10 Things of Late Veteran Actress, Bukky Ajayi You Need To Know About

Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi has
passed on. Here are some memorable things
you need to know about the late actress.
1. She was born a christian but converted to
Islam in the early eighties and chose the
name Zainab.

2. Her love for the theatre started as a
young girl when her father used to take her
to the cinemas.
3. She studied in England. She was abroad for
six years, as a Federal government scholar.

4. She left England and came back to Nigeria
after her education in 1965 and started out
working in Nigeria Television Authority
(NTA) as a presentation assistant in 1966.
5. Afterwards, she became a presenter and
then a news reader.She presented a couple
of children's programmes and
Nigerians Sketches,’ a programme
which was all about Nigerian culture,and
Diran Ajijedidun of blessed memory was her producer.

6. She was later transferred to Port Harcourt
and later back to Lagos, and it was at that
time she started her acting career.

7. She started with the Village
Headmaster in the 70s, and she later got a role in Amaka Igwes Checkmate.

8. She has featured in so many home videos
that she has lost count.Shooting of
international film ‘Critical Assignment’ in South Africa, is one of the events of her life
that she will never forget. It gave her an opportunity to see how it is done elsewhere, other than Nigeria, where a movie is shot in five days.

9. Bukky Ajayi’s popular movies include
Mother of George, Indecent Girl, Diamond
Ring, Witches, Thunderbolt among others.

10. She’s Jazzman Olofin’s grandmother-
In-law.

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