2018 is starting out to be a good year for 40-year-old Nollywood actress Funke Akindele-Bello. The actress is reportedly set to appear in one of Hollywood’s biggest superhero franchise that would be released this year. The actress was reportedly cast in the upcoming Avengers movie, Infinity War, as a member Dora Milaje, an all-female special forces unit in Wakanda from the Black Panther Marvel superhero comics. Akindele-Bello is popularly known for her role as Jenifa in a Nollywood comedy movie about an uneducated lady trying to make it in Lagos.
Avengers Infinity War is regarded as one of the biggest Marvel movies due to the fact that the movie would feature several superheroes from different franchises that are part of the cinematic universe. It is the first time all the heroes from Marvel comics would appear together in a movie.
The movie could also be seen as big opportunity for the 40-year-old actress who would star alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest names like Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt and Mark Ruffalo. 16-year-old American-born Nigerian tennis player is proud of her roots .