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Kemi Lala Akindoju

Kemi Lala Akindoju

Actor, Producer, Casting Director

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Biography

Kemi 'Lala' Akindoju is an award-winning producer, casting director, actor and the CEO of The Make It Happen Productions- a film and theatre production company based in Lagos, Nigeria and more recently the United Kingdom, as The Make It Happen Films. The company has a focus on telling African stories that provoke thought, inspire and entertain.

With almost two decades of experience in front of and behind the camera, she has produced some of the biggest and most successful titles out of Nigeria including Prime Video's "Gangs of Lagos" , Netflix's "The Black Book", & Seasons 1 & 2 of "The Smart Money Woman " . She has performed in over 100 stage productions across Nigeria and the world, as well as producing & directing some of the most critically acclaimed plays including her one woman show *Naked" & "Ada The Country" : A musical.

As a casting director, her credits include Disney's Emmy Nominated animation series "Iwájú", the Sundance-winning short film "Lizard", & the NAACP-nominated film "Eyimofe". She has also been on the casting team on Disney's "Rise", Film4/BFI's "My Father's Shadow" and Paramount Pictures' soon to be released "Children of Blood & Bone". These are just to mention a few

She served as a Senior Development Executive at Amazon Prime Video Nigeria between 2022 and 2023, helping shape the service's local strategy across original and content. In this position she also developed and saw to the successful execution of "Christmas In Lagos". Lala is very experienced with producing high scale films, with big budgets whilst hiring the right talent in front and behind the camera. She is also passionate about teaching and coaching and has experience wearing these hats. She was Sope Dirisu's Dialect coach in "My Father's Shadow" where she worked with him to become an authentic Nigerian man.

A 2010 The Future Awards winner for Actor of the Year, Lala is an alum of the US State Department's International Visitor's Leadership Program (IVLP), Berlinale Talents, 2016 recipient of the Africa Magic Trailblazer Award, a member of the Global Shapers community of the World Economic Forum and 2025 participant of the EAVE Producers workshop.

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Filmography

Actor

31

Type

Year

Iwájú Mini-Series2024Mama Bode

Rise Feature Film2022Joy

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Poster

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Feature Film2020Hope

Lizard Short Film2020Patience

The Smart Money Woman Poster

The Smart Money Woman TV Series2020Adesuwa

Òlòtūré Feature Film2019Blessing

The Ghost and the House of Truth Poster

The Ghost and the House of Truth Feature Film2019Dupe

Your Excellency Poster

Your Excellency Feature Film2019Lina

E.V.E - Audi Alteram Partem Poster

E.V.E - Audi Alteram Partem TV Series2018Onome

Lara and the Beat Poster

Lara and the Beat Feature Film2018Tonye

Shop Talk NG Poster

Shop Talk NG TV Series2018Self

Stuck Short Film2018Chika Okoye

A Hotel Called Memory Poster

A Hotel Called Memory Feature Film2017Tokunbo

Ajuwaya Feature Film2017Yewande

Alakada Reloaded Poster

Alakada Reloaded Feature Film2017Ebun

Banana Island Ghost Poster

Banana Island Ghost Feature Film2017Principal

For My Girls Poster

For My Girls Feature Film2017Pregnant Woman

Potato Potahto Poster

Potato Potahto Feature Film2017Frances

The Royal Hibiscus Hotel Poster

The Royal Hibiscus Hotel Feature Film2017Chika

Okafor's Law Poster

Okafor's Law Feature Film2016Onome

Suru l' ere (Patience Pays) Feature Film2016Landlady

The CEO Feature Film2016Lisa

Fifty Feature Film2015Chike

Grief Short Film2015Detective Murphy

Phobos Short Film2015Bessie

Dazzling Mirage Poster

Dazzling Mirage Feature Film2014Funmiwo

Alan Poza Poster

Alan Poza Feature Film2013Ina

Conversations at Dinner TV Movie2013Yewande Cole

In Iredu Poster

In Iredu Short Film2013Witch

Down and Out Poster

Down and Out Short Film2012Girl

Everything Scatter Feature Film

Producer

17

Type

Year

Gangs of Lagos Poster

Gangs of Lagos Feature Film2023

The Black Book Poster

The Black Book Feature Film2023

The Smart Money Woman Poster

The Smart Money Woman TV Series2020

4th Republic Poster

4th Republic Feature Film2019

Black Monday Poster

Black Monday Short Film2019

Blast Short Film2019

Scars Short Film2019

The Ghost and the House of Truth Poster

The Ghost and the House of Truth Feature Film2019

Thorn Short Film2019

Mmachi Short Film2018

Stuck Short Film2018

Wrong Con Poster

Wrong Con Short Film2018

Goodwill Poster

Goodwill Short Film2017

Penance Short Film2017

Still Water Runs Deep Poster

Still Water Runs Deep Short Film2017

XOXO Short Film2017

Everything Scatter Feature Film

Casting Director

9

Type

Year

Iwájú Mini-Series2024

Leaving Ikorodu in 1999 Poster

Leaving Ikorodu in 1999 Short Film2024

The Black Book Poster

The Black Book Feature Film2023

The Razz Guy Poster

The Razz Guy Feature Film2021

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Poster

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Feature Film2020

Lizard Short Film2020

The Smart Money Woman Poster

The Smart Money Woman TV Series2020

The Ghost and the House of Truth Poster

The Ghost and the House of Truth Feature Film2019

Gidi Up TV Series2013

Casting Department

5

Type

Year

Children of Blood and Bone Poster

Children of Blood and Bone Feature Film2027

My Father's Shadow Poster

My Father's Shadow Feature Film2025

The Power Poster

The Power TV Series2023

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Poster

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Feature Film2020

Lara and the Beat Poster

Lara and the Beat Feature Film2018

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