Sophie Okonedo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1968-08-11

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sophie Okonedo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

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