Adunni Ade is a Nigerian American actress
Adunni was born in Queens, New York to a German-Irish mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father
She is a Film maker, fashion enthusiast and Nollywood actress
She returned to Nigeria when she was a year and half old with her parents to attend her grandfather’s bur|al. She was brought up in Lagos State, Nigeria by her father till she was in her latè teens and moved back to the United States for her university education.
Her Lagos-based father, who is also a successful businessman inspired her to study accounting
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Adunni Ade studied accounting at the University of Kentucky. Prior to her return to Nigeria, Adunni Ade worked with the State of Kentucky in the Housing sector providing living assistance and also the State of Maryland in the Medical Insurance department providing medical insurance (Medicare and Medicaid) to those in need.
Adunni ventured into fashion modeling and was featured in America’s Next Top Model. After moving back to Nigeria, she landed her first Nollywood role when she acted in the Yoruba language film “You or I” in 2013.
Her short video comedy skit “Date Gone ßad”, which was released on Y0uTube in 2014, recorded more than 170,000 hits.
She has featured in over 400 Nollywood movies in both English and Yoruba languages
In 2021, Adunni Ade ventured into Film production with her Film production company Lou-Ellen Clara Company Limited and debuted her first film as an executive producer SOÓLÈ featuring A list Actors in the country such as Sola Sobowale, Femi Jacobs, Meg Otanwa, Shawn Faqua, Lateef Dimeji. The movie was Directed by Kayode Kasum. Soólè hit the cinemas November 26, 2021 and grossed 10.2million naira in its opening weekend and 16 million naira in its opening week. After 9 weeks in the cinemas, soólè hit over 51 million naira in the box office making it top 10 Nollywood movies in cinemas for 2021. SOÓLÈ received in 2022 an AMVCA (Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award) nomination Best Actor in a comedy for Shawn Faqua
She also received her first Yoruba Award for Best Yoruba Actress for the 5th Edition of Cool Wealth awards
She received a Stella Award from the Nigerian Institute of J0urnalism for her efforts in promoting the Nigerian culture
Adunni is the mother of two boys – Ayden Young and D’marion Young
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