Quick fact
Name: Toyin Abraham
Date of Birth: September 1982
Nationality: Nigerian
Spouse: kolawole Ajeyemi
Occupation: actress
Net worth: $500,000 – $1,000,000
Toyin Abraham is one of the hardworking actress, producer and entrepreneur who started from grass to grace in Nigeria. She is popularly known for her comic roles in movie.
As an actress her first role was in the movie;” Dugbe Dugbe n bo” produce by Bucky Wright in 2003, she later went on to produce her own movie Alakada which further bring her to lime light.
Early life of Toyin Abraham
Toying Abraham was born on 5th September to the family of Aimakhu in Edo state. She was the last born of the five sibling and this explain why she was still in nursery school when are parent move to Ibadan after retirement.
She attended Queen’s staff school while in Edo state and in Ibadan she continue her education at St. Annes college Ibadan and later went to Ire Polytechnic, Osun State to study business related course.
After obtaining her diploma she crossed to Olabisi Onabanjo University to obtain her degree in philosophy. Tired of philosophy she went back to Ire Polytechnic to further her business course which earned her HND certificate.
In summary Toyin Abraham hold three certificates, OND, HND and Degree in philosophy.
Personal life of Toyin Abraham
Toyin Abraham found love in person of Adeniyi Johnson an actor in 2012 and married him in 2013, but it crashed in 2017, according to Toyin she left the marriage as a result of infidelity from her husband side (she caught him red handed in the act).
She moved on from the relationship and later married to kolawole Ajeyemi in 2019 who is also an actor, that same year she gave birth to her first child.
From Aimakhu to Abraham
She changed her name from Aimakhu to Abraham in 2016 based on family decision as she opine.
Toyin Abraham career
Toyin Abrahm started her career in 2003 during the production of the movie “Dugbe Dugbe n bo”.
Her intention was to check how she would perform in the audition but luckily Bukky Wright saw her potential and pick her to play a role in the movie. She went on to star in popular movie and also produce her own movie such as Alakada a block buster movie.
Her comic roles in movie could be say is the back bone of her fame in Nigerian as it is the best of her act that her fans will always want to watch including me, in fact some of her cropped funny skit can be found on the internet.
Some of the movie she has starred includes
Omo Elemsho (2013)
Ayitale (2013)
Alakada (2013)
Ebi mi ni (2013)
Okafor’s law (2016)
What makes you tick (2016)
Love in the air (2016)
Mentality (2017)
London fever (2017)
Alakada reloaded (2017)
The ghost and the tout (2018)
Two weeks in Lagos (2019)
Elevator baby (2019)
The fate of Alakada (2020)
Small chops (2020)
Dear Affy (2020)
The prophetess (2021)
The therapist (2021)
Awards and Nominations
Her hardwork in movie has earned her several nomination and awards such as
Nominations
Yoruba best supporting actress in 2013 (Ebi mi ni)
AMMA best actress in supporting role 2018
Best actress in supporting role 2019 by English Best of Nollywood
Awards
Best actress (Alakada) by Ben TV A wards
Best indigenous actress 2014 by Nigeria Entertainment awards
Best actress in Nollywood 2017 by Moreklue All Youth Awards (MAYA)
Best supporting actress 2017 by five continents international film festival
The best female act 2017 by Nigeria entertainment award (NED)
Best actress 2017 (Alakada reloaded) by Exclusive Lady of the Year (ELOY)
Best supporting Actress 2018 by Africa magic Viewer’s choice Awards (AMVCA)
Toyin as an Entrepreneur
In 2019 Toyin lauched a product called female fertility booster (FFB) the idea came from problem she had before becoming a mother, as she said it was tough for her before she could conceive, she used a lot of drug and took injection but they all prove abortive until she tried out native herbal.
She builds business around this idea and register her company has Toyin Herbal which cater for the wellbeing and sexual related problem of women.
Some of the other problems she set out to solve with her company are
Cramps
Menstrual pain
Pregnancy stability
Weight loss
Toyin Abraham Net worth
Toyin Abraham is rumored to worth between $500,000 to $1,000,000
Toyin abrahm social media handle
Instagram : @toyin_abraham
Twitter : @toyin_abraham1
Facebook : @Toyin Abraham (actor)
Tiktok : @toyin_abraham
Lesson from Toyin Abraham biography
Toyin Abraham give her achievement credit to constant improvement, this could be evidently seen in her movie as she move from amateur to pro and also in her relationship which can be out rightly say is better than the one she had 7 years ago).
If you will like to reach the pinnacle of success in any of your endeavor just as Toyin you need to keep pushing and been in competition with yourself, you need to be better than who you are yesterday.
Toyin Abraham move from poverty to riches is another lesson, Toyin did not come from a rich background, in fact it was rumored that she hawked goods while in Ibadan but it did not let that weigh her down she keep pushing till she make it.
This should motive you whenever you are going through difficulties, have it in mind that you can change your situation just as Toyin did.
