat Sobande, Kayode Odumosu and Gabriel Afolayan. It received 7 nominations at the 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards and won the awards for Best Nigerian Film and Best ...

''.

Career

Born to a family from

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. Idiat joined

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, Yoruba sub-industry in 1995. In 2011, Idiat revealed to

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, that her role in ''

'' as a wealthy woman inspired her to promote

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

in Nigeria. Idiat has featured in several

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films, including ''Iyawo Saara'', ''Abode Mecca'', ''Omo Iya Ajo'' and ''

''. Other notable films includes, ''Kondo Olopa'' (2007), ''Láròdá òjò'' (2008) and ''Igbeyin Ewuro'' (2009). In 2010, Idiat played the title character in ''

''. The film which portrayed Yoruba women as making major impacts in an ancient society, earned her

nomination, although she eventually lost the award to

Ama Abebrese Ama K. Abebrese (born 3 May 1980) is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer. She was born in Ghana and raised in West London in the United Kingdom. She won the 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role at the AMAA Awards for ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shobande, Idiat Nigerian film actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses 20th-century Nigerian actresses Living people Actresses from Ogun State Yoruba actresses Actresses in Yoruba cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian film award winners