Moji Olaiya Explained

Moji Olaiya
Birth Date:27 February 1975
Death Place:Canada
Nationality:Nigerian
Occupation:Actress

Moji Olaiya (27 February 1975 – 17 May 2017) was a Nigerian actress.[1]

Career

The daughter of highlife musician Victor Olaiya, Moji Olaiya began her acting career with Wale Adenuga's production Super Story.[2] She starred in several Nollywood movies of Yoruba and English genres.[3] She was known for her roles in films such as No Pains No Gains, in which she played Ireti, Sade Blade (2005), Nkan adun (2008) and Omo iya meta leyi (2009). She also starred in the Agunbaniro. In 2003, she was nominated for the Reel Award Best Supporting Actress of the Year, and she won the Best New Actress Award.[4]

In 2016, Olaiya released a film, Iya Okomi,[5] starring Foluke Daramola and Funsho Adeolu, which was scheduled to premiere in Lagos in July.[6]

Personal life

Olaiya married Bayo Okesola in 2007, then separated.[7] [8] [9] She converted to Islam in 2014.[10] [11]

Olaiya died on 17 May 2017, from cardiac arrest in Canada, where she had her second child exactly two months prior.[12] She was finally laid to rest on 7 June 2017 according to Islamic rites.[13]

Selected filmography

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moji Olaiya: Photos from her 40th birthday bash. The Pulse. Esho Wemimo. 3 March 2015. 26 March 2015.
  2. News: I was the breadwinner while my marriage lasted — Actress, Moji Olaiya. Nigerian Tribune. 26 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144935/http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/8979-i-was-the-breadwinner-while-my-marriage-lasted-actress-moji-olaiya. 2 April 2015. dead.
  3. News: NONYE BEN-NWANKWO . Fathia Balogun had nothing to do with my broken marriage – Moji Olaiya . The Punch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150603184100/http://www.punchng.com/feature/moji-olaiya-on-her-broken-marriage-fathia-balogun-has-nothing-to-do-with-it/ . 3 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Moji Olaiya. Naij.com. 15 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Moji Olaiya's movie "Iya Okomi" to premiere in July. Nigerian Pilot. 31 July 2016. 15 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003170954/http://nigerianpilot.com/moji-olaiyas-movie-iya-okomi-premiere-july/. 3 October 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: Moji Olaiya's movie to premiere in July. Pulse. 3 June 2016. 15 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Violence forced me out of Marriage. Modern Ghana. 31 January 2014. 26 March 2015.
  8. Web site: I Can't remain in a violent marriage - Moji Olaiya. Codedwap . Mary Jane Eze.
  9. News: Moji Olaiya left her husband because of domestic Violence. Nollywood magazine. 26 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Fabulous at 40! Fathia Balogun, Yomi Fash, Ronke Oshodi, Eniola Badmus, others party with Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya (PHOTOS). YNaija. 3 March 2015. 26 March 2015.
  11. News: Nollywood Yoruba Movie Actress Moji Olaiya Cries 'I don't have any Alhaji lover'. Daily Mail (Nigeria). 3 November 2014. 16 March 2015.
  12. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/231535-veteran-yoruba-movie-actress-moji-olaiya-is-dead.html "Veteran Yoruba movie actress, Moji Olaiya, is dead", by Jayne Augoye, Premium Times
  13. News: PHOTOS: Moji Olaiya's Burial Ceremony In Lagos . okay.ng . 7 June 2017.

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