# Bukky Wright

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{{short description|Nigerian actress (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Bukky Wright
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| birth_name   = Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|03|31}}
| birth_place  = [Abeokuta](/source/Abeokuta), [Western Region, Nigeria](/source/Western_Region%2C_Nigeria) (now in [Ogun State, Nigeria](/source/Ogun_State%2C_Nigeria))
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| citizenship  = Nigeria (1967–present)
| alma_mater   = [University of Lagos](/source/University_of_Lagos)
| occupation   = {{flatlist|
*Actress
*Businesswoman
*Politician}}
| children     = 2
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| years_active = 1996–present
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'''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](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian_(Nigeria))|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](/source/The_Sun_(Nigeria))}}</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](/source/The_Nation_(Nigeria))}}</ref>

==Biography==
Bukky was born to a [Christian](/source/Christians) father and a [Muslim](/source/Muslim) mother in [Abeokuta](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian_(Nigeria))}}</ref>

Bukky began her acting career in 1996. She has featured in several [Nollywood](/source/Nollywood) movies of Yoruba and English languages, including [Wale Adenuga](/source/Wale_Adenuga)'s Television series ''[Super story](/source/Super_story)''.

In 2014, Bukky Wright contested for the post of an Honourable in [Ogun State](/source/Ogun_State) [House of Assembly](/source/House_of_Assembly) under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by former Governor [Olusegun Osoba](/source/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](/source/Vanguard_(Nigeria))}}</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](/source/The_Netng)}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bukky Wright is married, and she has two sons, Eniola and [Gbenga](/source/%3Afr%3AOjayy_Wright).<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](/source/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](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)), 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''](/source/Saworoide) (1999)
*''[Agogo Eewo](/source/Agogo_Eewo)'' (2002) as Tinuola
*''Above Love'' (2004)
*''[Abeni](/source/Abeni_(film))'' (2006)
*''[The Narrow Path](/source/The_Narrow_Path_(2006_film)) (2006)''
*''Outkast'' (2011)
*''Kodun Kopo Kope (KKK)''
*''[Arinzo](/source/Arinzo)'' ''(2013)''
*''[Gidi Blues](/source/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](/source/Iyore)'' (2014) as Queen Tonyin Adekoya
*''[When Love Happens](/source/When_Love_Happens)'' (2014) as Mrs. Laguda
*''Poison (2018) as Sola''
*''[Special Jollof](/source/Special_Jollof) (2020)''
*''Kadara (2022) as Mama Shade''
*''Mother-In-Law (2023) as Madam Kiola''
*''[Red Circle](/source/Red_Circle_(2025_film))'' (2025)
*''[Aso Ebi Diaries](/source/Aso_Ebi_Diaries)'' (2025)

==See also==
*[List of Yoruba people](/source/List_of_Yoruba_people)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1361219}}
{{Wikiquote}}

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Category:1967 births
Category:20th-century Nigerian actresses
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Category:21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
Category:21st-century Nigerian businesswomen
Category:Actresses from Abeokuta
Category:Actresses in Yoruba cinema
Category:Businesspeople from Abeokuta
Category:Living people
Category:Nigerian actor-politicians
Category:Nigerian businesspeople in fashion
Category:Nigerian film actresses
Category:Nigerian television actresses
Category:Nigerian women in politics
Category:Politicians from Abeokuta
Category:Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians
Category:University of Lagos alumni
Category:Yoruba actresses
Category:Yoruba businesspeople
Category:Yoruba businesswomen
Category:Yoruba women in politics

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