1. Joke Silva MFR is a veteran Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman.
23 Facts About Joke Silva
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Joke Silva is the pioneer managing director of Malete Film Village, in association with Kwara State University.
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On 29 September 2014, Silva received recognition as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, one of Nigeria's National Honours, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
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Joke Silva's father, Chief Emmanuel Afolabi Silva, was a lawyer, and her great-grandfathers were the prominent Colonial Nigerians Charles Phillips and Samuel Herbert Pearse.
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Joke Silva took a year off from her studies, during which time she began working as an actress before relocating to England where she studied Drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Joke Silva has starred in numerous films and television series in both the English and Yoruba languages.
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Author Finola Kerrigan noted that Joke Silva stood out as an exceptional actress in the Nigerian film industry after mentioning her role.
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In 2002, Joke Silva starred opposite Bimbo Akintola in Keeping Faith.
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Also in 2002, Joke Silva co-produced and starred in The Kingmaker with Olu Jacobs.
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In 2006, Joke Silva was awarded the "Best Actress in a Leading Role" award at the 2nd Africa Movie Academy Awards for her role in Women's Cot.
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Later that year, Joke Silva starred opposite Genevieve Nnaji in Mildred Okwo's action thriller 30 Days, which received 10 nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2008.
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Joke Silva narrated Jeta Amata's Anglo-Nigerian production The Amazing Grace, which was shot in Calabar.
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In 2007, Joke Silva starred opposite Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Michael Okon and Fred Essien in Ndubuisi Okoh's To Love and to Hold.
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Joke Silva won a Best Supporting Actress award in 2008 for her "methodical portrayal of a grandmother" in White Waters, though she was not at the ceremony to receive her award in person.
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Joke Silva is the recipient of an EMOTAN Award from African Independent Television and the SOLIDRA Award for Visual Art.
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In 2011, Joke Silva starred alongside Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo and Lydia Forson in Kunle Afolayan's romantic comedy Phone Swap.
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In 2013, Joke Silva took to the stage to appear in the Thespian Family Theatre and Productions staging of the "Mad King of Ijudiya" at the Agip Hall of Muson Centre of Lagos at Christmas.
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Joke Silva is married to veteran actor Olu Jacobs and has two children.
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Joke Silva is Director of Studies at the Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts, while her husband served as chairman.
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Joke Silva has curated for the Bank of Industry in Theatre, Film, Documentary and Poetry and the 2012 London Olympics, and is the pioneer managing director of Malete Film Village, in association with Kwara State University.
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On 29 September 2014, Joke Silva was honored as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, one of Nigeria's national honors, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
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Joke Silva did that through the instance of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, which revealed plans to inaugurate health insurance schemes for its members.
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In November 2021, Joke Silva had an interview with Chude Jideonwo where she revealed that her husband Jacobs is battling with Dementia with Lewy bodies.