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Nigerian Actresses Who Look Exactly Like Their Mothers (Photos)

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3 years ago

December 14, 2020

In this article I will be sharing with you Nigerian celebrities who look so much like their mother. Children often take after their parents, and sometimes they can look so similar it seems they are both the child and identical twin of their parent. For these Nigerian celebrities listed below, the resemblance between them and their mothers is astounding! These Nigerian celebrities have a striking resemblance with their mothers.

1. Mide Funmi Martins

Mide Funmi Martins Abiodun who is popularly known as Mide Martins. She is an award winning Nigerian actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born on April 12, 1980. She is quite beautiful and talented just like her late mother Funmi Martins. If you are a fan of Nollywood the Nigerian movie industry especially it Yoruba niche then Funmi Martins is a name that you will not forget in a hurry. That is because she stood out as a shinning star in the Galaxy of Nigeria entertainment. Funmi Martins was born Funmi Oguntomi in Ilesha in Osun state. However she grow up in Lagos State Abeokuta in Ogun state and then Ibadan in Oyo state.

Funmi Martins was a very talented actress who was one of the very few actresses at that time who could act in both Yoruba and English movies with flawless precision and professionalism. Mide Martins does not only have her mother physical attribute but also inherited her acting prowess.

2. Nkechi Blessing Sunday

Nkechi Blessing Sunday is a Nigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and a scriptwriter from Abia state in Nigeria but then was born and bred in Surulere in Lagos State. She also features mostly in Yoruba movies and she is regarded as one of the top fastest rising actress in the movie industry.

Actress Nkechi’s Mother

Her mother is Gloria Sunday who she described as her favourite person and this actress shared a striking resemblance .

3. Tonto Dikeh

Tonto Dikeh is a Nollywood actress, musician, producer and a television personality. Tonto Dikeh is a carbon copy of her mother Mrs. Veronica Dikeh who died 30 years ago on September 9th 1989 when Tonto Dikeh was still a kid. May her soul rest in peace. Here is a photo of Tonto Dikeh and her mum. Can you spot the difference?

4. Mercy Aigbe

Mercy and her Mother

Mercy Aigbe is a popular Nollywood actress, producer and television personality. She looks so much like her mother Abisola Grace Owodunni. The Nollywood diva and entrepreneur, Mercy Aigbe once confessed that she bought a car in school and lied to her mum that she won a beauty pageant and got the car as a tag prize. Mercy Aigbe’s mum is from Benin city, Edo State and she is a businesswoman. Their resemblance is undeniable! Mercy Aigbe looks so much like her mother and has a striking resemblance with her

5. Genevieve Nnaji

Genevieve Nnaji is a Nollywood actress, producer, entrepreneur and a television personality. It is no longer news that Genevieve Nnaji looks just like her mother, Benedatte Nnaji. Genevieve is celebrated in Nigeria and beyond as one of the best actress in Nigeria. She was born on 3rd May, 1979 in Imo State but grew up in Lagos with her parents and siblings. She is currently 41 years old. Her father Theophilus Nnaji worked as an engineer and her mother Benedatte Nnaji worked as a nursery school teacher. She hails from Umuebi Amuzu in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. Genevieve Nnaji does not only look like her mother she also looks like her father and has a striking resemblance with her parents.

6. Bimbo Afolayan

Bimbo Afolayan is a Nigerian actress, movie producer and entrepreneur born on August 9th in Lagos State. She is the first child in a family of 5 and has 4 siblings, two brothers and two sisters.

Abimbola obtained a diploma in Industrial relations and trade unionism from the University of Ibadan in Our state. She started her career through a movie theatre group introduced to her by their actor Femi Branch.

She came into the Limelight in the year 2009 with her first movie titled Ifejafunmi. She has produced and featured in quite a number of movies since then. She also has a clothing line named Extreme Clothing.

Below is the actress and her mother picture

7. Olaitan Ogungbileo

Olaitan Ogungbile is popularly referred to as Olaitan Sugar due to her role in one of Yoruba movies. She joined the movie industry in the year 2008 after going through some training under Muyiwa Authentic school of drama owned by Muyiwa Ademola. She has featured in over 200 movies but it was her role in the movie Sugar that shot her into the Limelight. Besides being a very good role interpreter she is equally a fashionista and she is one of the most stylist Yoruba actresses in entertainment industry. Apart from these she is also the spitting image of her mother.