Damilola Adegbite

Damilola AdegbiteListen^ⓘ (born Oluwadamilola Adegbite; 18 May 1985) is a Nigerian actress, model, and television personality. She played Telema Duke in the soap opera Tinsel, and Kemi Williams in the movie Flower Girl. She won Best Actress in a TV Series at the 2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.^[1][2]

Damilola Adegbite
Born	Oluwadamilola Adegbite (1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 39) Surulere, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigerian (1985–present)
Education	Bowen University, Queen's College, Lagos
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, TV host
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Chris Attoh ​ (m. 2015⁠–⁠2017)​
Children	1

Biography

Adegbite was born in Surulere, Lagos State. She attended Queen's College in Yaba, Lagos and studied business administration at Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State. Tinsel was her acting debut, and she has also appeared in TV commercials and hosted programs on TV.^[3]

Personal life

In August 2014, Adegbite got engaged to Chris Attoh, a fellow actor she met on set of the soap opera Tinsel.^[4] In September 2014, the couple welcomed their son Brian.^[5] Adegbite and Attoh got married privately in Accra, Ghana on 14 February 2015.^[6] In September 2017, news broke that Adegbite's marriage to husband Chris Attoh had crashed. Adegbite had sparked split rumours after she deleted Chris Attoh's surname from her social-media accounts^[7] She also unfollowed him on Instagram, deleted all photos of him from her social media account. Hours later, in an interview, Chris Attoh confirmed his marriage to Damilola Adegbite was over.^[8]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2006	6 Hours To Christmas	Pebbles
2013	Flower Girl	Kemi Williams
2017	The Missing	Alero		[citation needed]
	Banana Island Ghost	Self	Cameo
	Isoken	Joke	Also starring Dakore Akande, Joseph Benjamin
2018	Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons	Dera Chukwu	Action / Comedy
	From Lagos with Love	Samantha	Drama / Romance
2019	Coming From Insanity	Oyin Martins	Directed by Akinyemi Sebastian Akinropo
	Heaven's Hell	Janet Cole
	Merry Men 2: Another Mission	Dera Chukwu	Directed by Moses Inwang
2020	Crossroads Siwoku	Temi Bamisaiye	Directed by Seyi Siwoke

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2012	Tinsel	Telema Duke
2015–present	Before 30	Temilola Coker

Theatre

• The V Monologues

References

1. Adeola Adeyemo (29 September 2012). "Bella Naija interviews Damilola Adegbite". Bella Naija. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
2. Yemisi Suleiman (February 12, 2013). "Why I left Tinsel". Vanguard News. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
3. "VMZ Interviews Damilola Adegbite". November 13, 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
4. "PHOTOS: How Chris Attoh Proposed To Damilola On A Yacht". Peace FM Online. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. "Aww…Chris Attoh and Damilola Adegbite Christen Their New Son Brian". bellanaija. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
6. "Chris Attoh & Damilola Adegbite's Val's Day Wedding". Channels Television. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
7. "Damilola Adegbite removes husband's name, unfollows him, and deletes all his photos from IG". Laila's Blog. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
8. "Exclusive: Chris Attoh opens up to BellaNaija about New Projects, Divorce from Damilola Adegbite & 'The Kindness Foundation'". bellanaija. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

External links

• Damilola Adegbite at IMDb