ADESUWA ETOMI

DUNNI
A 24 year old art gallery owner and only daughter of her parents is about to marry the
love of her life,IT entrepreneur, Dozie.

ADESUA ETOMI
Adesua Etomi made her big screen acting debut in April 14, 2014 when Knocking On Heaven’s Door was released in Nigerian cinemas. Her riveting performance as the abused Debbie announced Adesua Etomi as one to watch. With back to back stellar performances first as Layo in Brave and as Sharon in Gidi Up Season 2, Adesua Etomi proved to critics that she had the requisite acting chops. In August 2015, she joined the cast of MTV’s HIV/AIDS edutainment series Shuga 4 as Sheila and in October 2015, Adesua Etomi was unveiled as a cast member of a Crime and Investigative drama series titled Special Crimes Unit: Las Gidi Cops which debuts in the third quarter of 2016.

On the big screen, Adesua Etomi would deliver another emotionally gripping performance, this time as Muna in the feature film; Falling, which was released theatrically in September 2015. Her 2015 cinema run was followed by a nationwide release for A Soldier’s Story in October 2015 and Inkblot’s Out Of Luck on December 4, 2015 release. Her next foray into the cinemas was on February 5, 2016 with Tolu Tanner’s Couple Of Days. Her performance in Falling earned her the Best Actress In A Drama award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards and a Best Actress Nomination at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards. AdesuaEtomi would go on to land the lead role in her first international film project tilted “And The Spirit Slowly Dies” which begins principal photography in the last quarter of 2016.

With primary training in theatre Adesua Etomi, straddles the screen and stage worlds expertly. Her foray into theatre began in 2004 with The Crucible, while she studied for Diplomas in Performing Arts, Musical & Physical Theatre at The City College in Coventry, United Kingdom. In 2008 & 2009 she would star in three plays for the Arena Theatre, while studying for a Bachelors’ in Drama and Performance at The University of Wolverhampton. Upon completion of her studies in 2009, Adesua Etomi bagged a First Class Honors’ degree and a Foursight Theatre Award for the Best Performance in A Devised Piece Of Work.

With the initial goal to work for a year to enable her diversify her world experience; Adesua Etomi strayed from the world of acting for a little under three years, until the yearning to do what she loved most won over. In 2012 she got back on stage in The Miller’s Tale which showed at the Edinburg Film Festival. In 2013, Adesua Etomi made a trip back to Lagos, Nigeria to visit family and met a vibrant film and theatre scene which she decided to venture into. This led to several appearances in stage plays all over Nigeria including Shattered, Anatomy of a Woman, Crystal Slipper, London Life Lagos Living, Saro 1 & 2, Les Miserables, Band Aid and The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives.

Later that year, Adesua landed the lead role in her first movie – Knocking On Heaven’s Door, produced by EmemIsong. Adesua Etomi would again team up with EmemIsong in a big budget period piece, tentatively titled “Ayamma – Music In The Forest”, which is primed for a winter 2016 theatrical release. With each new performance on screen and stage, Adesua Etomi has steadfastly won over industry watchers and critics. In November 2015 leading Journalist, Film Critic, Festival Aficionado and Film Awards Jury Panelist – Shuaib Husseni dubbed her “The New Princess Of The Silver Screen”.
She plays the role of ‘Dunni Coker’, the bride in ‘THE WEDDING PARTY’.