I’m looking forward to Oscar nomination – Kehinde Bankole

• Kehinde Bankole has revealed the next big award nomination she would love.
• This comes as the movie star recently bagged an AMVCA as the best lead actress, to the delight of her colleagues and fans.
• According to Kehinde Bankole, she can’t wait to get an Oscar nomination.

Nigerian actress, Kehinde Bankole who recently clinched the Best Lead Actress Award at the 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the movie, ‘Adire’, has expressed her desire to get an Academy Awards (popularly known as the Oscars).

She told Saturday Beats:

“I will like an Oscar nomination. Every actor should actually want to get international exposure and opportunities. In Africa, obviously, we are really working hard. If we can get more international recognition, why not? We are gradually getting there on our own though.”

Bankole also stated that she felt grateful winning the ‘Best Lead Actress’ award, disclosing that it is a responsibility bestowed on her to keep doing more.

On why she appreciated her colleagues, such as Yvonne Jegede, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, who also starred in the movie, the actress said:

“I appreciated my other colleagues, such as Yvonne Jegede, Funlola Aofiyebi Raimi and Ifeanyi Kalu, who starred in the movie, because it was a team work, and without the story, everyone cannot perform.”

Still on the win, Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi couldn’t withhold her happiness for her colleague and long-time friend, Kehinde Bankole, who bagged an award at the AMVCA ceremony.

Recall at the 10th edition of the award ceremony, Kehinde Bankole beat other contending nominees to win the Best Lead Actress for her phenomenal role in Adire. This would be the second time the movie star has won the Best Actress title as she first won it in 2015.

In a video captured online after the award ceremony, Toyin Abraham was seen hailing Kehinde Bankole on her win. She declared the movie star the best actress in Africa and expressed pride in her. The video captured Kehinde in the centre as Toyin strolled around her, singing her praises.