Idowu Philips

Idowu Philips Biography / Profile

Idowu Phillips was born on October 16th 1942 at Ijebu Ode, a popular town in Ogun State, Nigeria. She is popularly known as Iya Rainbow. The name is the English translation of her late husband’s theatre group.

Idowu Philips Age

Idowu Philips is 81 years old.

Idowu Philips Early Life

Madam Idowu was born to Prophet Jacob Adebanjo Ifemade and Mrs. Ifemade. She had her primary education at African Methodist School and attended Anglican Modern School. After her primary and secondary education, she attended a nursing school.

Idowu Philips Career

Upon completion of her studies at the nursing school, Madam Idowu Philips worked as a nurse for 20 years. Since her late husband was theatrically inclined and had a theatre group, she worked part-time with the group, gaining mastery of the art. At 45, and after having worked as a nurse for 20 years, Madam Idowu Philips quit nursing. She took over the leadership of her late husband's movie group which soon became defunct. She took part in many movies both English and Yoruba. She became known for her role in Asiri Nla and has acted more than 500 movies since she started.

Idowu Philips Personal Life

Madam Idowu was married to Sir Hubert Ogunde from 1960 until his death in 1990. They have 5 children including Sola Osborne, and Femi Philips. Having refused to remarry, she chose to focus on taking care of her children.

A Christian, she overtime has developed a very deep relationship with God. She says that God laid in her heart a burden to build him a church. When asked why she has not been on screen in recent times, she claimed that the younger generation of actors now acted movies where her kind of roles are almost no longer needed. She also mentioned that the roles available were for people with tattoos and people ready to dress irresponsibly.