Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi

Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, born Abibat Oluwafunmilola Aofiyebi and known informally as FAR, is a Nigerian actress. She has had a long-running radio show. She appeared in the film The Figurine, Tinsel and MTV Shuga. Funlola is the last of seven children, born to a businesswoman mother and an entrepreneur father. The name FAR came after she got married and has become her signature. FAR had an early start on stage and on television, with her aunt Teni Aofiyebi, a veteran actress. She is married to advertising guru Olayinka Raimi. FAR took a TV acting course at Westminster College, and at the Actors Studio in Buckinghamshire. She also has a BSc in Sociology from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. FAR’s film debut was in Amaka Igwe's film Violated acting alongside Joke Silva, Richard Mofe Damijo, Ego Boyo and Kunle Bamtefa. She was nominated for a THEMA best upcoming actress award in 1996. FAR was cast as the lead character in Keeping Faith, by director Steve Gukas. FAR was nominated for an AMMA best-supporting actress award for The Figurine directed by Kunle Afolayan. Before appearing in the M-net TV show Tinsel, playing Brenda, FAR has featured on other drama shows like Doctors Quarters, Solitaire, and Palace. FAR has acted on stage in Sing That Old Song For Me and The Mansion written by Rasheed Badamusi, and also The Vagina Monologues. FAR won a dance reality show called Celebrity Takes 2. In 2014, FAR co-starred with British-Nigerian actor Wale Ojo.