The name Yetide means "mother is back." She was born a year after her grandmother died.
Started college at 16.
Has lived in England, Nigeria, Canada and the United States.
Became a U.S. Citizen in 2014.
She was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document..." at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
