Monica Friday

Monica Friday
Born
Monica Friday

(1988-04-19) April 19, 1988 (age 36)
Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Occupation(s)Actress, influencer, realtor, model and producer
Years active2008–present

Monica Fridaylistenⓘ (born April 19, 1988) is a Nigerian film actress, influencer, realtor, model and producer.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Monica was born at Badagry and grew up at Ajegunle, a neighbourhood located in Lagos into a Christian home. She started her Education at Mistermis Kiddies Academy. She completed her secondary school education at Newland Senior Secondary School, Lagos before she proceeded to Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State where she studied Mass Communication.Mass communication[4]

Career

She made her first television appearance playing a role as an extra in a Wale Adenuga project titled a New Song, Her first major film role was in 2015 when she appeared in Remi Vaughan-Richards's film Unspoken.[5]

Monica has starred in long-running 2015 M-Net series, "Do Good" and African Tale Film "Dérè" released in 2016.[6][7] In 2019, She starred in the movie " Zena" as Rexiha.[8][9]

Television series

Filmography

  • Bad Generation (2008)
  • Being Mrs Elliot (2014)
  • The King's Cross (2019)
  • October 1 (2014)
  • Murder at Prime Suites (2013)
  • The First Lady (2015)
  • Wives on Strike (2014)
  • Abducted (2015)
  • Zena (2019) [11]
  • Mothers & Daughters In-Law (2019) [12]
  • Timeless Passion (2020)
  • Unspoken (2015)
  • Labour Room (2017) [13]
  • Iquo's Journal (2015)
  • Cliché (2016)
  • Hoodrush (2012)
  • Two Brides And A Baby (2011) [14]
  • Bonny & Clara (2019) [15]
  • Savior(2015) [16]
  • My Body My Proud (2020) [17]
  • Silent Murder (2021) [18]

Production

  • Sealed Lips (2018)
  • Yoruba Demons (2018) [19]
  • Best Mistake (2019)
  • Mr Romanus (2020) [20]
  • Chronicles of Ejiro (2020)

References

  1. ^ "Actress, Monica Friday Speaks On Sleeping With Movie Producers To Get Famous". lifestyle.ng. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "I once hawked Ewa Agoyin in Ajegunle – Monica Friday". dailytimes.ng. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Watch Femi Branch, Monica Friday in short film". pulse.ng. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "monica friday". mybiohub.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Unspoken". filmfreeway.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Most difficult part of being famous is being broke – Monica Friday". punchng.com. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Dérè: An African Tale – TV Show : Cast, Details, Plot, Release, Runtime, Rating, Downloads". otakuwire.com. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Watch Official Trailer for 'ZENA' starring Ireti Doyle, Omowunmi Dada & Ijeoma Grace Agu". bellanaija.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "ZENA". nollywoodreinvented.com. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ "New African Magic Comedy Series Premiere – do Good". 8 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Zena (2019) - IMDb". IMDb.
  12. ^ "NOLLYWOOD MOVIES: 'Mothers & Daughters in-law' Starring Ebele Okaro, Iyabo Ojo, Kenneth Okolie, Monica Friday, Rachel Oniga, Shaffy Bello in Cinemas next week- See trailer!".
  13. ^ "Labour Room (2017) | Casts and Crew | INSIDENOLLY".
  14. ^ "Two Brides and a Baby (2011) | Casts and Crew | INSIDENOLLY".
  15. ^ "COMING SOON: Bonny & Clara". 12 September 2019.
  16. ^ "New Movie Alert: Best Okoduwa's Short Film 'SAVIOR'".
  17. ^ "My Body, My Pride: Actress Wini dedicates film to Tinubu, Bello". 27 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Movie Review: Lack of Depth Undoes 'Silent Murder'". 31 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Yoruba Demons (TBD) - nlist | Nollywood, Nigerian Movies & Casting".
  20. ^ "Showmax".