{{short description|Nigerian actress (born 1967)}} {{Infobox person | name = Bukky Wright | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|03|31}} | birth_place = Abeokuta, Western Region, Nigeria (now in Ogun State, Nigeria) | other_names = | citizenship = Nigeria (1967–present) | alma_mater = University of Lagos | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *Businesswoman *Politician}} | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | years_active = 1996–present | known_for = | awards = | spouse = | website = }} '''Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright''' {{Pronunciation|Yo-Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke.ogg|Listen|(|help=no}} (born 31 March 1965), known professionally as '''Bukky Wright''', is a Nigerian actress,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-03 |title=Garlands or evergreen actress Bukky Wright |url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/celebrity/garlands-or-evergreen-actress-bukky-wright/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-03-16 |newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201065531/https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/celebrity/garlands-or-evergreen-actress-bukky-wright/ |url-status=live }}</ref> businesswoman, and politician.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibakatv.com/celeb/bukky-wright|title=Bukky Wright|website=Ibakatv|accessdate=March 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143915/http://ibakatv.com/celeb/bukky-wright|archivedate=April 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bukky Wright VS Fathia Balogun: Who's the better role interpreter?|url=http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=87762|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513222712/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=87762|url-status=live|newspaper=The Sun}}</ref> She runs the fashion house ''B Collections'' and the beauty spa ''B Wright''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bukky Wright, Nollywood actress (BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS)|publisher=Encomium|url=http://encomium.ng/bukky-wright-nollywood-actress-beauty-secrets-of-the-rich-and-famous/|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122134316/http://encomium.ng/bukky-wright-nollywood-actress-beauty-secrets-of-the-rich-and-famous/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Victor Akande|date=March 16, 2014|title=Bukky Wright to open beauty spa|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/bukky-wright-open-beauty-spa/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160748/http://thenationonlineng.net/new/bukky-wright-open-beauty-spa/|url-status=live|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref>
==Biography== Bukky was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother in Abeokuta.<ref name=news>{{cite news|url=http://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/10-things-that-make-bukky-wright-stand-out/|publisher=Newswatch Times|title=10 things that make Bukky Wright stand out|author=Samod Biobaku|date=March 25, 2013|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129155823/http://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/10-things-that-make-bukky-wright-stand-out/|archive-date=January 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She attended the University of Lagos, and earned a bachelor's degree in economics.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Screen celebrities that will sizzle in 2015|url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/01/screen-celebrities-that-will-sizzle-in-2015-2/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153311/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/01/screen-celebrities-that-will-sizzle-in-2015-2/|url-status=live|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
Bukky began her acting career in 1996. She has featured in several Nollywood movies of Yoruba and English languages, including Wale Adenuga's Television series ''Super story''.
In 2014, Bukky Wright contested for the post of an Honourable in Ogun State House of Assembly under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by former Governor Olusegun Osoba.<ref>{{cite web|website=Nigeriafilms|title=Bukky Wright glows as her political ambition beams|url=http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/30531/15/bukky-wright-glows-as-her-political-ambition-beams.html|accessdate=March 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229013305/http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/30531/15/bukky-wright-glows-as-her-political-ambition-beams.html|archivedate=December 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/believe-leadership-aremo-olusegun-osoba-bukky-wright/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=November 30, 2014|title=I believe in the leadership of Aremo Olusegun Osoba – Bukky Wright|accessdate=March 27, 2015|newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thenet.ng/bukky-wright-in-politics-to-halt-marginalisation-of-ogun-women/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Bukky Wright in politics to halt marginalisation of women|access-date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201132345/http://thenet.ng/2014/11/bukky-wright-in-politics-to-halt-marginalisation-of-ogun-women/|archive-date=February 1, 2015|url-status=live|newspaper=The NET}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bukky Wright is married, and she has two sons, Eniola and Gbenga.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Adoti|first=Olive|date=2017-12-03|title=The complete story of the beautiful and bright Nollywood star Bukky Wright|url=https://www.legit.ng/1131971-actress-bukky-wright-biography.html|access-date=2020-04-30|newspaper=Legit.ng|language=en|archive-date=2023-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914125726/https://www.legit.ng/1131971-actress-bukky-wright-biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She became a grandmother when one of her sons had a child.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bukky Wright in the class of grandmothers|url=http://www.newsofthepeople-ng.com/bukky-wright-in-the-class-of-grand-mothers/|accessdate=March 27, 2015|publisher=News of the People|archive-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233044/http://www.newsofthepeople-ng.com/bukky-wright-in-the-class-of-grand-mothers/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://pulse.ng/celebrities/hello-grandma-bukky-wright-welcomes-first-grandchild-id3059559.html|title=Hello Grandma! Bukky Wright Welcomes First Grandchild|publisher=The Pulse|author=Onnaedo Okafor|date=August 14, 2014|accessdate=March 27, 2014|archive-date=August 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818190450/http://pulse.ng/celebrities/hello-grandma-bukky-wright-welcomes-first-grandchild-id3059559.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/community-news/item/21565-why-i-always-have-problems-with-people-–bukky-wright.html|publisher=Nigerian Tribune|title=Why I always have problem with people|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123352/http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/community-news/item/21565-why-i-always-have-problems-with-people-%E2%80%93bukky-wright.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Politics==
In 2014, through the Social Democratic Party, she ran for the position of Senator in Ogun State House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bukky |first1=Wright |title=Mrs |url=https://yen.com.gh/ |website=yen.com.gh |publisher=Omobolaji Folajinmi |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== *''Saworo ide'' (1999) *''Agogo Eewo'' (2002) as Tinuola *''Above Love'' (2004) *''Abeni'' (2006) *''The Narrow Path (2006)'' *''Outkast'' (2011) *''Kodun Kopo Kope (KKK)'' *''Arinzo'' ''(2013)'' *''Gidi Blues (2016) as Mrs. Kuti'' *''Omotara Johnson'' *''Unforgivable'' *''Afefe Alaafia'' *''Dugbe Dugbe'' * Nkem Temi * Ago Meje *''Oko Nnene'' *''Habitat'' *''Red Hot'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bellanaija.com/2013/04/09/uti-nwachukwu-bukky-wright-akin-lewis-bimbo-manuel-star-in-teco-bensons-new-movie-red-hot-watch-the-trailer/|title=Uti Nwachukwu, Bukky Wright, Akin Lewis & Bimbo Manuel Star in Teco Benson's New Movie "Red Hot"|publisher=Bella Naija|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}</ref> *''Iyore'' (2014) as Queen Tonyin Adekoya *''When Love Happens'' (2014) as Mrs. Laguda *''Poison (2018) as Sola'' *''Special Jollof (2020)'' *''Kadara (2022) as Mama Shade'' *''Mother-In-Law (2023) as Madam Kiola'' *''Red Circle'' (2025) *''Aso Ebi Diaries'' (2025)
==See also== *List of Yoruba people
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1361219}} {{Wikiquote}}
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