Adesua Etomi-Wellington Biography & Net Worth

Tolulope Adesua Etomi was born in Owerri, Imo State, in 1988, according to several significant sources. However, in a January 2016 interview with Pulse Nigeria, Etomi stated that she was 29 years old. Furthermore, in March 2016, Answers Africa released a story indicating that she was 30 years old. Her father is an Esan soldier, while her mother is an engineer of Yoruba heritage. She is the third and youngest of three siblings. Etomi attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, and joined the drama club when she was seven years old. She then attended Queen’s College in Lagos before relocating to the United Kingdom when she was 13 years old.

Career

When “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” was released in Nigerian theaters on April 14, 2014, Adesua Etomi-Wellington made her big-screen acting debut. Adesua Etomi was identified as someone to watch after her captivating performance as the abused Debbie. Adesua Etomi demonstrated to reviewers that she possessed the necessary acting skills with two outstanding performances, the first as Layo in Brave and the second as Sharon in Gidi Up Season 2. Sheila was added to the cast of the HIV/AIDS education program Shuga 4 on MTV in August 2015. In October 2015, Adesua Etomi was announced as a cast member of the crime and investigation drama Special Crimes Unit: Las Gidi Cops, which will premiere in February 2016. 

Adesua Etomi would provide another intense performance on the big screen in the September 2015 theatrical release of Falling, playing Muna in the movie. She won the Best Actress in a Drama 2016 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for this. Following her 2015 cinematic run, A Soldier’s Story and Inkblot’s Out of Luck was released nationally on October 4 and December 4, respectively. Adesua Etomi would make a cinematic comeback in Nigeria in February 2016 with Tolu Tanner’s Couple Of Days. Which now holds the record for the most tickets sold in a single day at the Nigerian box office (February 14, 2016). 

Adesua Etomi initially intended to work for a year in order to broaden her world experience; nevertheless, she stayed away from the acting industry for just under three years until the desire to pursue her passion prevailed. She returned to the stage in 2012 for a performance of The Miller’s Tale at the Saga Tiata-Edinburg Fringe Festival. Adesua Etomi traveled back to Lagos, Nigeria in 2013 to see family. While there, she encountered a thriving theater and film scene and decided to immerse herself in it. This resulted in several appearances throughout Nigeria in theatrical productions such as Shattered, Anatomy of a Woman, Crystal Slipper, London Life Lagos Living, Saro 1 & 2, Les Miserables, Band Aid, and The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives. 

Later that year, Emem Isong’s Knocking On Heaven’s Door, in which Adesua played the lead, was released. Adesua Etomi and Emem Isong will collaborate once more on a high-budget historical drama with the working title “Ayamma – Music In The Forest,” which is scheduled for a late 2016 theatrical release. Adesua Etomi has consistently won over industry observers and critics with each new performance she gives on stage and in front of the camera. She was dubbed “The New Princess Of The Silver Screen” by prominent journalist, film critic, festival enthusiast, and jury panelist Shuaib Husseni in November 2015. The Arbitration, The Wedding Party I & II, Falling, Date Night, and Up North are among his other filmography credits. 

She won the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her work in Falling. She also starred in A Soldier’s Story (2015), Out of Luck (20,15),[23] and Couple of Days, among other noteworthy movies (2016). In the fourth and fifth seasons of Shuga, a television soap opera promoting HIV/AIDS prevention, Etomi played Shiela. In Yemisi Wada’s crime drama LasGidi Cops, which launched on television in June 2016, Etomi played the role of Amaka Obiora, an undercover police officer. She was one of the 14 global superstars listed by Vogue. She released her debut single, “So Natural,” in February 2022. 

Personal Life

In February 2017, Banky W and Etomi became engaged. The pair wedded in a court ceremony on November 20, a traditional wedding on November 19, and a white wedding on November 25, all of which took place in Cape Town, South Africa. Hazaiah Wellington was born to Adesua and Banky W at the beginning of January 2021. 

The never-before-heard-before narrative of Adesua and Bank’s marriage, titled Final Say Faith, was first heard on April 5, 2021, at The Waterbrook church.

Adesua Etomi-Wellington Net Worth

Tolulope Adesua Etomi-Wellington, popularly known as Adesua Etomi-Wellington, is an Owerri-born Nigerian actress and movie producer with an estimated net worth of $500,000.