Kehinde Olorunyomi (born 13 January 1981) is a

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and

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, and

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notable for her role in the defunct

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DOMINO and several screenplays.

Career

Acting

Olorunyomi started her acting career in 2001, with the television program Everyday people. She is remembered for her role in the defunct soap opera ''Domino'', where she played Stella Lord-Williams, the wife of the lead character, Oscar (played by

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). In March 2017, Olorunyomi joined the cast of the TV series ''

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'', where she plays the character Tomiwa Ajayi. Olorunyomi has featured in movies like The Novelist, Couple's Award, Divorce not allowed, Bachelor's eve, Bloodlines season 1, Forever Within Us,

Screenwriting

As a screen writer, Olorunyomi started her career in 2006 with the movie ''Mamush''. She has written over 50 titles that have been produced into movies and series. Olorunyomi has written for Nigerian film makers and production companies like M-Net Africa’s AMOF (Africa Magic Original Films),

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, Charles Okafor,

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, Ramsey Nuoah, and

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. Olorunyomi is CEO of Nextlevel Cinema, a film production company she started in 2012. Nextlevel Cinema has produced five movies The Perfect Plan (2012), Forever Within Us (2014), One Moment in Time (2014), The Novelist (2015), Tesho (2016). ''The Novelist'' was in the Nigerian Cinemas in 2016 and showed great potentials, it also has great reviews online. Couple's Award Olorunyomi won the

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(GMA) in 2012 for best original screenplay for the motion picture titled '' In the Cupboard'' produced by

. Recent films under Olorunyomi’s purview include '' Husbands of Lagos Season 1'' (2014) for

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, ''Missing Steps'' (2016) written for Switzerland/Nigerian government produced by Charles Okafor, ''Oge’s Sister'' produced by Uche Jombo, ''Oju Anu'' Produced by

, ''The Patient'' produced by M-Net Africa. In addition to Olorunyomi receiving the Best screenplay award in 2012, ''

Finding Mercy ''Finding Mercy'' is a 2013 Nigerian drama film produced and directed by Desmond Elliot, and starring Rita Dominic, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Uti Nwachukwu and Chioma Chukwuka. Cast *Rita Dominic *Uti Nwachukwu * Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha *Blossom Chuk ...

'' one of her original screenplays received

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for Best Supporting Actor.

Directing

Couple's Award is Olorunyomi's directorial debut, she featured in it and was also the screenwriter. Couple's award got critical acclaim and mentions by movie critics in Nigeria

Personal life

Olorunyomi is married to Adewunmi Odukoya who is chief operating officer/aggregator for Nextlevel Cinema. They have a son who was born in 2013.

Filmography

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References

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