Efeilomo Michelle Irele (born 4 September 1990), popularly known as Efe Irele, is a Nigerian actress and model.
Early Life and Education
Efe Irele is a native of Edo State but was born and raised in Lagos State. She has three siblings. She attended Corona Primary School, Lagos, and had her secondary education at Queens College, Yaba. Efe Irele holds a BSc in Sociology from Bowen University and a master's degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Chester, UK.
Career
Irele ventured into modeling for artists and starred in Burna Boy's Like to Party video in 2012. She also starred in Adekunle Gold's Sade video. She has gone on to feature in multiple Nollywood movies and series, including Real Side Chics, Wrong Kind of War, Ire’s Ire, Zahra, and Scandals. Efe Irele decided to try acting after working as an HR manager for several months. She landed her first role in the 2016 Iroko TV series, Aso Ebi.
Philanthropy
Efe Irele launched the Efe Irele Autism Foundation in 2018 to cater to autistic children.
Filmography
Selected Films
- Dark Spotlight (2016) as Clara
- Mourning Karen (2017) as Kamsi
- The Real Side Chics (2017) as Keke
- Zahra (2017)
- Jon Ajai (2017)
- Aso Ebi (2016–2017)
- Single Ladies
- Lagos Real Fake Life (2018) as Ify
- Stronger Together (2018) as Kindy
- Blood Letters (2018) as Onimi
- Wrong Kind of War (2018)
- Diva (2018)
- Scandals (2018)
- Sophia (2018) as Sophia
- Finding Happiness (2018) as Daisy
- Blind Voice (2019) as Brown
- Two Weeks in Lagos (2019) as Teniola
- Girlfriends (2019) as Simi
- The Krush (2019) as Annabel
- Descendants of the Earth (2020)
- Akpe: Return of the Beast (2020)
- Manifestation (2020)
- Becca’s List (2020) as Becca
- Poor-Ish (2020) as Tessa
- Sweet Melony (2020) as Melony
- Separated (2020) as Kara
- When the Lemons Come (2020)
- Wild Affair (2021) as Doubra
- Restless (2021) as Irene
- Brother (2021) as Beatrice
- Hey You (2022) as Bianca
- Twice Shy (2022) as Uche
- Comfort Me (2022) as Temi
- The House of Secrets (2023) as Sarah (young)
- Worlds Apart (2023)
- As He Was Written (2023)
- A Ghetto Love Story (2024)
- Life (2024)
- Casa De Novia (2024)
- Grown (2024) as Osas
- L.I.F.E. (2024) as Yinka
See Also
- List of Nigerian actors(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListofNigerian_actors)
References
- IMDb: Efe Irele at IMDb(https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9281585/)
- Instagram: Efe Irele's Official Instagram(https://www.instagram.com/efeirele/)