Elizabeth Aishat Anjorin is a Nigerian female actor and movie producer, predominantly in the Nigerian

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movie industry.

Early life and education

Anjorin was born in

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, in the predominantly

southwestern geographical area of Nigeria. Her father was Christian and her mother Muslim. She has said that she grew up in poverty with her mother, was once a food seller, and was driven to succeed by the fear of again being poor. She entered

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in 2003, where she was a student activist, and graduated in 2017 with a

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in Transport Planning and Management after leaving to pursue acting. She then took acting classes, at which time she met Idowu Ogungbe and Ahmed Alasari, who helped her with her career.

Career

As an actress, Anjorin came to prominence at the end of the first decade of the 21st century; films she is known for include ''Ise Onise'' and ''Arewa Ejo'' in 2009 and ''Owowunmi'' in 2010. Anjorin now produces the films in which she appears. Her first self-produced movie was ''Tolani Gbarada''. Others include ''Gold'', on her own life, ''Iyawo Abuke'', the 2012 comedy ''Kofo Tinubu'', ''Kofo De First Lady'', and ''Owo Naira Bet'', reportedly the most expensive Yoruba film up to that time. It premiered in 2017 and was released in 2018. She is one of the wealthiest actors in Nigeria. She is also a fashion designer and sells clothes and accessories.

Awards

Anjorin won the Best Actress Award at the

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s in 2012 for ''Kofo Tinubu'', and the City Pride Achievers Award for Best Actress in 2013 and 2014, the second time also for ''Kofo Tinubu''. At the 2014

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, she was nominated for Best Actress of the Year (Yoruba) and was awarded Yoruba Movie Personality of the Year. At the 2017 City People Entertainment Awards, she won Yoruba Movie Personality of the Year (Female) and a Special Recognition Award for ''Owo Naira Bet''.

Personal life

Anjorin is a single parent. She converted from

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and adopted the name Aishat. In September 2019, she was involved in a feud on social media with

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. She accused Abraham of falsely accusing her of trafficking

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, leading to her being searched at an airport, and of having her baby at a traditional healer's establishment rather than a hospital and concealing it. Both women threatened lawsuits, and Anjorin accused Abraham of herself using cocaine and asked the

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to test them both for drugs. The feud was ended by

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, president of the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria.

Selected filmography

*''Ise Onise'' (2009) *''Arewa Ejo'' (2009) *''Owowunmi'' (2010) *''Tolani Gbarada'' *''Gold'' *''Iyawo Abuke'' *''Kofo De First Lady'' *''Kofo Tinubu'' (2012) *''Owo Naira Bet'' (2017)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anjorin, Liz Living people Nigerian film actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses Yoruba actresses People from Lagos State Converts to Islam from Christianity Nigerian Muslims Nigerian former Christians Actresses in Yoruba cinema Olabisi Onabanjo University alumni 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people)