Temi is a culture enthusiast and creative entrepreneur (actor, voice-over artist, costume designer, and dance researcher ), She is the Creative Director at New Wine Studios producing documentaries, drama, experimental fashion and culture short films like; Ladipo’s Garden, August 2021 and Journey to Wholeness, December 2021. A seasoned actor for both stage and film; Eyimofe, a feature film directed by Arie and Chuko Esiri, premiered at the 70th Berlinale in Germany 2020, and Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, a feature film funded by Sundance and Berlinale World Cinema Fund directed by the Agbajowo Collective, premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and later screened at Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia 2024. Temi is the second Nigerian actress in history to win a prize at Africa’s most prestigious film festival, the Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou as the FRESPACO winner for Best Young Actor from West Africa 2021 for Eyimofe.
Her short film IRETI which she produced and directed premiered at the Nigerian International Film and TV Summit in Lagos Nigeria and went on to screen at Film Africa London and African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) 2024, as well as other festivals around the world in countries like Ghana and Barbados.
Filmography
Director (1 Credit)
We Outside2025
Short, Other
Education
College
University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Theatre Arts
2014 – 2018
College
University of Clermont Auvergne (UCA)
Dance Anthropology
2021 – 2023
College
University of Szeged (SZTE)
Dance Ethnology
2021 – 2023
College
Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU)
Dance Ethnography
2021 – 2023
College
University of Roehampton
Dance Anthropology and Ethnochoreology
2021 – 2023
Personal Details
Birth Date
May 5, 1997
Nickname
Tem.
Birth City
Lagos
Current City
Lagos
Hometown
Lagos
Height
5'5
Gender
Female
Pronouns
She/Her
Ethnicity
Yoruba
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Quotes
Outdo one another in showing honor.
Impact over self; making films that will change the world.