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Sophie Okonedo is an English film, theatre and television actress. She began her film career in the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels (1991) before appearing in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) and Stephen Frears's Dirty Pretty Things (2002).
Born
Sunday, 11 August 1968
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Janet Planet | Regina | 2024 |
10 Lives | Grace / Grace (voice) | 2024 |
Heart of Stone | Nomad | 2023 |
Raymond & Ray | Kiera | 2022 |
Catherine Called Birdy | Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon | 2022 |
Slow Horses | Ingrid Tearney | 2022 |
Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | 2022 |
The Wheel of Time | Siuan Sanche | 2021 |
Charlotte | Ottilie Moore / Ottilie Moore (voice) | 2021 |
Alien Worlds | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Janet Planet | Regina | 2024 |
10 Lives | Grace / Grace (voice) | 2024 |
Heart of Stone | Nomad | 2023 |
Raymond & Ray | Kiera | 2022 |
Catherine Called Birdy | Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon | 2022 |
Slow Horses | Ingrid Tearney | 2022 |
Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | 2022 |
The Wheel of Time | Siuan Sanche | 2021 |
Charlotte | Ottilie Moore / Ottilie Moore (voice) | 2021 |
Alien Worlds | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
Ratched | Charlotte Wells | 2020 |
His Dark Materials | Xaphania | 2019 |
Modern Love | Elizabeth Cannon | 2019 |
Criminal: UK | Julia Bryce | 2019 |
Chimerica | Tessa Kendrick | 2019 |
Wild Rose | Susannah | 2019 |
Hellboy | Lady Hatton | 2019 |
Flack | Caroline | 2019 |
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 2018 |
Wanderlust | Angela Bowden | 2018 |
Christopher Robin | Kanga / Kanga (voice) | 2018 |
Grenfell: The First 24 Hours | Narrator | 2018 |
Explained | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
Britannia | Hemple | 2017 |
Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
The Destruction of Memory | Narrator | 2016 |
The Tony Beat | Self | 2016 |
Undercover | Maya Cobbina | 2016 |
Ebola: The Doctors' Story | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
Too Much TV | Maya Cobbina - Undercover | 2016 |
Earth's Natural Wonders | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
War Book | Philippa | 2015 |
The Slap | Aisha | 2015 |
The 68th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2014 |
Inside No. 9 | Katrina | 2014 |
The Escape Artist | Maggie Gardner | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
After Earth | Faia Raige | 2013 |
Mayday | Fiona Hill | 2013 |
Sinbad | Razia | 2012 |
The Hollow Crown | Margaret | 2012 |
The Slap | Aisha | 2011 |
Extraordinary Women | Narrator | 2011 |
Mrs Mandela | Winnie Mandela | 2010 |
Father & Son | Connie Turner | 2009 |
Turin Shroud: New Evidence | Narrator | 2009 |
Criminal Justice II: Peter Moffat Interviews | Jack Woolf | 2009 |
The Secret Life of Bees | May Boatwright | 2008 |
Skin | Sandra Laing | 2008 |
Criminal Justice | Jackie Woolf / Jack Woolf | 2008 |
Oliver Twist | Nancy | 2007 |
Martian Child | Sophie | 2007 |
Racism: A History | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2007 |
Celebration | Sonia | 2007 |
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2007 |
Tsunami: The Aftermath | Susie Carter | 2006 |
Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Anna | 2006 |
Stormbreaker | Mrs. Jones | 2006 |
Æon Flux | Sithandra | 2005 |
Born with Two Mothers | Lucretia Bridges | 2005 |
Doctor Who | Liz Ten | 2005 |
Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005 |
36th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
Whose Baby? | Karen Jenkins | 2004 |
Stan Collymore: Confessions of a Premiership Footballer | Narrator | 2004 |
Hotel Rwanda | Tatiana Rusesabagina | 2004 |
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Alison Cheney (voice) / Alison Cheney | 2003 |
Shootout | Self | 2003 |
Dirty Pretty Things | Juliette | 2002 |
MI-5 | Amanda Roke | 2002 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Eve Bowen | 2001 |
Never Better | Jo Weller | 2000 |
Peaches | Pippa | 2000 |
In Defence | Bernie Kramer | 2000 |
Clocking Off | Jenny Wood | 2000 |
Mad Cows | Rosy / Rosie | 1999 |
This Year's Love | Denise | 1999 |
The Jackal | Jamaican Girl | 1997 |
Theater Talk | Self - Guest / Self | 1996 |
Staying Alive | Kelly Booth | 1996 |
Deep Secrets | Honey | 1996 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | The Wachati Princess | 1995 |
Go Now | Paula | 1995 |
The Governor | Moira Levitt | 1995 |
Age of Treason | Niobe | 1993 |
Murder Most Horrid | Rachel | 1991 |
Young Soul Rebels | Tracy | 1991 |
Miss Queencake | 1991 | |
Spatz | Kim | 1990 |
Dispatches | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 1987 |
Casualty | Gina Russell | 1986 |
Screen Two | Melanie | 1985 |
The Brief | Adele Percy | 1984 |
Horizon | Self | 1964 |
The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout) | Narrator | 1956 |
Wimbledon | Narrator | 1937 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2005 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |