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“Why Will You Sell A Cube Of Sugar As 80 Million Naira House For Me”- Actress Bimbo Ademoye Tackles Lekki Real Estate Developers
Nollywood actress, Bimbo Ademoye, has taken to her instagram story to lament about the sizes and structures of expensive houses in Lekki, Lagos. Bimbo called out some lekki real estate developers, questioning them on why they would tell her the cost of a house is 80 million naira, when she can’t even park her car properly.
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Bimbo Ademoye is a Nigerian model and actress born on the 4th of February, 1991 in Lagos State. The actress and her only sister were raised up by their father as their parents separated when she was at the age of two.
She stated in an interview that she had to live with her aunty at a point in her life when things became so tough.
Bimbo started her basic education in Lagos State where she attended St Margaret’s Primary School, Ikorodu, Lagos State after which, she moved in to Ogun State where she did her secondary education at Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.
She is a graduate of the famous private university, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State where she read Business Administration.
Career
Bimbo began her acting career in 2014 in a short film titled ‘Where Talent Lies’ and this was after her mentor, Uduak Isong introduced her into the acting industry.The film received accolades from the Africa International festival and this made her famous. However, in an interview, she stated that her role in the movie ‘Backup wife’ was her breakthrough.
In an interview with Punch Newspaper, the curvy actress said she likes Kerry Washington and Tiffany Haddish.
In her words,
“I admire Kerry Washington and Tiffany Haddish. I will also like to work with Genevieve Nnaji”.
She also named Uduak Isong as her mentor.
Nominations/Awards
In 2017, Bimbo was nominated Revelation of the Year in the Best of Nollywood Awards.
In 2018, the 30 years old actress won the Best Supporting Actress in the Best of Nollywood Awards. She was also nominated Best Kiss in a movie still in the Best of Nollywood Awards.
In 2018, she was nominated Best Promising at the Greenview Awards.
In 2018, her role in ‘Back up Wife’ got her nominated for the Best Lead Role at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards.
In 2019, she won the Most Featured Actress in Cinema Movies at the City People Movie Awards. She was also nominated in Acting Category at The Future Awards Africa Nigeria Prize.
In 2020 during the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards, she was nominated Actress in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series)
Still in 2020, Bimbo won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role(English) in Best of Nollywood Awards.
Movies
Girlfriends
Kamsi
Desperate House girls
The Backup Wife
Personal Assistant
Sugar Rush
Fate of Alakada
Nneka the Pretty Serpent
Breaded Life
My wife and I
This is it
Looking for Baami
Bimbo Ademoye Endorsements/Deals
She is a brand ambassador of Getfit, a waist training brand and also a brand ambassador of Middlechase, a real estate and property company.
She sometimes advertises brands like Classic organics, weightlossbyMma, Jenny’s Glow etc.
In 2019, Bimbo turned down a butt enlargement deal reason being that she does not endorse brands she does not use.
Speaking during an interview with Saturday Beats, she said,
“I have turned down tons . there have been some folks that wanted to sell butt enlargement cream. I turned it down. No disrespect to anybody, but it’s my belief that it doesn’t work. you can’t rub some ointment on your body and expect that part to only increase in size. that’s why I always turn down things like that.”
“I don’t endorse products I cannot use myself, for me to speak about it, meaning I even have used it. once you see me endorse a product, it means I even have used it and tested it.”
Controversies/Rumours
Due to the trend of hip and butt surgery by the female gender, Bimbo was accused of performing a surgery but the actress debunked the rumour saying that tiny waist and big butt runs in her family.
“I was born with a small waist; but I have been snatching my waist since I was my second year in the university”, she revealed.
You must have noticed the tattoo on the upper part of her body. Speaking about it, the curvy actress revealed that she did it just to cover the name of her ex boyfriend which she inked on her body.
In her words,
“I got the tattoo on my shoulder because I was trying to cover my ex-boyfriends name. I tattooed his name on my shoulder when I was not yet wise. The relationship didn’t work out, so I had to cover the tattoo with another one; hence, the reason why I have a feather tattooed on my shoulder. My father wanted to disown me and I don’t have another father so I had to cover it up with this new one. My daddy has been disturbing me about marriage. He is the only one disturbing me to get married at the moment”.