{{Short description|American writer and online personality (born 1994)}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Nimay Ndolo | image = Nimay_Ndolo.jpg | alt = Nimay Ndolo waving at the Webby Awards 2025.jpg | caption = Ndolo at the [[Webby Awards]] | birth_name = Obumneme-Ekenechi Yadi Ndolo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|8|21}} | birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S. | alma mater = [[Georgia State University]] | other names = | years active = 2018 – present | occupation = {{hlist | writer | [[online personality]] | [[software developer]] | actress }} | relatives = | children = | tiktok_handle = nimay.ndolo | tiktok_display_name = Nimay Ndolo | tiktok_years_active = | tiktok_genre = | tiktok_followers = 2.4 million | stats_update = October 3, 2025 }}
'''Nimay Ndolo''' (born 21 August 1994, as '''Obumneme-Ekenechi Yadi Ndolo'''), is an American writer, actress and online personality. She was named one of [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s]] top influencers of 2024 and one of the [[Webby Awards|''Webby Awards'']] and [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] Magazine's top influencers of 2025.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-08-26 |title=25 Most Influential Creators of 2024 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/top-social-media-influencers-creators-2024-1235084589/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last= |title=Nimay Ndolo Webby Awards Honoree |url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2025/creators/individual-creator/comedy/323517/nimay-ndolo |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=[[Webby Awards]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Nimay Ndolo: TIME100 Creators 2025 |url=https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299161/nimay-ndolo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711190521/https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299161/nimay-ndolo/ |archive-date=2025-07-11 |access-date=2025-10-01 |work=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Early life and education == Ndolo was born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] into a family of three children, to parents of Nigerian [[Igbo people|Igbo]] descent, who immigrated from [[Enugu, Nigeria]] to the United States. She attended [[Douglas County High School (Douglasville, Georgia)|Douglas County High School]] and began writing at the age of 13, influenced by [[High School Musical 2|''High School Musical 2'']] and [[West Side Story|''West Side Story'']].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-15 |title=Art & Life with Nimay Ndolo |url=https://voyageatl.com/interview/art-life-nimay-ndolo/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=Voyage ATL |language=en-US}}</ref> She studied [[theatre]] and [[film]] at [[Georgia State University]], but did not graduate.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Nimay Ndolo |url=https://www.backstage.com/u/nimayndolo/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Backstage (publication)|Backstage]] |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Before beginning her [[software development]] and [[content creation]] career, Ndolo worked as a delivery driver for [[Uber Eats]] and briefly as a [[freight broker]] at [[Total Quality Logistics|TQL]]. After being fired during the 2020 [[COVID-19 pandemic]], she taught herself [[web development]], learning CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and completing [[General Assembly (school)|General Assembly]]'s frontend development bootcamp, later becoming a [[Front End Development|front end developer]] for a [[startup company]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nimay Ndolo Went From Being A Front-End Developer To Securing Five-Figure Brand Deals As A Content Creator |url=https://afrotech.com/nimay-ndolo-content-creator |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=AfroTech |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-01 |title=Nigerian-American Nimay Ndolo Goes From Food Delivery Worker to Content Creator with Deals Worth 5 Figures |url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/nigerian-american-nimay-ndolo-goes-from-food-delivery-worker-to-content-creator-with-deals-worth-5-figures |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=Face2Face |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, she began posting on [[TikTok]] while still working as a software developer until 2023 when she began working as an influencer full time. She built her audience by delivering fast-paced [[front-facing camera comedy]] style monologues on topics ranging from tech to politics, fashion, [[cryptocurrency]], climate, sports, and general culture.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=From Finance Bros to Feminist Icon: Nimay Ndolo on Comedy, Advocacy, and the Future of Voting |url=https://www.feminists.co/discover/nimayndolo |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=Feminist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |title=Nimay Ndolo Went From Being A Front-End Developer To Securing Five-Figure Brand Deals As A Content Creator |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nimay-ndolo-went-being-front-215958073.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918030708/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nimay-ndolo-went-being-front-215958073.html |archive-date=2024-09-18 |access-date=2025-10-01 |work=[[Yahoo Finance]] |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-28 |title=Nimay Ndolo Went From Being A Front-End Developer To Securing Five-Figure Brand Deals As A Content Creator |url=https://clichemag.com/tech/nimay-ndolo-went-from-being-a-front-end-developer-to-securing-five-figure-brand-deals-as-a-content-creator/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Cliché Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She gained millions of followers for her commentary in the process.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Who Is Nimay Ndolo, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Height & Bio |url=https://www.newsinbollywood.com/wiki/nimay-ndolo/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> She expanded her content into political commentary, and has interviewed American senators [[Cory Booker]], [[Ed Markey]], politician [[Zohran Mamdani]], former US transportation secretary [[Pete Buttigieg]], New York City Councilman for District 36, [[Chi Ossé|Chi Osse]] and American ecologist, [[Nalini Nadkarni]] among others.<ref name=":0" />
In 2024, Ndolo partook in [[VidCon]] 2024 and in the same year, was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Influencers by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine.<ref name=":1" /> In 2025, she was listed as an honoree by the [[Webby Awards]], was a [[Met Gala]] carpet correspondent for [[Instagram]], and was recognized as one of the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] Creators of 2025 by [[Time Magazine|''Time'' Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Nimay Ndolo Webby Awards Comedy Creators Honoree 2025 |url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/creators/individual-creator/comedy |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=[[Webby Awards]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-05-09 |title=Inside Instagram's 2024 Met Gala Red Carpet Watch Party |url=https://vogue.ph/lifestyle/what-went-down-at-this-mini-met-gala-red-carpet-watch-party/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
She has appeared as a guest on several podcasts, including ''Pair of Kings'', ''Go Touch Grass'' and ''Dating Unsettled''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dating Unsettled: EP. 18: I Wasn't Kidnapped ft. Nimay Ndolo |url=https://sites.libsyn.com/444531/ep-18-i-wasnt-kidnapped-ft-nimay-ndolo |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Libsyn]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/836617/episodes/15104383-10-16-i-need-an-ambulance-and-a-xl-idaho-from-the-row-right-now-with-nimay-ndolo-nimayndoleaux |title=10.16 - I Need an Ambulance and a XL Idaho From The Row Right Now with Nimay Ndolo (@nimayndoleaux) - Pair of Kings |date=2024-05-21 |language=en |access-date=2025-10-01 |via=pairofkingspod.buzzsprout.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TikTok Creator Rant and Understanding Your Worth As a Content Creator with Nimay Ndolo |url=https://music.amazon.es/podcasts/ef0e3640-20ad-48f8-97f5-37ef6bf7c141/episodes/6801b03e-43e8-4258-8dc3-33a729e3bab8/ysbnow-tok-tiktok-creator-rant-and-understanding-your-worth-as-a-content-creator-with-nimay-ndolo |website=[[Amazon Music|Amazon Music Spain]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TikTok Creator Rant and Understanding Your Worth As a Content Creator with Nimay Ndolo |url=https://music.amazon.co.jp/podcasts/ef0e3640-20ad-48f8-97f5-37ef6bf7c141/episodes/6801b03e-43e8-4258-8dc3-33a729e3bab8/ysbnow-tok-tiktok-creator-rant-and-understanding-your-worth-as-a-content-creator-with-nimay-ndolo |website=[[Amazon Music|Amazon Music Japan]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/896863/episodes/10263971-tiktok-creator-rant-and-understanding-your-worth-as-a-content-creator-with-nimay-ndolo |title=TikTok Creator Rant and Understanding Your Worth As a Content Creator with Nimay Ndolo |date=2022-03-16 |language=en |access-date=2025-10-01 |via=Buzz Sprout}}</ref> She was also a panelist at the [[Future Forward PAC]] event titled ''Return on Culture'', alongside Jeff Lawson, the owner of [[The Onion|''The Onion'']].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/democrats-influencers-trump.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Theodore|last=Schleife|date=May 20, 2025}}</ref>
In her creative career, her artwork ''Visual Sound: Splat'' was listed and sold on [[Artsy]] as part of a show in collaboration with Tiny Doors Atlanta and [[Greg Mike]]'s ABV gallery.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Nimay Ndolo Art, Shows, Articles & More |url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/nimay-ndolo |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Artsy]] |language=en}}</ref> She attended the [[Public Art Fund]] gala in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terry |first=Christa |date=2025-04-14 |title=Auction Paddles, Ping Pong Paddles and Play: Inside Public Art Fund’s 2025 Party |url=https://observer.com/2025/04/public-art-fund-2025-party-nyc-artists-ping-pong/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=[[The New York Observer|Observer]] |language=en-US}}</ref> She also directed the [[NoBudge]] short film ''Jane, Jean, John, & Jesus Make an Experimental Song'' in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nimay Ndolo's Jane, Jean, John, & Jesus Experimental Song |url=https://www.nobudge.com/videos/jane-jean-john-jesus-make-an-experimental-song |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[NoBudge]] |language=en}}</ref> and in 2024, collaborated with [[Penelope Gazin|Penelope Gazin's]] Fashion Brand Company on a limited shirt release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is She Joking With These Clothes? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/style/penelope-gazin-fashion-brand-company.html |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>
She has been featured in [[Time Magazine|''Time'' Magazine]], [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone'']], ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]],'' [[Yahoo Finance]]'','' ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[NBC News]], [[Headgum]], [[AOL]], and [[iHeartRadio|''iHeartRadio'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Go Touch Grass - The Ultimate 9 Month Cruise with Nimay Ndolo |url=https://headgum.com/go-touch-grass/the-ultimate-9-month-cruise-w-nimay-ndolo |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[Headgum]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-07-09 |title=Nimay Ndolo |url=https://www.aol.com/nimay-ndolo-113128334.html |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[AOL]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EP. 18: I Wasn't Kidnapped ft. Nimay Ndolo - Dating Unsettled |url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-dating-unsettled-103684917/episode/ep-18-i-wasnt-kidnapped-ft-114278624/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[iHeart Radio]] |language=en}}</ref>
=== Advocacy and politics === She is a women's rights and environmental activist, and the founder of the [[501(c)(3) organization|nonprofit organization]], CityAesthetica.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> She has spoken publicly about the challenges faced by Black women creators, including unequal treatment in politics and influencer marketing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-09 |title=For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s Loss ‘Feels like a punch in the gut’ |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/09/stacey-abrams-georgia-black-women/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Black Creators Call Out Disparity in Influencer Gifting |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-creators-call-out-inequity-influencer-gifting-rcna61923 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909060817/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna61923 |archive-date=2024-09-09 |access-date=2025-10-01 |work=[[NBC News]] |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> She was a media credentialed content creator at the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-08-22 |title=Influencers Get Prime DNC Access As Part Of Harris’ Campaign Strategy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/22/politics/content-creators-influencers-dnc-harris |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, Ndolo attempted a solo run for [[New York City's 34th City Council district|New York City Council district 34]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Candidates List of New York City Campaign Finance Board |url=https://www.nyccfb.info/follow-the-money/candidates/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=[[New York City Campaign Finance Board]] Official Website}}</ref> She was also honored, alongside Congressman [[Maxwell Frost]], by [[Planned Parenthood]] as a 2025 creator champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planned Parenthood Recognizes Next Generation of Reproductive Rights Champions During Congressional Black Caucus 54th Annual Legislative Conference |url=https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/pressroom/planned-parenthood-recognizes-next-generation-of-reproductive-rights-champions-during-congressional-black-caucus-54th-annual-legislative-conference-2 |website=[[Planned Parenthood]]}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == Ndolo has received honors for her work including:
* [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] Creators * [[Webby Awards]] Comedy Creator Honoree 2025 * [[Planned Parenthood]] Creator Champion Award * [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone'']] Most Influential Creators of 2024
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title ! class="unsortable" |Role |- | 2018 |''Jane, Jean, John, & Jesus Make and Experimental Song'' | * Writer * Short film<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nimay Ndolo |url=https://filmfreeway.com/NimayNdolo |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=[[FilmFreeway]] |language=en}}</ref> |- | 2025 |''Knights of Night'' | * Actress (as Zora) * Alongside [[James Marshall Reilly]] |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|9961479}}
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