Multiple award-winning Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been honoured as one of the 100 most influential people of African descent by the United Nations.
Omotola disclosed this via a post on her Instagram page.
“Honoured to be one of the Most Influential 100 People of African Descent at the United Nations by @mipad100,” the post read.
Beautiful and brainy, Omosexy as she is popularly known, was earlier in the year, named among the “top 50 women doing extraordinary things on the worldwide stage” by the Variety Magazine Awards.
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Omotola debuted in the make believe world in 1995, and is believed to have appeared in over 300 films.
Besides her acting and business accomplishments, she has also received accolades for her remarkable humanitarian efforts.
In 2013, she made the list of Times magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world alongside Michelle Obama, Beyoncé and Kate Middleton.
In 2014, she was honoured with the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) by the Nigerian government for her contributions to Nigerian cinema.
