Kehinde Bankole is a Nigerian actress, model and television host. She made her entertainment debut in the 2003 Miss Commonwealth Nigeria beauty contest. Then she proceeded to the 2004 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant. She won the revelation of the year award at the 2009 Best of Nollywood Awards, two years after her first screen feature in Wale Adenuga’s Super story.
She was born as the 4th child in a family of six. She has a twin sister who also acts occasionally. Kehinde Bankole studied at Tunwase Nursery and Primary School, Ikeja. She was admitted to study Mass Communication at Olabisi Onabanjo University but took a break to concentrate more on her modelling career in 2004.
Kehinde Bankole’s first entertainment experience was when she auditioned as a contestant in Miss Commonwealth Nigeria pageant in 2003, although she did not win, she claimed the “exposure” was all she really wanted as she made the top 10.
She also had a shot at Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria but could not make the top five list. After the contract of Genevieve Nnaji expired as a Lux ambassandor, Bankole was chosen along with Sylvia Udeogu and Olaide Olaogun to become to new face of Lux in 2007.
She made her acting debut during her reign as Lux ambassandor in the family drama Super story: Everything it Takes. She has also starred in other Wale Adenuga’s productions like Papa Ajasco and This Life.
She hosts daytime talk shows including “Soul Sisters” and “African Kitchen”
Kehinde Bankole has starred in these great movies;
- Perfect Church
- Two Brides and a Baby (2011)
- The Meeting (2012)
- Awakening (2013)
- Facade
- Render to Caesar (2014)
- October 1 (2014)
Kehinde Bankole recently won the 2015 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Drama. She took to her Instagram account to thank her fans saying,
We won! Woop! Woop! Thank you for voting, thank you my fans, thank you my family, thank you for everyone that had been watching me at one point or the other. AMVCA, October 1 crew, thank you.”
Kehinde Bankole emerged winner after she was nominated for the ‘Best Actress in a Drama’ at the 2015 AMVCAs for her role in Kunle Afolayan’s produced flick, October 1.
The Mass Communication graduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, who was nominated alongside Ivie Okujaye, Joselyn Dumas, Rita Dominic and Aisha Kamara in the same category for her role as Tawa in Kunle Afolayan’s produced flick, October 1, has become one of the most talked about actress since her victory at the awards ceremony.
Kudos to her.
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