Funke Akindele to star inHollywood movie, Avengers

 

Nigeria’s Nollywood star, Funke Akindele
features in Hollywood’s flick Avengers: Infinity
War.
The film is an American superhero film based
on Marvel Comics superhero team ‘The
Avengers’.
Funke Akindele
Funke played the role of a Dora Milaje member
in the film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe
Russo.
In the list of the cast, she is named as No. 70.
The Nigerian actress plays as a member of the
Black Panther’s guards, the ‘Dora Milaje’ –
who are a team of women who serve as the
personal bodyguards of the Black Panther.
The film is set for release 25 April in the
Netherlands.
It tells the story of how the Iron Man, Thor, the
Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to
battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil
Thanos.
“On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones,
Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his
twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet
and existence itself has never been more
uncertain as everything the Avengers have
fought for has led up to this moment”.
Funke Akindele was born on August 24, 1976 in
Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria as Akindele
Olufunke Ayotunde. She is known for the
popular Jenifa Diary , Agbefo (2006) and 13th
Day: Ojó ketàlá (2005) and now she will
add Avengers: Infinity War (2018) to her CV.