Omowunmi Dada

Omowunmi Dada

Born: October 2, 1989
Omowunmi Dada (born 2 October 1989) is a Nigerian actress, best known for her role as Folake in the M-Net television series Jemeji. She was also cast in the 2017 Yoruba language film Somewhere in the Dark, which won the award for Best Indigenous Film at the 2017 AMVCA Awards, and for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) at the Best of Nollywood Awards in 2017. In 2018, Dada played the voice of the titular character in Nigeria's first animation full-length feature film, Sade.

Movies for Omowunmi Dada...

L.I.F.E.
Title: L.I.F.E.
Character: Ema
Released: February 15, 2024
Type: Movie
'L.I.F.E.' intertwines the tales of Ema, an advertising professional yearning to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a dancer, and Yinka, a passionate dancer struggling with life's challenges.
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Meeting Funmi's Parents
Title: Meeting Funmi's Parents
Released: January 26, 2024
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy set in Nigeria and United States about an interracial romance that hits rock-bottom when a just engaged Nigerian Girl returns home with her white fiancee. Her father, being a cultured Yoruba man, does not want an oyibo son-in-law. He does everything he can to break off their engagement.
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Ada Omo Daddy
Title: Ada Omo Daddy
Released: December 15, 2023
Type: Movie
The stability of her family is threatened when she receives an unexpected call from her long-lost ex-husband on her daughter’s introduction day. The bride world comes crashing down as she learns that her loving daddy is not her biological father, and she is torn between loyalty to the man who raised her and her new connection to the man who birth her
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Egun
Title: Egun
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: Movie
This movie delves into the darker facets of the corporate realm, offering a fresh perspective on the terrors that can lurk in this seemingly ordinary world.
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Title: The Origin: Madam Koi-Koi
Character: Madam Koi Koi
Released: October 31, 2023
Type: TV
A vengeful spirit stalks an isolated college, drawn by the school's grim history of sexual violence and one student's mysterious ties to the past.
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Help Me
Title: Help Me
Character: Yemisi
Released: April 18, 2023
Type: Movie
High school girls are dropping out of school for no apparent reason. Rumor has it that the girls have been raped and traumatized but the school and the local authorities do nothing to investigate the cases. When Yemisi's best friend Adeola becomes a victim, the young aspiring investigative journalist takes it upon herself to uncover the truth.
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Here Love Lies
Title: Here Love Lies
Character: Kemi
Released: March 3, 2023
Type: Movie
In the pursuit of 'love and forever', single parent and Travel Blogger Amanda, embarks on a social media romance with American TourGuide Michael. A trip to the US to meet up for the first time, opens up more doors than both anticipated.
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Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Title: Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Character: Bride
Released: September 10, 2022
Type: Movie
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.
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Country Hard
Title: Country Hard
Character: Tola
Released: August 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Country Hard is a hyperlink crime-drama that explores a day in the lives of seven strangers as their paths interconnect in a way that may alter their lives forever.
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The Blood Covenant
Title: The Blood Covenant
Character: Kenny
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: Movie
The film follows the lives of Eddy, Jite and Osiano, three ambitious young men in their late twenties struggling to make it in life. Tired of being looked down upon, they embark on a relentless quest for the high life, chasing easy money, fast cars, and fame; willing to do whatever it takes no matter what it costs them.
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Cordelia
Title: Cordelia
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Nigerian author and poet Femi Osofisan, Cordelia is a romantic period-drama where romance meets politics. This novella starts with a lecturer in a disturbed state about his marriage, which is resulting in an inability to teach his students. One of them later confronts him in his office about his shoddy lecture, and the student in question is accompanied to the lecturer’s office by another student named Cordelia. But little does our lecturer know that Cordelia is about to be at the center of a major riot at the institution.
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Lugard
Title: Lugard
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: Movie
Revenge and jealousy put the social movement of a reformed radical in jeopardy when his nefarious past comes to light.
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Òlòtūré
Title: Òlòtūré
Character: Linda
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: Movie
In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ruthless traders and pimps, Òlòtūré finds warmth and friendship with Blessing, Linda and Beauty, the prostitutes she lives with. However, she gets drawn into their lifestyle and finds it difficult to cope. In her quest to uncover the truth, she pays the ultimate price - one that takes her to the verge of no return.
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Walking with Shadows
Title: Walking with Shadows
Character: Iheoma
Released: October 9, 2019
Type: Movie
In Lagos, Nigeria, Ebele Njoko has been running all his life. A search for acceptance and love from his family, has led him to recreate himself as Adrian Njoko, respected father, husband, and brother. Suddenly, Adrian’s past and secrets have caught up with him and his world soon begins to crumble as he frantically tries to control the growing ripple effect of a revelation. In coming to terms with his sexuality, Adrian is forced to choose between a compromised existence and the life that he would like to lead.
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The Man Who Cuts Tattoos
Title: The Man Who Cuts Tattoos
Released: October 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Across two crucial periods in Nigerian history, two young women must ponder the painful sacrifices they are forced to make for love.
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Bonny And Clara
Title: Bonny And Clara
Character: Clara
Released: September 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Two Petty Thieves (Bonny & Clara) get into trouble when they snatch a mysterious Briefcase which belongs to a notorious Gang Leader. Now they must run for their lives and also find a way to extract the content of the briefcase before Ebuka, the rightful owner catches up with them.
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Losing My Religion
Title: Losing My Religion
Released: October 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Júnior is forced into religious devotion with devastating consequences.
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Oga Bolaji
Title: Oga Bolaji
Character: Victoria
Released: August 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Oga Bolaji is a story that is centered around the simple happy-go-lucky life of a 40 year old retired musician (Gold Ikponmosa). His life takes a drastic turn when he crosses paths with a seven year old girl which could lead to the worst or best days of his life.
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Diamonds in the Sky
Title: Diamonds in the Sky
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Three families navigate uncertainty and struggle when cancer affects their lives and presents emotional challenges that test their bonds.
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Title: Dérè: An African Tale
Character: Chichi
Released: July 2, 2017
Type: TV
After experiencing a tragic loss, a woman must resist a new family dynamic that could control the future of her father's company and her life.
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Omugwo
Title: Omugwo
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
The film is based on the Igbo tradition of Omugwo, a practice during which postpartum care is provided to a new mother, especially first time mothers.
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Public Property
Title: Public Property
Character: herself
Released: March 17, 2017
Type: Movie
What becomes of a prideful, selfish, dubious, and arrogant man who believes he can always get away with cheating on women and having no form of regard for them, his encounter with one of his prey leads to his unimaginable doom.
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Ojuju
Title: Ojuju
Character: Peju
Released: November 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Romero is at a crossroads.  News of his girlfriend's pregnancy has motivated him to make good of his life, but something strange is happening in his neighborhood.  The local water supply has been tainted causing people to suddenly manifest symptoms of rabid river blindness.  Romero recruits his friends Emmy and Peju to get to the bottom of the epidemic in a race against time for their own survival.
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The Antique
Title: The Antique
Released: September 18, 2014
Type: Movie
An innocent young girl embarks on a journey in search of a sacred antique pot to save the life of the only heir to the throne, however it is a place where mortals are forbidden and her return is not guaranteed.
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King Invincible
Title: King Invincible
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A handsome warlord, ‘Taari’ is fast transitioning into a wolf due to the curse of the dogs that has been placed on him. He must immediately find the cure to this curse or forever be damned. The plot thickens when he discovers that the prince of the village, ‘Adetiba’ will stop at nothing to prevent him from getting the cure he desperately needs. Meanwhile, ‘Princess Morenike’ who is desperately in love with Taari, goes against her brother and goes beyond limits to get the cure for her betrothed.