Binta Ayo Mogaji
{{short description|Nigerian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Binta Ayo Mogaji
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| birth_date = 1964
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| children = 3
| occupation = Actress
| known_for = Igbalandogi
| spouse = Victor Ayodele Oduleye
| years_active = 1970s - present
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Binta Ayo Mogaji{{Audio|Yo-Binta Ayo Mogaji.ogg|Listen|help=no}} is a veteran Nigerian actress.{{Cite web |last=Augoye |first=Jayne |date=2022-01-01 |title=New Nollywood movie, ‘Over Her Dead Body’ set for cinema release |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/503502-new-nollywood-movie-over-her-dead-body-set-for-cinema-release.html |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}} According to the film critic Shaibu Husseini, Mogaji has been a part of at least 800 films, television shows, and theater productions.{{Cite web |url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/binta-ayo-mogaji-sterling-stage-and-screen-actress-sambas-on-and-off-the-turf/ |title=Binta Ayo Mogaji: Sterling stage and screen actress Sambas on and off the turf |last=Husseni |first=Shaibu |date=April 17, 2018 |website=Guardian |access-date=2018-07-17}}
Personal life
Born in 1964, Mogaji is a native of Agbo-Ile, Ibadan. Her father is an Islamic cleric, while her mother is an education administrator. In 2006, she married retired soccer player and physiotherapist, Victor Ayodele Oduleye.{{Cite web |url=https://www.modernghana.com/movie/4831/you-were-in-school-when-i-started-receiving-award-binta-ayo-mogaji-oduleye.html |title=You were in school when i started receiving award--------Binta Ayo Mogaji-Oduleye |date=May 18, 2009 |website=Modern Ghana |access-date=2018-07-18}} Prior to her marriage, she was romantically involved with actor Jibola Dabo and had a son as a result of the relationship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.playground.ng/2016/03/7-facts-about-binta-ayo-mogaji-as-she-clocks-52/ |title=7 FACTS ABOUT BINTA AYO MOGAJI AS SHE CLOCKS 52 |website=Playground |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-date=2018-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022124529/http://www.playground.ng/2016/03/7-facts-about-binta-ayo-mogaji-as-she-clocks-52 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/binta-ayo-mogaji-jibola-dabo-was-only-my-boyfriend-i-m-married-to-a-british-psychotherapist-says-actress-id4383016.html |title=Jibola Dabo was only my boyfriend, I’m married to a British Psychotherapist" says actress |last=Inyese |first=Amaka |website=Pulse |access-date=2018-07-17}}
Career
Her first home video film was Mojere, which was done in Yoruba. She was awarded "Best Actress" at the REEL Awards. In 2015, Mogaji debunked filmmakers' preference for younger generation actors in Nollywood. She explained that their reasons cannot be based on the act of professionalism, because there is nothing younger actors were doing that the older ones can't still do. In a 2018 interview with The Punch, Mogaji explained that due to her Islamic background, she has never acted semi-nude or kissed throughout her decades of practicing as an actress. She noted that producers know the type of role she can play.{{Cite web |url=http://punchng.com/but-for-acting-i-would-have-been-a-footballer-ayo-mogaji/ |title=But for acting, I would have been a footballer –Ayo Mogaji |date=May 26, 2018 |website=The Punch |access-date=2018-07-18}}
= Partial filmography =
- Nowhere to be Found
- Why Worry the Barber?
- Sergeant Okoro
- Igbalandogi
- Mojere
- Owo Blow (1997) as Mama Ojuju
- Ti Oluwa Nile (1992){{Cite web |url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/2033/now-i-have-wholl-call-me-mummy-actress-binta-ayo-mogaji-i.html |title=Now I have who’ll call me mummy’ (Actress Binta Ayo Mogaji in her 40s) |date=December 19, 2004 |website=Nigeria Voice |access-date=2018-07-18}}
- Motherhood
- Owo Ale
- Ileke
- Ojuju
- Ile Olorogun
- Checkmate (1991 - 1994) as Chioma
- Àkóbí Gómìnà 2 (2002) as Alhaja
- Pasito Deinde (2005)
- Eni Eleni 2 (2005)
- The Inlaws (2008) as Keji
- Mama insurance (2012 film)
- The Bridge (2017) as Olori Omolade
- A Single Story (2018) as Mummy
- Kasanova (2019) as Grandma
- Diamonds In The Sky (2019) as Kayode's Mum
- The Miracle Centre (2020)
- My Village People (2021){{Cite web |last=Nwogu |first=Precious |date=2021-05-31 |title=Watch the official trailer for 'My Village People' |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/watch-the-official-trailer-for-my-village-people/h35pdsn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531153717/https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/watch-the-official-trailer-for-my-village-people/h35pdsn |archive-date=2021-05-31 |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}} as Witch
- Man of God (2022) as Mummy Samuel
- Mikolo (2023) as Grandma
- Unknown Soja (2024) as Mama Sade
- Oloture: The Journey (2024 TVSeries) as Oloture's Mother
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2104863}}
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Category:Actresses from Ibadan
Category:20th-century Nigerian actresses
Category:21st-century Nigerian actresses
Category:Actresses in Yoruba cinema
Category:Nigerian film actresses