Folashade Omoniyi

Folashade Omoniyi (born Folashade Omoniyi; 16 April 1971), better known by her sobriquet Lepa Shandy, is a Nigerian Yoruba language movie actress who was described by the Nigerian media as "a veteran and one of the pioneers of the Yoruba movie industry" Omoniyi's sobriquet Lepa Shandywas a character she played in a movie with the same title.

Quotes

 * I disguise, avoid other Nigerians abroad after relocating – Lepa Shandy
 * Shandy
 * My name is Folashade Omoniyi, now Folashade Omoniyi-Adewale, because I’m married. I’m popularly known as Lepa Shandy.It happened that I was offered a role in a movie by Gbenga Adewusi, Bayowa Films and the title of the movie was ‘Lepa Shandy’ and the funniest thing was that the name of the character in that movie was Shade, which is also my real name. So, after the movie, some began to call me ‘Lepa Shandy.’
 * Shandy
 * What is the meaning of ‘Lepa Shandy’?

The name of the character in the movie was Shade, but because of the business she was doing in the movie, they gave her ‘Lepa Shandy’ and it was because the character was a slim person. ‘Lepa’ means slim while ‘Shandy’ came from Shade; so, it means slim Shade.
 * Omoniyi