Akindele-Bello Olufunke Ayotunde[2][3] (popularly known as Funke Akindele /Jenifa)[4] is a Nigerian actress and producer.[5] Funke starred in the sitcom I Need to Know from 1998 to 2002, and in 2009 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[6] She plays the lead character in the show Jenifa's Diary,[7] for which she was named Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.[7]