| Claire Edun | |
| Birth Place: | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality: | British[1] |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
Claire Edun, popularly known as Oyinbo Princess,[2] is a British-born Nollywood actress best known for her fluency in Nigerian Pidgin;[3] which eventually landed her a lead role in the film (ATM) Authentic Tentative Marriage, a 2016 feature film directed by Lancelot Imasuen.[4]
Edun was born to British parents and had her education in the United Kingdom. Upon leaving Greece where she previously worked, she got a job as an air hostess for British Airways which eventually ignited her love for Africa and Nigeria in particular.[1] She rose to the limelight in 2015 after she posted a video of herself on Facebook talking in fluent pidgin English which Lancelot Imasuen later saw and afterwards handed her a role in the film (ATM) Authentic Tentative Marriage,[5] where she played the role of a British girl who came to Nigeria to marry a Nigerian man who wants to live in Britain.[6]