Acting

Rita Edward

Acting credits

Misfit poster
NR

A prostitute wakes up to find she has been abducted and struggles to bond with her captors and plot her escape.

Misfit

2013

93 Days poster
5.7

Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover and TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama star in director Steve Gukas’ riveting real-life thriller about courageous health-care workers in Lagos battling the Ebola outbreak of 2014.

93 Days

2016

Ibukun poster
7.0

Once upon a time, in a beautiful ancient kingdom, a reluctant prince organises a royal ball in order to select a wife. The events which follow, bring to fore the age- long lessons on the benefits of humilty, love and empathy.

Ibukun

2018

Nigerian Prince poster
5.1

After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an internet scammer in order to return to the United States.

Nigerian Prince

2018

The Femi-Nist poster
NR

Femi the “Femi-nist” is a renowned Casanova with a 100% record. His latest target has an irresistable bounty but with a significant challenge.

The Femi-Nist

2022

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) poster
5.9

A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)

2021

Isoken poster
4.5

Everyone in the Osayande family worries about Isoken. Although she has what appears to be a perfect life - beautiful, successful and surrounded by great family and friends - Isoken is still unmarried at 34 which, in a culture obsessed with marriage, is serious cause for concern. Things come to a head at her youngest sister's wedding when her overbearing mother thrusts her into an orchestrated matchmaking with the ultimate Edo man, Osaze. Osaze is handsome, successful and from a good family, making him the perfect Nigerian husband material. But in an unexpected turn of events, Isoken meets Kevin who she finds herself falling in love with and he just might be what she truly wants in a partner. The only problem is, not only is he not an Edo man, he is Oyinbo (Caucasian). Isoken is a romantic dramedy that explores cultural expectations, racial stereotypes and the bonds that unite families in a touching, dramatic and comedic way.

Isoken

2017

Lizard poster
5.7

An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a Mega Church in Lagos.

Lizard

2021