28th December, 2023
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Nollywood actor, Daniel Etim-Effiong and his wife, Toyosi have taken to social media to announce the expected arrival of their third child.
The couple shared Christmas photos via Instagram on Thursday, December 28, revealing Toyosi’s baby bump.
They captioned the photos: “Belated Christmas wishes from the Etim Effiongs… all 5 of us.”
The couple got married in November 2017 and presently with two children, a boy and a girl.
Daniel Etim Effiong is a multi-talented actor, film director, scriptwriter and filmmaker. He was born in Jaji, Kaduna State, Nigeria and had lived in Benin City, Edo State; Lagos State and Abuja.
After quitting his oil and gas job, he became a content producer for NdaniTV. In 2017, he directed a five-minute-long short film titled “Prey,” which his wife, Toyosi, produced, featuring Tope Tedela and Odenike Odetola.
He was featured in 2019 by Bland2Glam in her #thePowerof7 campaign to celebrate her seven years in the fashion industry.
He featured alongside Kenyan actresses Sarah Hassan and Catherine Kamau Karanja in the 2019 comedy movie, Plan B where he played Dele Coker, a Nigerian CEO of a Nairobi-based company, . The movie got him a nomination in the Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series) category at the 7th AMVCA awards 2020.
He starred in several 2020 movies. He played a lead role in the movie, “Fish Bone”, produced by Editi Effiong, also starring Shaffy Bello and Moshood Fattah. He was featured alongside Ike Onyema and Atteh ‘SirDee’ Daniel in the short film “Storm,” produced by Diane Russet and directed by Michael ‘AMA Psalmist’ Akinrogunde. Still in 2020, he directed a documentary titled, “Skin”, produced by Beverly Naya. It was slated to be shown on NETFLIX.