Gloria Bamiloye

{{short description|Nigerian dramatist, film actress, producer and director}}

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| birth_place = Ilesa, Osun, Nigeria

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| nationality = Nigerian

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| children = 3, including Joshua Mike-Bamiloye

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| alma_mater = Oyo State College of Education

| yearsactive = 1985–present

| known for = Gospel Films Production

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Gloria Olusola Bamiloye {{Pronunciation|Gloria Olusola Bamiloye.ogg|listen|yes|help=no}} is a Nigerian dramatist, film actress, producer and director.{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/01/cleric-debuts-film-titled-incurable-wound-enlists-as-producer/johnson-odesola-mike-bamiloye-and-gloria-bamiloye/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225043912/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/01/cleric-debuts-film-titled-incurable-wound-enlists-as-producer/johnson-odesola-mike-bamiloye-and-gloria-bamiloye/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 25, 2015|title=Johnson-Odesola,-Mike-Bamiloye-and-Gloria-Bamiloye|work=Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper|accessdate=25 February 2015}} She is a co-founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry.{{cite web|url=http://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/didnt-reckon-id-marry-mike-bamiloye-wife-gloria/|title=I didn't reckon I'd marry Mike Bamiloye – Wife, Gloria|author=TOPE OLUKOLE|work=Newswatch Times|accessdate=25 February 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Victoria |first=Chukwuani |date=2020-09-25 |title=Speaking in tongues are good, but they are nothing before God without love - Gloria Bamiloye says |url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/entertainment/speaking-in-tongues-are-good-but-they-are-nothing-before-god-without-love-gloria-bamiloye-says |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Kemi Filani News |language=en-GB}}

Early life

{{Cite web |title=DIVISIONAL TEACHER'S TRAINING COLLEGE,IPETUMODU,OSUN STATE |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/DIVISIONAL-TEACHERS-TRAINING-COLLEGEIPETUMODUOSUN-STATE/302803003254583 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}} She was born on 4 February 1964 in Ilesa, a city in Osun State,{{cite web | url=https://www.manpower.com.ng/people/16426/gloria-bamiloye | title=Gloria Bamiloye biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.punchng.com/spice/celebrity-couple/i-cant-stop-calling-my-husband-brother-mike-gloria-bamiloye/|title=I can't stop calling my husband Brother Mike –Gloria Bamiloye|work=The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper|accessdate=25 February 2015}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/7604/5/poverty-made-us-eat-corn-three-times-a-day-gloria-.html |title=Poverty made us eat corn three times a day Gloria Bamiloye - nigeriafilms.com |author=YEMISI ADENIRAN |work=nigeriafilms.com |accessdate=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225053752/http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/7604/5/poverty-made-us-eat-corn-three-times-a-day-gloria-.html |archivedate=25 February 2015 }} In 2002, she wrote a book, The Anxiety of Single Sisters.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wLZAAAAMAAJ|title=The Anxiety of Single Sisters|isbn=9789782878298|accessdate=25 February 2015|last1=Bamiloye|first1=Gloria|year=2002}}

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 six grandchildren.{{Cite web |title=mount zion movie, burning coles - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=mount+zion+movie,+burning+coles |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=www.google.com}}