Bukola Saraki has advised Marvel Studios to feature Akindele in Infinity War. In February 2018, it was reported that Senate President and chair of the National Assembly, Dr. Some weeks later her name was replaced with that of fellow Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji, with Funke Akindele's upload shown to have been a hack. Mainstream Nigerian press reported that Jenifa was set to star in Infinity War as the guard Dora Milaje, citing IMDb. In January 2018, there was a controversy when it was reported that Funke Akindele would get her Hollywood debut in Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War as she was listed as a member of the cast on IMDb. Funke Akindele's big break came in 2008 when she appeared in the movie Jenifa. Funke Akindele played Bisi, a curious but highly intelligent secondary school student. Career Īkindele came into the limelight after starring in the popular United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA)-sponsored sitcom I Need to Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002. She earned a Law degree from the University of Lagos. She obtained an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now known as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic. She attended Grace Children School Gbagada, Lagos State.

Her mother is a medical doctor while her father is a retired school principal. She is the second of three children (two girls and one boy). Akindele was born on August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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