If Nollywood operates under any sort of motto, it might be ‘out with the old and in with the new’. An actor or actress’ star rises to its zenith before slowly passing into memory and a new star makes an upward ascent. These young fresh faces often burst into the spotlight through one or two breakout films and roles. Once they enter the limelight, it’s hard to keep them out of it. Suddenly, they are everywhere.

The producers and marketers want these up and coming stars in their films, hoping that their appeal will earn the picture a good chunk of change.

This a list of the 7 fast rising actresses in the Yoruba section of Nollywood, who have all broken into the industry, and have received accolades for their performances. They are the ones you want to keep your eye on because chances are you’ll be seeing them with increasing frequency as their popularity increases.


Tayo Sobola [/b]popularly called Sotayo is one of the most desirable young actresses in the Yoruba movie industry at the moment. And that is because she has a lot going for her. This up-to-the-minute role interpreter, started as a model/video vixen before dabbling into acting. The Olabisi Onabanjo University alumnus, has featured in over 20 Nollywood titles and as a producer, she has 3 movies under her belt….


[b]Bukola Adeeyo[/i] is without a shadow of doubt one of the hottest young Yoruba actresses around. The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic graduate, has acted in quite a number of movies like Sunday Dagboru, Monday Omo Adugbo, Abike Standing, Fere Sise Mi, Eminirekan etc. Though, a native of Oyo state, she was raised in Lafenwa, Abeokuta, Ogun State, where she took to acting after joining Odunlade Adekola Films Production (O.A.F.P)….


Temitayo Maryam Adeniyi, [i][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]who is popularly known as Shakyra is a fast rising Nollywood actress from Ekiti State. She was born and raised in Lagos, where she attended Government College, Ikorodu. She obtained an Ordinary National Diploma in Accounting from Yaba College of Technology, before proceeding to Lagos State University, where she studied Banking and Finance. Shakyra has appeared in more than 20 movies, some of which are Ipinlese, Alani Baba Labake, Amisu, and Ojo Idunnu. She has also produced and starred in three movies of her own, namely Anike Onidoti, Ipinlese and Shakyra..

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