1. Early life

2. Modelling career

3. Fashion design

4. Music career

5. Acting career

6. Television and broadcasting career

7. Other activities

8. Awards and nominations

9. Personal life

10. See also

11. References

12. External links

Early life

Olumide was born in Edinburgh. Olumide's civil servant mother, Victoria Monie, moved from Nigeria to Scotland when Olumide's father, Abraham Olumide, was posted with the Navy to Rosyth, Fife, Scotland.^[2][3][4][2] Her name "Olumide" means "God has come" or "My Hero has come" in the Yoruba language ^[5]

She achieved a first-class honours degree in BA Communication and Mass Media at Glasgow Caledonian University.^[6] By the age of 21, she had a postgraduate degree in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London and a MA in Metaphysics, after getting a scholarship to study at the University of Pennsylvania.

Modelling career

At the age of 15, Olumide was first spotted shopping in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow,^[2] and she was later scouted by Select models while visiting family in London.^[7] At the time she knew nothing about the fashion industry. She took a break from modelling to go to university. Since then she has been working full-time as a broadcaster, fashion model and actress.^[8] Over the years she has been signed with Premier, KOKO, Nemesis, Mega, La Agenica, VIVA, AMQ, Ford and IMM Düsseldorf.^[7]

Olumide is 5 feet 9 inches tall, with black hair, brown eyes, dress size six, with measurements of 30A"-24"-33". She has featured on runways, fashion weeks and high-profile shoots in Japan, Paris, Milan, Barcelona, Poland, Germany, UAE, USA, Africa and the UK.^[6]

Olumide has appeared in Dazed & Confused, London Fashion Week Daily, Dansk, Tank, I.D., Luire Magazine Japan, Harpers Bazaar, Hunger, Oyster, Papercut, New York, Bahrain Confidential, WAD Magazine,^[7] Retro, InStyle, Fabulous, Italian Vogue and British Vogue. ^[9]

She has worked with Zandra Rhodes, Myleen Klass, Gio Pomodoro, Caryn Franklin, NKWO, JJ Noki, and designers including Swarovski, Christopher Kane, Jil Sander, Adidas, Evisu, Kswiss, Henry Holland, Jacob Kimmie, Prada, Jean Paul Gaultier, Tom Ford, Alexander Wang, Jacob Birge and Vivienne Westwood.^[10] Olumide has modelled for various fashion brands including Top Shop, Mulberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Ugg, Lee Jeans, Toms, The Body Shop, Alexander Wang, Bunmi Koko, New Look and Harris Tweed.^[11][12]

Fashion design

In 2010, Olumide's mother Monie suffered a stroke. While visiting family in Nigeria, Monie encouraged her to pursue her design work. Olumide came up with the idea for her Scots-African collection. She bought the material, made the clothes and returned to Scotland with her first collection.^[2]

She called the new fashion line, e:1 'monie', named after her mother.^[8] Her debut spring summer collection was inspired by her Afro-Scottish background and ancestry, a balance of European/British style tailoring and traditionally African fabric and patterns.^[2][21] She prefers to source her material from poor parts of Africa and India to give back to the local communities and also to retain a level of authenticity.^[13]

Music career

Olumide is also a DJ and has worked with Dynamo, Grace Jones, Damian Marley and Nas. She has played at venues across Europe and the United States including The Apollo, Lovebox Festival, The Great Escapes Festival, The Groucho Club, Soho House, Glastonbury and Websterhall NYC with Matt Sorum.

In 2013, Olumide performed with Skepta, Wiley and joined Roots Manuva's Banana Clan. Between April and June, she toured the United States with The Roots and Mos Def in Orlando, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta, and at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, a four-day event in Tennessee in June. She also supported Police Academy's Michael Winslow in the U.S. and UK.^[14]

Acting career

Olumide's first appearance was in Trouble Sleeping alongside Gary Lewis.^[14] She starred in the BBC Two series Scots Scuil.^[2] In 2017 she acted alongside Greg Wise in the feature movie After Louise and with Lenny Henry in One Sweet Oblivios Antidote.^[14] She made cameo appearances in Star Wars Rogue One, The Last Jedi and Absolutely Fabulous.^[14][15]

Olumide produced and directed a solo Metamorph through Open Art Surgery which appeared on the Traverse Theatre. She is the founder and producer of The Official Youth on the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2016, she played the lead role in the play The Chicken Trial at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh.^[16][17] In 2017 she produced and directed a solo stand up comedy show at The Stand Comedy Club alongside Katherine Ryan, Stephen K Amos, Dane Baptiste and Trevor Noah.^[18] She also presented comedy battles with Romesh Ranganathan.

Television and broadcasting career

Olumide is a freelance broadcaster, and has appeared on BBC and SKY Television reporting on 2012 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards (BAFTA Scotland),^[19] BAFTA, and the 2013 Screen Nation Awards.^[20] In May 2014, she attended Cannes Film Festival and reported live from the event. Olumide interviewed Usain Bolt at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015, she presented BBC Radio 1's late night show Music Match.^[21]

Olumide featured in several episodes of John Bishop's Britain and BBC Learning Zone.^[22]

Olumide produced an exclusive with Vice magazine's Andy Capper on his film Reincarnated starring Snoop Dogg (also known as Snoop Lion).^[23] In 2014, she did a feature on Andy Murray's win at Wimbledon with Judy Murray, and the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond. Olumide has also interviewed comedians Doc Brown and Stephen K Amos in 2016.

In 2017 she presented for BBC Loop, contributed to the Victoria Derbyshire Show BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Scotland. Olumide presented the Christmas television special "Scotland's Treaures" with Muriel Gray. In 2018 she presented a panel for Universal Pictures and The Mobo Awards interviewing Adrian Lester and Josie Rourke, starring Saoirse Ronan.^[24]

Other activities

Olumide is a philanthropist and runs several youth groups; in Glasgow at Hillhead High School, and in Edinburgh in Calder, Granton and another in Muirhouse called G-Code.^[25] She also runs workshops for young people throughout the United Kingdom for all ages and abilities including confidence building, music, dance and graffiti.

She is an ambassador for Zero Waste Scotland,^[26] dedicating much of her life to conservation and sutainability. Olumide is also an ambassador for Fashion Targets joining the ranks of Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne and Alan Carr.^[27][28] She has helped fund raise for numerous charities including Children's Hospice Association Scotland,^[29] The Well Foundation and Love Music Hate Racism. ^[7] Olumide is a patron for Best Beginnings alongside the Duchess of Cambridge^[30] and for Adopt an Intern ^[31], helping to get women who have had a career break back into work.

In 2015 Olumide founded her own art gallery representing artists including Richard Wilson and Nick Walker.^[32] She has worked with the Victoria and Albert Museum both in Scotland and in London and curated a permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.^[33] In 2011, through the Prince's Business Youth Trust, Olumide set up a public relations company called Enigmatic Production and Promotion.^[7] In 2017 she published her first book How To Get Into Fashion.^[34]

Awards and nominations

Olumide was nominated for the "Model of the Year" in the Scottish Fashion Awards, sponsored by Vogue in 2011. She won Model of the Year at the SMA and BBE Awards. In 2017 she was featured alongside supermodels Stella Tennant, Winnie Harlow and Brenda Finn.^[9][35]

Olumide was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting, the arts, and charity.^[36]

Personal life

Olumide is of dual British and Nigerian nationality.^[29]

See also

• Black British
• British Nigerian

References

External links

• {{Official website|http://www.euniceolumide.com/}}
• {{IMDb name|id=4035410|name=Eunice Olumide}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203090037/http://www.fashionsfinest.com/directory/profiles/item/1292-eunice-olumide eunice olumide]. Fashions Finest. 6 June 2011
• Olowu, Yemi. Model Watch! All eyes on her – Eunice Olumide speaks on conquering Scotland. YNaija. 14 September 2011
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032238/http://the-daily-buzz.com/post/315 Interview: model and fashion designer Eunice Olumide]. The Daily Buzz. 29 February 2012
• Young, Caroline. Meet the Model: Eunice Olumide. Herald Scotland. 28 March 2013

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