To celebrate her 40th birthday today, popular Yoruba actress Iyabo Ojo, has released new pictures. The CEO of Fespris World, a beauty parlour which she has spread to some locations in Lagos said she is grateful. “God’s goodness is all. I see Feeling sexy as ever, God’s special baby. I am grateful”.
The mother of two Iyabo Ojo who also runs an NGO, Pinkies Foundation, which caters to the children with special needs and the less privileged and founded in 2011 celebrated the fifth anniversary of the foundation.
The mother of two unveiled her canteen which she named Abula Spot, in Lekki, Lagos state in September.
Having been involved in a drama group in a secondary school, Ojo commenced her acting career in 1998 and has since scripted and featured in several Nigerian films. Her first role was in 1998’s ‘Satanic,’ an English-language film. In 2002, she made her Yoruba-language debut with Baba Darijinwon, in 2004, Ojo started producing her own films, her first production being Bolutife, after which she made Bofeboko, Ololufe, Esan and Okunkun Biribiri.
2015 saw the actress produced an English casted movie Silence, which featured Joseph Benjamin Alex Usifo, Fathia Balogun, and Doris Simeon premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja, in Lagos.
Marrying a Lagos-based movie marketer in 1999, when she was 21, she took a break from pursuing her career. She gave birth to a son and then a daughter (born in 1999 and 2001 respectively).
