{"id":13963,"date":"2024-10-30T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news.naijatraffic.ng\/?p=13963"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:07:43","slug":"somkele-iyamah-biography-age-family-education-and-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/somkele-iyamah-biography-age-family-education-and-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Somkele Iyamah Biography: Age, Family, Education and Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama, better known as Somkele Iyanmah, was born on March 23, 1988, in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>She has established herself in the entertainment industry through her performances in films such as *93 Days*, *The Wedding Party*, and *The Arbitration*, as well as in the television series *Gidi Up*.<\/p>\n<p>Somkele has also represented Multichoice&#8217;s DSTV Explora and is set to appear in *A Soldier&#8217;s Story 2* and *Star Trek Discovery*.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FACTS ABOUT SOMKELE IYANMAH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FULL NAME:<\/strong> Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama<\/li>\n<li><strong>DATE OF BIRTH:<\/strong> March 23, 1988<\/li>\n<li><strong>PLACE OF BIRTH:<\/strong> Ika South, Delta, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li><strong>NATIONALITY:<\/strong> Nigerian<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPOUSE:<\/strong> Aaron Idhalama<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCCUPATIONs:<\/strong> Actress, Model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hailing from the Ika South Area of Delta State, she discovered her love for dance and drama while attending Grange School in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>After obtaining a bachelor&#8217;s degree in biochemistry, she ventured into charitable events and modeling, quickly rising to prominence as a lead actress.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CAREER<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her talent has been highlighted in series like *GIDI UP* and shows such as *THE EXPANSE* and *CORONER*.<\/p>\n<p>She has collaborated with notable Nollywood directors like Steve Gukas and Kemi Adetiba, earning acclaim for her performance in *93 DAYS*.<\/p>\n<p>Somkele has received multiple awards for her acting and has secured endorsements from brands like Multichoice Nigeria and Jewel By Lisa.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her acting career, she is the Regional Head of Andrea Iyamah and has been featured in *GENEVIEVE Magazine* and on CNN online.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PERSONAL LIFE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Somkele is married to Captain Aaron Idhalama, and together they have faced numerous challenges, including their son&#8217;s fight against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama, better known as Somkele Iyanmah, was born on March 23, 1988, in Nigeria. She has established herself in the entertainment industry through her performances in films such as *93 Days*, *The Wedding Party*, and *The Arbitration*, as well as in the television series *Gidi Up*. Somkele has also represented Multichoice&#8217;s DSTV Explora and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[814,815],"class_list":["post-13963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-profiles-biographies","tag-somkele-iyanmah","tag-somkele-iyanmah-biography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}