Her name is Oluwatoyin Aimakhua Abraham Ajeyemi popularly known as Toyin Abraham, a famous Nigerian actress, producer and director.
Toyin Abraham was born on September 5, 1982 in Auchi, Edo State in the south southern part of Nigeria. She is currently 41 years old. She is from a family of 5.
Due to her Yoruba firstname, Toyin Abraham is often mistaken to be a Yoruba lady by some of her fans. However, the actress is of Edo origin. She hails from Auchi in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. Her father’s name is Aimakhua, a retired staff of Ibru organization while her mother is a pastor.
Toyin Abraham attended her primary school education at Oba Kenzo Primary School in Benin City, Edo State but could not finish because her father retired. As a result, the family moved to Ibadan, Oyo State where she continued her primary school education at Queen’s Staff School and obtained her First School Leaving Certificate. Afterward, she enrolled at St. Anne’s Secondary School, Ibadan where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate.
After completing her secondary school education, Toyin Abraham proceeded to Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, where she obtained her Ordinary National Diploma (OND). She later proceeded to Ibadan Polytechnic and graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marketing.
Toyin Abraham started her acting career in the Polytechnic where she was actively involved in drama, stage plays and performing arts. In 2003, she joined the Nigerian movie industry professionally when a veteran Nigerian actress Bukky Wright came to Ibadan to shoot a movie. She was featured in the movie.
In 2017, she produced and starred as the lead role in the Nigerian comedy film “Alakada Reloaded”, starring alongside Kehinde Bankole, Lilian Esoro, Bolaji Amusan and other casts.
In 2018, she also produced and starred as the lead role in the movie “The Ghost and the Tout”.
In 2020, Toyin Abraham was made the ambassador for Revolution Plus Properties, a Lagos-based property outfit. She is the founder and CEO of Toyin Abraham Productions.
Toyin Abraham is very beautiful, gifted, skillful, creative and highly talented actress known for her good interpretation of movie roles. She knows how to interpret her role very well and can fit in any character assigned to her by movie directors and producers in Nigeria.
She is always known for her comedy roles in movies.
The screen-goddess has acted alongside with Nollywood actors and actresses like Mercy Aigbe, Regina Chukwu, Michelle Dede, Rita Dominic, Anthony Monjaro, Jide Kosoko, amongst others.
She is known for Alakada Reloaded (2017), The Ghost and the Tout (2018), Fate of Alakada (2020), The Prophetess (2021), Ijakumo: The Born Again Strípper (2022) amd she is set to release her new movie “Malaika” in December 22, 2023.
In July 2013, Toyin Abraham got married to her estranged husband, Mr. Adeniyi Johnson and in August 2015, the couple filed for divorce on the ground of infidelity.
In July 2019, she took a shot at marriage again. She got married to Mr. Kola Ajeyemi and the union is blessed with two beautiful kids; a boy and a girl, Ireoluwa Ajeyemi and Temitope Ajeyemi.
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