Kehinde Bankole eyes Oscar nomination

Actress, Kehinde Bankole, who currently won the Best Lead Actress Award at the 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the movie, ‘Adire’, has set her sights on the ultimate prize in filmmaking, the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars.

According to her, “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 felt grateful and honored to win ‘Best Lead Actress’, seeing it as a responsibility to continue excelling in her craft.

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.”