Founded with ambition

Born in Lagos, Nigeria to Kathryn Balogun, a Registrar at The American International School and Waheed Balogun, an architect. At an early age, Nikelola was very active, participating in various activities such as ballet, being on the swim team and later pursuing Track & Field which ended up earning her a track scholarship to Tulane University. After University, she received her Associates degree in Fashion Design at FIDM in Los Angeles and moved to NYC soon after working as a design assistant for 4 years.

After quitting her job in 2008, she decided to pursue acting and booked a job working at a children's Theatre Company at the Bronx Zoo where she worked for a couple years until she booked a job at George Street Playhouse, touring NJ for a year performing in children shows dealing with conflict resolution.

In 2010, she decided to move to Seoul, Korea to direct musicals in English, where she also landed her first film International short film, Saved.

Fresh Skills & Perspective

When Nikelola is not acting, she enjoys circus arts, acrobatics and is currently working on becoming a contortionist.