Winston Elba

Winston Elba is recognized as the son of actor, singer, D.J, rapper, and writer Idris Elba.

His Father, Idris Elba

Idris Elba, full name Idrissa Akuna Elba, was born on 6 September 1972 in Hackney, London, England. 

His parents are the late Winston Elba, who worked at the Ford Dagenham plant and Eve Elba.

He is best known for his role as Stringer Bell in the crime drama series ‘The Wire.’ He began his acting career in his school days. 

His Mother

His mother’s name is Naiyana Garth. She is a high-profile make-up artist from England. 

According to sources, she was born in 1987, but her exact birthday is not available on her wiki sites.

She came to prominence after having a love affair with Idris Ebla. Her marital status is unknown. 

Parents Love Affair 

After the divorce of Idris from his then-wife Sonya Nicole Hamlin in just four months in 2006, he had dated several women. 

After some years, he met Naiyana Garth, and they both began dating each other in 2012 and came public in early 2013. 

She became pregnant with her baby in August 2013. The couple was spotted together in many places. 

The couple was seen in 71th Golden Globe Award together that was in 2014. 

At that time, she was pregnant, and her baby bump could be easily seen in her black dress gown. 

She looked beautiful with her child’s father.

Parents Broke Up (tragedy)

After the birth of their son, they were happily spending their love life together with their son in a London home. 

But all of a sudden, they ended their relationship in February 2016. 

The reason behind their break up is his multiple affairs. 

At that time, the news provoked that he was spotted enjoying a night out with supermodel Naomi Campbell in New York. 

She was so loyal to their love relationship, and that news was very devastating for her.

They terminated their relationship on good terms for the sake of their 22- months son. 

After they broke up, Idris moved out of their place and shifted to nearby apartments.

His Father Married

His father is a married man. He got married to Sabrina Dhowre on 26 April 2019 in Marrakesh. 

She is a Somali- Canadian by nationality. They began dating in 2017 and got engaged on 10 February 2018.

They have no children together to date. 

The couple is still together and enjoying their married life. 

Currently, the couple test positive for COVID-19 in 2020, and they are in isolation.

His Adorable Moment With Dad

Idris is a good father. He never misses a chance to spend quality time with his children.

He was often seen carrying Winston on his shoulder when they were outing. 

Winston also looked so happy and comfortable on his dad's shoulder.

His father has always held his hand when they are walking and going for an outing. 

The father-son duo gave a pose at E-Prix 2018 on 28 April 2018 in Paris, France. 

Winston was wearing a white cowboy hat and a black jacket and sitting on the shoulder of his father. 

Winston's dad earned $750,000 by going on dates?

Winston's dad did indeed earn a huge amount of money by going on dates. 

The artist was involved in running a campaign on the website offering an opportunity for someone to go on a date with Idris himself. 

Winston clarified that it was the time of Valentine's Day, and he wanted to raise some money along with creating awareness for a charity called "We can lead." 

The charity's main motive is to help young African girls of teenage age and give them skills they need for leadership, claiming it to be a great charity. 

He said that it's a young charity, so New Caster on CNN asked Idris to get involved. Interestingly, he said he has nothing because he lives in bags, Idris added. 

On that note, Idris came up with the idea that he would go on a date, Valentine's Date. Therefore, on Valentine's Date, they raised $750,000 in total. 

He continued sharing that many people donated, and the charity is doing well. Also, he mentioned a woman whose name is Sandra praising her as an amazing woman. 

She also did win another Omaze competition too. 

Crush on Meryl Streep?

Idris himself had admitted that he had a big crush on Meryl. Idris shared a fun fact about meeting Meryl Streep. 

The actor said that he was so nervous at the time of meeting her that his tongue swelled up. He couldn't even say a word with his mouth indeed. 

Other than that, he mentioned Denzel Washington, as he is also the biggest fan of Denzel. 

Idris has further confessed that one day in the future, he would like to work with Denzel pointing him as a hero of Idris. 

Other than that, in his earlier days, Idris with his mates had opened a DJ company. After that, the artist also got a grant from Prince's Trust. 

This approval gave him the chance to secure his place at the National Music Theatre, which is a great thing.

Net Worth

He is too young to have his net worth and salary. His father, Idris, has a net worth of 25 million dollars with a huge salary. 

He accumulates that sum of fortune from his versatile career as an actor, producer, songwriter, rapper, and DJ.

He has appeared in several movies and television series so far. He is also a voice-over artist. 

He has released several mixtapes, singles, and Ep also which helps him to add to his fortune.

Some of his movies with their budget and box office collection are shown below.

He has appeared in the role of Tango in the crime drama film ‘American Gangster.’  

The total budget and box office collection of that movie were 100 million and 266.5 million, respectively.

He played the role of Nelson Mandela in the biographical film ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.’ 

The total budget of that movie was 35 million dollars, and the box office collection was 27.3 million dollars. 

He has appeared in the role of Janek in the science fiction film ‘Prometheus.’ 

The total budget and box office collection of that movie were 120-130 million and 403.4 million, respectively.

Trivia

1. He was born in 2014 in the United Kingdom. He celebrates his birthday in April.
2. He is British by nationality.
3. He is named after his dead grandfather, who died in 2013.
4. He has one half-sister, Isan Ebla, from his father’s first wife, Kim Norgaard.

For Amazing Biographies Of Your Favorite Celebrities, 
Stay Tuned To vergewiki