Gloria Bamiloye Explained

Gloria Bamiloye
Birth Place:	Ilesa, Osun, Nigeria
Nationality:	Nigerian
Children:	3, including Joshua Mike-Bamiloye
Alma Mater:	Oyo State College of Education
Yearsactive:	1985–present
Known For:	Gospel Films Production
Spouse:	Mike Bamiloye

Gloria Olusola Bamiloye is a Nigerian dramatist, film actress, producer and director.^[1] She is a co-founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry.^{[2] [3]}

Early life

^[4] She was born on 4 February 1964 in Ilesa, a city in Osun State,^[5] southwestern Nigeria. Gloria was raised a Muslim but converted to Christianity. She studied English language and religious studies at Oyo State College of Education in Ilesha. She continued her education and received teacher preparation at the Divisional Teachers Training College in Ipetumodu.^[6]

Career

She met Mike Bamiloye in 1983 and eventually married him. Together, they co-founded the Mount Zion Faith Ministry on August 5, 1985. She has starred in, directed and produced several Christian Nigerian movies and dramas.^[7] In 2002, she wrote a book, The Anxiety of Single Sisters.^[8]

Personal life

Mike and Gloria first met at Oyo State College of Education in Ilesha. On October 8, 1988, they married. Gloria was 24, and Mike was 28. However, because his only employment was his full-time involvement in a theatrical ministry, the marriage went against her parents' wishes. She has three children and four grandchildren.^[9]

Selected filmography

• Agbara nla (1992)
• Apoti Eri
• Just A Little Sin
• Story Of My Life
• Blood on the Altar (2006)
• Wounded Heart
• The Great Mistake
• Busy but Guilty
• The Haunting Shadows 1 (2005)
• The Haunting Shadows 2 (2005)
• The Haunting Shadows 3 (2005)
• Broken Bridges (2012) as Rachael's Mother
• The Mobile Prison (2015) as Ordination Pastor
• Shackles 1 (2019)
• Shackles 2: Fetters of Iron (2020)
• Higher Calling (2020)
• My Mother-in-Law 1 (2020)
• My Mother-in-Law 2 (2020)
• My Mother-in-Law 3 (2020)
• My Mother-in-Law 4; episodes 1 - 4 (2021)
• Strategies 1 (2020)
• Strategies 2 (2020)
• Gbemi 1 (2022)
• Gbemi 2 (2022)
• Magdalene (2022)
• Stranded (2023) as Pastor's Wife
• My Dream (2023) as Mama Tunde

See also

• List of Nigerian film producers
• List of Yoruba people

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson-Odesola,-Mike-Bamiloye-and-Gloria-Bamiloye. Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. 25 February 2015.
2. Web site: I didn't reckon I'd marry Mike Bamiloye – Wife, Gloria. TOPE OLUKOLE. Newswatch Times. 25 February 2015.
3. Web site: Victoria . Chukwuani . 2020-09-25 . Speaking in tongues are good, but they are nothing before God without love - Gloria Bamiloye says . 2022-03-12 . Kemi Filani News . en-GB.
4. Web site: DIVISIONAL TEACHER'S TRAINING COLLEGE,IPETUMODU,OSUN STATE . 2022-10-15 . www.facebook.com . en.
5. Web site: Gloria Bamiloye biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture .
6. Web site: I can't stop calling my husband Brother Mike –Gloria Bamiloye. The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. 25 February 2015.
7. Web site: Poverty made us eat corn three times a day Gloria Bamiloye - nigeriafilms.com . YEMISI ADENIRAN . nigeriafilms.com . 25 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150225053752/http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/7604/5/poverty-made-us-eat-corn-three-times-a-day-gloria-.html . 25 February 2015 .
8. Book: The Anxiety of Single Sisters. 9789782878298. 25 February 2015. Bamiloye. Gloria. 2002.
9. Web site: mount zion movie, burning coles - Google Search . 2022-10-01 . www.google.com.