1. Omoni Sophie Oboli, the second of two girls was born on the 22nd of April 1978 in Benin City, the then Capital of Bendel State, Nigeria; though she hails from Mosogar, a town in Delta State.
2.
Her primary education was at the Delta Steel Company Primary School 3,
Ovwian-Aladja. Then she moved on to attend the Delta Steel Company Technical
High School (DSC THS) between 1989 and 1994 for her secondary education.
Interestingly, she held the positions of Head Girl (’94 set DSC THS), President
Literary & Debating Society, Editor, Press Club & President, French
Club all in her secondary school.
3.
Between 1995 and 1999, Omoni studied Foreign Languages (majoring in French) at
the University of Benin, Nigeria.
4.
Omoni, who started acting at a very tender age, got her first professional
movie role in 1996 in a movie titled ‘Bitter Encounter’, where she played the
role of a secretary. After that she featured in Shame, before finally playing
the lead role in ‘Not my will’.
5.
On October 28, 2000, Omoni got married to Nnamdi Oboli whom she actually met on
a movie set some years back; this was immediately after graduating from
University of Benin (UNIBEN). Their union is blessed with three lovely boys –
Tobe, Gozi and Chizi