
Sophie Okonedo
Biography
Sophie Okonedo, OBE (born 1968) is a British actress and singer, who has starred in both successful British and American productions. In 1991, she made her acting debut in the British critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama, Young Soul Rebels. In 2004, she gained critical acclaim for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina, the wife of Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). Her role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
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Acting History
2025
The Scarecrows' Wedding as Narrator (voice)
2025Civilisations: Rise and Fall as Self - Narrator
2024Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty as Self - Narrator
2024The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout as Narrator
2024Janet Planet as Regina
2024Flight of the Swans as Self - Narrator
202410 Lives as Grace (voice)
2023The Ghastly Ghoul as Self (voice)
2023Heart of Stone as Nomad
2022Running With The Beest
2022Raymond & Ray as Kiera
2022Catherine Called Birdy as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
2022Charlotte as Ottilie Moore (voice)
2022Slow Horses as Ingrid Tearney
2022Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
2021The Wheel of Time as Siuan Sanche
2021Laika
2021Escaping Eritrea as Narrator
2020Alien Worlds as Narrator (voice)
2020Ratched as Charlotte Wells
2019His Dark Materials as Xaphania (voice)
2019Modern Love as Elizabeth Cannon
2019Criminal: UK as Julia Bryce
2019Chimerica as Tessa Kendrick
2019Wild Rose as Susannah
2019Hellboy as Lady Hatton
2019Flack as Caroline
2018National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Cleopatra
2018Christopher Robin as Kanga (voice)
2018Explained as Narrator (voice)
2017Concorde: A Supersonic Story as Narrator (voice)
2017Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Wimbledon Official Film 2016 as Narrator
2016The Good Terrorist as Narrator (voice)
2016Undercover as Maya Cobbina
2015War Book as Philippa
2015The Stranger on the Bridge as Narrator
2014Inside No. 9 as Katrina
2013The Escape Artist as Maggie Gardner
2013After Earth as Faia Raige
2013Mayday as Fiona Hill
2012The Hollow Crown as Margaret
2011The Slap as Aisha
2010Mrs Mandela as Winnie Mandela
2009Return to Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
2009Father & Son as Connie Turner
2008The Secret Life of Bees as May Boatwright
2008Skin as Sandra Laing
2008Criminal Justice as Jackie Woolf
2008Saving Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
2007Oliver Twist as Nancy
2007Martian Child as Sophie
2007Racism: A History as Narrator (voice)
2007Celebration as Sonia
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006Tsunami: The Aftermath as Susie Carter
2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Anna
2006Stormbreaker as Mrs. Jones
2005Æon Flux as Sithandra
2005Born With Two Mothers as Lucretia Bridges
2005Doctor Who as Liz 10
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina
2004Whose Baby? as Karen Jenkins
2004This World
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as Alison Cheney (voice)
2003Alibi as Marcey Burgess
2002Dirty Pretty Things as Juliette
2002Spooks as Amanda Roke
2002Dead Casual as Donna
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Eve Bowen
2001Sweet Revenge as Ellen Lewis
2000Never Never as Jo Weller
2000Peaches as Pippa
2000In Defence as Bernie Kramer
1999Mad Cows as Rosie
1999This Year's Love as Denise
1997The Jackal as Jamaican Girl
1996Deep Secrets as Honey
1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as The Wachati Princess
1995Go Now as Paula
1995The Governor
1993Age of Treason as Niobe
1993Maria's Child as Melanie
1993GMTV as Self
1992Mad Bad Mortal Beings as Cait
1991Murder Most Horrid as Rachel
1991Young Soul Rebels as Tracy
1991Miss Queencake
1986Casualty as Gina Russell
1984The Bill
1983Frontline as Narrator
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953The Oscars as Self
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