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Moyo Lawal is a Nigerian actress. She won the award "Revelation of the year" at Best of Nollywood Awards in 2012.




Early life and education


Lawal was born in Badagry town and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria, and received primary, secondary, & tertiary education in Nigeria. She obtained her BSc degree in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos. She said she did not have children because it is hard work.




Career


Lawal began acting in small play productions when she had been convinced to venture into acting by a friend of hers whilst in school. She took part in the Next Movie Star Nigerian TV reality show but was unsuccessful in it.
Lawal debuted her first professional acting career in the TV series titled Shallow Waters in which she played the role of Chioma in the TV series. Lawal's career became more pronounced when she was able to secure herself a movie role in an award-winning TV series titled Tinsel where she played the notable role of a character named Chinny.
Lawal In the 2012 edition of Best of Nollywood Awards stylized as BON Awards won the award for Revelation of the Year.




Activism


Lawal who was a victim of an unsuccessful armed robbery attempt that occurred on third mainland bridge in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has created awareness of the incident by narrating her ordeal and suggesting methods to curb incidences as such to avoid a reoccurrence. She further explained that creating awareness was the only solution as after narrating her ordeal, several other persons reached out to her explaining similar ordeals they encountered on the same route, and she was also a victim of her sextape leaked.




Awards and nominations






Selected filmography


Holding Hope (2010) as Uche
A Time To Heal (2017) as Omolara
A Toast To Heartbreak (2018) as Elena
Emem and Angie (2017) as Emem
Madam’s PA (2017)
Tangled Web (2017) as Jessica
Millenium Parent (2016) as Esther Davies
Desperate Baby Mama (2015) as Kimbery
Parents’ Guard (2012)
The Bridal Shower (2018)
The Intern (2019) as Halima
Red Obsession (2020)
True Caller (2021) as Shukura
Complicated (2022) as Regina
Falling in Love (2023) as Juliet
Big Gals on Campus
Cloud of Pain
Mistresses
Never Love a Prince
Thanks For Coming
Judas Game




TV series


Lawal has taken part in various Nigerian TV series amongst these are;

Binta and Friends,
Flatmates,
Jenifa's Diary,
Super Story,
Edge of Paradise,
Shallow Waters,
Eldorado, and the award-winning TV series;
Tinsel.




References






External links


Moyo Lawal IMDb Page

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