Linda Osifo is an Edo born Nigerian/Canadian Award Winning Actress, Television Host, and Philanthropist. Her foundation Recently created an IT facility for Little saints orphanage in Lagos providing them with computers to aid their education.
Linda was born in the ancient Benin Kingdom to a well-respected well to do family, and she had a humble beginning growing up with her grandmother in Nigeria before she eventually relocated to Canada at the age of 16 where she lived most of her adult life. Although, Linda currently lives in Lagos Nigeria, pursuing her career professionally but still has a huge link with Canada.
Linda graduated from St Thomas Aquinas High School, she later obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology from York University in Toronto Canada in 2013.
In 2012, Linda had her debut acting role, when she starred in Family Secrets, in New Jersey, the USA directed by Ikechukwu Onyeka. She has since then featured in several movies globally. Some of the movies she has featured in are;
Unroyal (2020)
Merry Men (2019)
Mad About You (2019)
Judas Kiss (2016)
Cajole (2016)
Tinsel (2015)
Rumour has it (2016)
Uncomplicated (2016)
Flip Side (2016)
Yesterday (2016)
The Dark Box (2017)
Desperate Housewives Africa (2015)
Bed Lamp (2015)
Hidden Truth (2016)
Hit & Run (2018)
Jemeji (2017)
Fifty – The Series (2017)
Linda recently featured in Son of Mercy, a movie directed by the legendary Moviemaker, Amen Imasuen. The movie was about Efe, a young man growing up, scared of poverty, stole his father’s pension money to travel abroad, and was duped along the way. Premiered at Kada Cinema in Benin City, Edo State, and other Cinemas across the country on the 11th of December 2020.
In 2015, Linda won the Best Actor an as t the African Entertainment Awards, got Nominated for Best Actress (Diaspora Entertainment Awards), Best Actress in a Series in the same year at the Exquisite Ladies of the year Award. And furthermore, in 2018, she won the Starzz Award for the Most Creative Actor of the year.
There is definitely so much to say about this gracious, intelligent, talented, outspoken, and prettiful Edo Princess.
