Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Yahoo Recognition As Highest Grossing Box Office Movie Star
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Two years after making Time 100, Nollywood Queen, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has once again grabbed global headline.
Omosexy as she is fondly called is the only African in a list tagged Highest Grossing Box Office Movie Stars You’ve Never Heard Of’.
She made the list of six unsung heroes of box office that also include big names like Frank Welker, Bob Bergen, Jack Angel, Martin Klebba and Shah Rukh Khan.
What Yahoo Said About Omosexy (Below)
We’ll wager not only have you not heard of Omotola Jalade Ekeinde – or ‘Omosexy’ as her fans call her – but we reckon you probably haven’t even heard of the industry she spearheads: Nollywood.
Yes, that’s Nigeria’s version Hollywood, in which Omosexy dominates – she has over 300 film credits to her name (although most go straight to video). In her homeland she’s like a cross between Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian, with her own reality TV series following her and her family.
Though it’s nigh on impossible to determine what her box-office total is, given that the Nigerian film industry is mostly one that distributes through market stalls and street corners, it is estimated to be worth upwards of £320 million a year – and Omosexy is a Nollywood cornerstone
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