Nollywood Star Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has been named as an Icon on Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World list for 2013. Popularly referred to as Time 100, the list is divided into various sections – Titans, Pioneers, Leaders, Icons and Artists.
Actress, singer, philanthropist, 34
By Richard Corliss
The world's most productive English-language film industry is not Hollywood but Nollywood. The teeming Nigerian cinema grinds out some 2,500 movies a year, mostly direct-to-DVD quickies mixing melodrama, music and an evangelical Christian spin. (Think Bollywood via Tyler Perry.) Employing a million Nigerians, Nollywood enthralls millions more who come for the thrills, the uplift and the artful agitations of Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde — the Queen of Nollywood.
Called OmoSexy by her fans, she has made 300 or so features, from the 1996 Mortal Inheritance to the 2010 superproduction Ijé, shot partly on location in Los Angeles. Married to an airline pilot she wed on a flight from Lagos to Benin, Jalade-Ekeinde brings a juggler's grace to her roles as actress, singer, reality-show star, mother of four and philanthropist (the Omotola Youth Empowerment Programme).
Success hasn't spoiled Africa's most renowned leading lady. Rather than going Hollywood, Omotola wants to stay Nollywood.
Corliss is TIME's movie critic
Omotola has been recognized as an Icon on the list. President of Malawi Joyce Banda was also recognized in the Leaders category.
Congrats!
TIME's 100 Full List
TITANS
Jay Z
Valerie Jarrett
Elon Musk
Oh-Hyun Kwon
Scooter Braun
Kevin Systrom
Michael Kors
Palaniappan Chidambaram
Ren Zhengfei
Ted Sarandos
Gina Rinehart
Markus Persson and Jens Bergensten
Igor Sechin
Tadashi Yanai
Sam Yagan
Shonda Rhimes
Lebron James
David Einhorn
Magnus Carlsen
Sheryl Sandberg
LEADERS
Rand Paul
Noynoy Aquino
Barack Obama
Chris Christie
Hassan Sheik Mohamud
John Brennan
Park Geun-hye
Yair Lapid
Wayne LaPierre
Kamala Harris
Fethullah Gulen
Xi Jinping
Wilfredo De Jesús
Tom Coburn
Kim Jong Un
Abdullah Ocalan
Enrique Peña Nieto
Elena Kagan
Joe Biden
Susana Martinez
Mario Draghi
Joyce Banda
Pope Francis
ARTISTS
Jennifer Lawrence
Christina Aguilera
Steven Spielberg
Jonathan Ive
Alex Atala
Ed Ruscha
Miguel
Mindy Kaling
Jenna Lyons
Bryan Cranston
George Saunders
Jimmy Kimmel
Wang Shu
Hilary Mantel
Frank Ocean
Jimmy Fallon
PIONEERS
Aamir Khan
Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller
Marissa Mayer
Hannah Gay, Katherine Luzuriaga and Deborah Persaud
Bassem Youssef
Joaquim Barbosa
Vrinda Grover
Perry Chen
Roya Mahboob
David Coleman
Travis Tygart
Eric Greitens
Andrew Sheng
Don Yeomans
Jared Cohen
Moncef Marzouki
Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi
Kimberly Blackwell
Kai-Fu Lee
Mary Nichols
Peter Theisinger and Richard Cook
ICONS
Malala Yousafzai
Lena Dunham
Mario Balotelli
Peng Liyuan
Aung San Suu Kyi
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
Lindsey Vonn
Justin Timberlake
Gabrielle Giffords
Beyoncé
Daniel Day-Lewis
Kate Middleton
Michelle Obama
Li Na
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