Iretiola Doyle
Iretiola Olusola Doyle is a Nigerian actress, entertainer, TV presenter, writer, and public speaker.
Early life and education
Doyle was born on 3 May 1967 in Ondo State but spent her early years with her family in Boston, United States. After returning to Nigeria, she attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti and obtained diploma in Mass Communication and also graduated from the University of Jos with a degree in Theatre Arts.Career
Doyle is a writer, actor, producer and presenter. She produced and presented her own fashion and lifestyle show titled Oge With Iretiola for ten years and at different times anchored several television shows, like Morning Ride, Today On STV and Nimasa This Week on Channels TV.She was nominated at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards in the Best Actress In A Leading Role category for her portrayal of Dr. Elizabeth in the Ebony Life film Fifty. She also appeared in The Arbitration and The Wedding Party, Other films include Dinner and Madam President.
On television, she has created characters on shows like Fuji House Of Commotion, Dowry, and Gidi Up.
Personal life
She was married to Patrick Doyle and they had six children together. They had allegedly been separated since 2017, but their divorce was officially confirmed in 2023.During the EndSars protest across the country when some palliatives were looted, Ireti said in her Twitter handle that it is as a result of hunger. She posted "I know we are renowned for loving awoof, but greed wasn't the reason for the stampede on palliatives, it was hunger. Acute hunger. That is something your leaders will never live down."
Selected filmography
Film
- Across the Niger
- Sitanda as Princess
- Torn as Ovo
- Fifty as Elizabeth
- The Therapist as Ogadi
- The Arbitration as Funlayo Johnson
- The Wedding Party as Obianuju Onwuka
- Dinner as Elizabeth A. George
- Fusion as Mrs. Mabel Peterson
- The Grudge as Kemi
- Something Wicked as Hauwa
- GuynMan as Molade
- The Wedding Party 2 as Obianuju Onwuka
- Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons as Mrs. Dame Maduka
- Crazy People as Regina
- Kasanova as Ms. Jessica
- Merry Men 2 as Mrs. Dame Maduka
- Therapy as Dr. Benedicta
- Day of Destiny as Ifeoma
- A Tune Away as Stella
- Madam Koi Koi as Mother Superior
- The Black Book as Commissioner
- Love Notes as Maris
- ''All's Fair in Love as Chief''
Television
- Tinsel as Sheila Ade-Williams
- For Coloured Girls
- Gidi Up as Illa
- Noughts and Crosses
- Flawsome
- The Power as Shola Ojo
- Agu
- All of Us as Proprietress
- Princess on a Hill as Madam Obiora