Biography
Sola Sobowale: Biography, Education, Career, Marriage, Net Worth, Achievements and Controversy
By Balogun Kamilu Lekan
Biography
Sola Sobowale is an actress, producer, scriptwriter and also director.
She was born to Joseph and Esther Olagookun in Ondo State on the 26th of December 1965.
She was famous for her role as Toyin Tomato in Super Story and, most recent, Laburu in King of Boys and Awarun in Anikulapo.
Sola is known for her elegance, creativity, beauty and her quintessential interpretation of roles in movies.
Education
After her elementary and secondary education in Ondo, Sola proceeded to bag a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan (UI).
Career
Her brother-in-law, Tunji Oyelana, helped her break into the film business in the beginning, and it was in the film “Sura The Tailor” that she made her acting debut.
Sola’s acting career was greatly influenced by Tunji Oyelana, who also registered her for university education. Oyelana performed as a singer, actor, and lecturer.
Prior to becoming well-known, Sola Sobowale played parts in Asewo To Re Mecca, Mirror in the Sun, and The Village Headmaster.
Sola Sobowale got her acting by playing various parts in films made by the Awada Kerikeri Group, which was run by Adebayo Salami.
Sola has written, co-written, directed, and produced a number of Nigerian movies over the years, including the 2010 movie Ohun Oko Somida starring Adebayo Salami.
She starred in Niji Akanni’s 2004 drama film Dangerous Twins, which was written and directed by Tade Ogidan. She also appeared in Tade Ogidan’s Family on Fire, which he produced and directed.
She struck gold when Sola Sobowale was cast as Toyin Tomato in Super Story. The veteran actress who played the lead role in Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” has transformed from Toyin Tomato to Laburu.
Marriage
Sola Sobowale is married to Mr Oludotun Sobowale, a former Executive Director of Eko Hospital, and they have five children together.
Net Worth
Sola Sobowale amasses her wealth from filmmaking, and several endorsement deals with top brands in Nigeria. Some of these companies include BSTAN Homes, Middlechase, Globacom, Mouka foams, and Unity Bank among others.
However, NewsWireNgr cannot independently verify her net worth
Achievements
Selected filmography
- Diamond Ring
- Super Story: Oh Father, Oh, Daughter
- Outkast
- Ayomida
- Dangerous Twins
- Disoriented Generation
- Ohun Oko Somida
- Family on Fire
- The Wedding Party
- Hustle
- Christmas Is Coming
- Crazy People
- The Men’s Club
- Wives on Strike: The Revolution
- Gold Statue
- Shadow Parties
- In Case of Incasity
- Aníkúlápó
- Ayomida
- Ohun Oko Somida
- Diamond Ring
- Dangerous Twins
- The Wedding Party
- Christmas is Coming
- Hustle
- King of Boys
- Gold Statue
- King of Boys 2: Return of the King
- Asewo To Re Mecca
Controversy
Sola Sobowale was reportedly rumoured to have been arrested, imprisoned and beheaded in Saudi Arabia for a drug-related offence.
She, however, debunked the rumour. Reacting to it, Sola said, “I don’t give a da**. Nothing. They said they have killed me in America and at a time in Saudi Arabia. They even said that my hands were cut off in Saudi Arabia before they killed me. They said I begged the Saudi Arabian authorities that they should please spare my life that I’m an actress in Nigeria, but they refused my plea and cut off my head. When I got back to Nigeria after the story, everyone that saw me ran away from me because they thought I was really a ghost.
They asked me, “Shola, but they said they have killed you?” I told them that I don’t believe in abracadabra. That it was magic that I used. I told them I commanded the head to come back, because I was coming to Nigeria and the head got fixed. I came from England again sometime for a meeting at the National Theatre and a colleague of mine saw me and marveled. She said, “Shola, but they said you are in Holloway Prison in England and I said yes!” That those people recognized me and gave me a break to come home so that when I’m done here in Nigeria, I will go back to the prison in UK.
She said I wasn’t serious, but I asked that when they told you I was in prison, did you believe the story? And she said yes! So, I said fine, because she told me she heard that somebody came to Holloway Prison and saw me there and that the person even spoke to me; that all I could do was just to cry. She said it was that lady who came to Nigeria and told them. If I carried cocaine and got imprisoned in Holloway, there is no way the UK government would have kept me in England till now. I would have been deported. So, I have never carried cocaine and I have never been imprisoned. So, all they have said or written about me is none of my business, because it doesn’t bother me a bit.”
Sola Sobowale said her arrest rumour was peddled by her haters and that she has been away from Nigeria to stay with her children in Europe.
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