Showmax spotlights Yolanda Okereke-Fubara: Making Nollywood look the part

Yolanda Okereke-Fubara is an award-winning stylist and the co-founder of The Rani Company and Wardrobe Shack. 

Yolanda had always loved fashion and started as a designer when she was studying chemical engineering. In her quest to satisfy her clients, she decided to experiment with styling, and it stuck.

In 2009, her professional career as a stylist kicked off with famous actress Monalisa Chinda and Ego crooner Djinee. Her clientele list has grown steadily since then, including Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, Nse Ikpe-Etim, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Desmond Elliot, Zainab Balogun, Bolanle Olukanni, and many other celebrities.

She’s also gone beyond styling celebrities to styling movies, creating costumes and working as a design consultant. Over the years, Yolanda has worked in the costume unit of over 20 movies. She’s received several nominations and won awards such as the Eko Star and TV award for the Best Film and TV Costume Designer. Yolanda is nominated for Best Costume Designer for her work on La Femme Anjola at the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA).

With over a decade of experience under her belt, Yolanda Okereke-Fubara has costuming credits in some of the biggest Nollywood blockbusters as well as television shows, from King of Boys, Day of Destiny, New Money, Merry Men 1 & 2, The Ghost and The House of Truth and King of Boys to Wedding Party 1 and 2, The Meeting, Who’s The Boss and My Wife and I. 

She’s also worked on major TV shows like MTV Shuga. She co-created and styled a photo story called These Boots: A Photo Story, with the famous photographer Obi Somto.

A lot of the time, people ignore the work of those in the background who make Nollywood successful. But because of brilliant and talented minds like Yolanda’s, Nollywood can tell the best stories and represent the most interesting characters. She’s one of the 30 #WomenOfShowmax and streaming the collection is just one way to celebrate Yolanda Okereke-Fubara for all the excellent work she’s been doing. We hope she continues to add her magic touch to more shows and movies.