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{{Short description|Nigerian actress (born 1994)}}
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| education          = [[Covenant University]]
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'''Adebukola Oladipupo''' or '''Bukola Oladipupo''' {{Audio|Yo-Adebukola Oladipupo.ogg|Listen|help=no}} (born May 23, 1994) is a [[Nigerian]] [[Actor|actress]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tv |first=Bn |date=2021-11-29 |title=Kumi Seeks Healing in Episode 8 of "Money.Men.Marriage" starring Toni Tones, A’rese & Adebukola Oladipupo |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2021/11/money-men-marriage-e8/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}</ref> who debuted on ''[[MTV Shuga]]''.
==Life==
Oladipupo was born in [[London]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punchng.com/anything-i-wear-looks-good-on-me-bukola-oladipupo/|title=Anything I wear looks good on me— Bukola Oladipupo|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> and educated in [[Lagos]]. She has two siblings. Oladipupo had her primary education in Bellina Nursery and Primary School Akoka, Lagos. She also attended Babcock High School and Caleb International School for her secondary education. She studied Management Information Systems at [[Covenant University]] and also studied drama in other courses.<ref name=wbank>{{Cite web|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/adebukola-oladipupo|title=Adebukola Oladipupo|date=2019-10-24|website=World Bank Live|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> Oladipupo inspiration to go into acting came when she was still an undergraduate at [[Covenant University]] during a church service when the pastor told them to turn their talent into skills.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
[[File:Adebukola Oladipupo in MTV Shuga Naija.png|left|thumb|featuring in MTV Shuga]]
[[file:Faa Adebukola Oladipupo online.png|thumb|As "Faa" talking online in June 2020, filmed by herself as part of MTV Shuga]]
She successfully auditioned for ''MTV Shuga'' in 2015 where she was given what became the continuing role of "Faa".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espact.com/wcw-our-woman-crush-is-adebukola-oladipupo/|title=WCW- Our Woman Crush Is Adebukola Oladipupo|date=2018-09-26|website=Espact|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> She puts her success down to the media mogul [[Mo Abudu]] who taught her to have self-belief.<ref name=mo>{{Cite web|url=https://womenafrica.com/profiling-the-young-nigerian-superstar-adebukola-oladipupo/|title=Profiling The Young Nigerian Superstar, Adebukola Oladipupo|date=2019-04-29|website=Women Africa|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> In 2015 she appeared in the first season of ''Indigo'', ''Inevitable'' and ''The Other Me''.<ref name=wbank/> In 2017 she appeared in the film ''Missing'' as the secretary playing herself.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Missing (2017) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7208346/fullcredits|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>
Oladipupo was still in MTV Shuga as the character "Faa" when it went into a nightly mini series titled [[MTV Shuga Alone Together]] highlighting the problems of [[Coronavirus]] in April 2020. The show was broadcast for 60 nights and its backers include the [[World Health Organization]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Every Woman Every Child partners with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation to Tackle COVID-19|url=https://www.everywomaneverychild.org/every-woman-every-child-partners-with-the-mtv-staying-alive-foundation-to-tackle-covid-19/|date=2020-04-16|website=Every Woman Every Child|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> The series was based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story was explained with on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming was done by the actors themselves<ref>{{Cite web|title=MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series|url=https://bhmng.com/mtv-shuga-and-viacomcbs-africa-respond-to-covid-19-with-alone-together-online-series/|last=Akabogu|first=Njideka|date=2020-04-16|website=BHM|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> who include [[Jemima Osunde]], [[Lerato Walaza]], [[Sthandiwe Kgoroge]], [[Uzoamaka Aniunoh]] and [[Mohau Cele]].
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!Ref
|-
|2016
|''The Other me''
|Sharon
|Short film
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|-
|2017
|''[[Hakkunde]]''
|Joke
|Comedy / Drama
|
|-
|2017
|''You Me Maybe''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=nollywoodreinvented|date=2017-12-30|title=You Me Maybe|url=https://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/2017/12/you-me-maybe.html|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Nollywood Reinvented|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''In Sickness and Health''
|Amaka
|Drama
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Moms at War]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2019-02-07|title=Moms At War|url=https://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/2019/02/moms-at-war.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Nollywood Reinvented|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330074234/https://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/2019/02/moms-at-war.html |archive-date=2019-03-30 }}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Òlòtūré|''Oloture'']]
|Beauty
|[[Netflix original]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-08|title=With Oloture, Nollywood makes Nigeria proud|url=https://www.thecable.ng/with-oloture-nollywood-makes-nigeria-proud|access-date=2021-09-11|website=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''[[Juju Stories]]''
|Chinwe
|In the ''Suffer The Witch'' segment
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-10|title=‘Juju Stories’ to premiere at the BFI London film festival|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/juju-stories-to-premiere-at-the-bfi-london-film-festival/tzwwmx4|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}}</ref>
|}
=== TV shows ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!Ref
|-
|2015-2019
|''[[MTV Shuga]]''
|Faa
|18 episodes
|
|-
|2016
|''[[This Is It (TV series)|This Is It]]''
|Folake
|
|
|-
|
|''Phases''
|
|[[Ndani TV]] series
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Men's Club (Nigerian Webseries)|The Men's Club]]''
|Tiara
|RedTV series
|
|-
|2020
|''Lara of Lagos''
|Tessie
|
|
|-
|2018-2019
|''Forbidden''
|Doyin Doregos
|[[Africa Magic]] original
|
|}
== See also ==
*
* [[List of Nigerian actresses|List of Nigerian Actresses]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actors from Lagos]]
[[Category:Yoruba actresses]]
[[Category:Covenant University alumni]]
[[Category:Nigerian television actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Nigerian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Lagos State]]