Bolanle Ninalowo is a celebrated Nigerian actor and film producer who gained fame for his roles in films such as Desperate Baby Mama, Husbands of Lagos, and Road To Yesterday. He has also established his place among the finest actors in the Yoruba film industry. Although he started out as a banker and only made his debut as an actor in 2010, that has not stopped him from rising to the top of his career and clinching some important awards in the process.
Even while he continued to record many successes in his career life, he has had some issues with his private life, leading to his separation from his wife before they later found their paths back to each other. Here is all to know about him and his marriage.
Interesting Facts About Bolanle Ninalowo
1. He was born and brought up in Nigeria
It was on May 7, 1980, that Bolanle Ninalowo was born in Nigeria, which was also where he was brought up. A native of Ikorodu in Lagos state, he was born and brought up as the second child in a family of 8 children.
2. Nino relocated to the United States for his education
After spending the first 15 years of his life in Nigeria, the actor left the country for the United States where he continued with his education. He later attended Devry University from where he obtained a degree in Accounting and then he went to Kellogg Branding School of Management in Chicago where he obtained a master’s in branding.
3. He worked with a bank before acting
Before he finally decided to have a career as an actor, Bolanle has tried many other things. He once worked in Guarantee Trust Bank in Lagos. He later resigned from this before he started his successful acting career. Before all these, the actor revealed that he faced many challenges and failures on his path to fame.
4. The acting career of Bolanle started with ROK Studios
According to the actor, his career was greatly impacted by Mary Remmy Njoku who gave him his first role in Nollywood after she auditioned him for a role in The Husbands of Lagos TV series. That was how he started his career with ROK studios, taking on all available roles.
He got his break as an actor in 2015 when he appeared in the movie, Picture Perfect and since then, he has appeared in many more productions including What’s Within (2014), Road To Yesterday (2015), Desperate Baby Mama (2015), Shoot to Kill (2016), Picture Perfect (2016), American Boy (2017), (A Fire in the Rain (2017), The Devil and The Red Sea (2017), Body of Evidence (2018), Wrong Kind of War (2018), From Insanity (2019), Night Bus To Lagos (2019), and Breaded Life (2021).
Bolanle Ninalowos career has been decorated with different awards that he has won thus dar including the following: Best of Nollywood Awards (2010) and City People Movie Award (2017) among others.
5. The actor has been with his wife for close to 20 years
The love story between Bolanle and his wife is one that is very inspirational. The duo met when they were still in their 20s in Nigeria. While the actor was 24 years old, his wife was 23. According to him, it was love at first sight for them, and they became inseparable.
Only 2 weeks after they met, the pair moved in together. They have been together for close to 20 years. As man and wife, they have been married for more than a decade.
6. He is a father to 2 lovely kids
The actor and his wife have been blessed with two beautiful kids, a daughter (Aliya Ninalowo) who is now 15 years old and a much younger son, Morakinyo. Speaking about his daughter, the actor revealed that even though she is a teenager, she has the mind of someone who is already 35 years old.
7. How his marriage ended in divorce and their reconciliation
Because of some wrong steps that he took as a result of his fame in Nollywood, the actor and his wife later parted ways. Fortunately for him, his wife was willing to give him a second chance after he decided to re-write his story and that was how they got back together again.
One of the main reasons that led to the separation of Bolanle and his wife, Bunmi was that the Nollywood actor was linked to different women in the industry. After 2 years of being apart, they came back and are today living much stronger as a couple.
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8. Bolanle Ninalowo is also a businessman
The actor was born into a family with a car-dealer father. He inherited the business side of his father and is now also into selling cars on the side.
9. He is a published author
Beyond acting and business, Bolanle Ninalowo has also published a book, ‘Shame to fame’ which according to him was inspired by the many experiences he has had in the past. According to him, he has experienced many failures and has had to deal with many challenges before finally becoming successful. He has captured all that in his book.
10. Net worth of Bolanle Ninalowo
The tall and well-built actor is not just famous, but also rich. He has a net worth that is currently estimated at $1 million. He made his fortune from his career as an actor, as well as from his businesses, and the many endorsements he has. He stated that he now considers himself as a brand that other brands want to associate with, hence the deals he continues to get. Some of the endorsement deals he has include the following:
- Ritleon Nig Ltd
- Trophy
- Sainte Croix Nigeria
- ABIS Black Rice Flour Poundo
