Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 11, 1968
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout | Narrator |
| 2024 | 10 Lives | Grace (voice) |
| 2024 | Janet Planet | Regina |
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | Nomad |
| 2022 | Raymond & Ray | Kiera |
| 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon |
| 2022 | Running With The Beest | |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Ottilie Moore (voice) |
| 2021 | Laika | |
| 2021 | Escaping Eritrea | Narrator |
| 2019 | Wild Rose | Susannah |
| 2019 | Hellboy | Lady Hatton |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin | Kanga (voice) |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra | Cleopatra |
| 2017 | Concorde: A Supersonic Story | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | The Good Terrorist | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Wimbledon Official Film 2016 | Narrator |
| 2015 | War Book | Philippa |
| 2015 | The Stranger on the Bridge | Narrator |
| 2013 | After Earth | Faia Raige |
| 2010 | Mrs Mandela | Winnie Mandela |
| 2009 | Return to Africa's Witch Children | Narrator |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of Bees | May Boatwright |
| 2008 | Skin | Sandra Laing |
| 2008 | Saving Africa's Witch Children | Narrator |
| 2007 | Martian Child | Sophie |
| 2007 | Celebration | Sonia |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Mrs. Jones |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Anna |
| 2005 | Born With Two Mothers | Lucretia Bridges |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Sithandra |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Tatiana Rusesabagina |
| 2004 | Whose Baby? | Karen Jenkins |
| 2003 | Alibi | Marcey Burgess |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Juliette |
| 2002 | Dead Casual | Donna |
| 2000 | Peaches | Pippa |
| 1999 | This Year's Love | Denise |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Rosie |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Jamaican Girl |
| 1996 | Deep Secrets | Honey |
| 1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | The Wachati Princess |
| 1995 | Go Now | Paula |
| 1993 | Maria's Child | Melanie |
| 1993 | Age of Treason | Niobe |
| 1992 | Mad Bad Mortal Beings | Cait |
| 1991 | Miss Queencake | |
| 1991 | Young Soul Rebels | Tracy |
| Mouse | ||
| The Scarecrows' Wedding | Narrator (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty | Self - Narrator |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Ingrid Tearney |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | Siuan Sanche |
| 2020 | Alien Worlds | Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Ratched | Charlotte Wells |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Elizabeth Cannon |
| 2019 | Flack | Caroline |
| 2019 | Chimerica | Tessa Kendrick |
| 2019 | Criminal: UK | Julia Bryce |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Xaphania (voice) |
| 2018 | Explained | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Undercover | Maya Cobbina |
| 2015 | The Slap | Aisha |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Katrina |
| 2013 | Mayday | Fiona Hill |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Maggie Gardner |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Margaret |
| 2011 | The Slap | Aisha |
| 2009 | Father & Son | Connie Turner |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Jackie Woolf |
| 2007 | Oliver Twist | Nancy |
| 2007 | Racism: A History | Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Susie Carter |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Liz 10 |
| 2004 | This World | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Alison Cheney (voice) |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Eve Bowen |
| 2002 | Spooks | Amanda Roke |
| 2001 | Sweet Revenge | Ellen Lewis |
| 2000 | In Defence | Bernie Kramer |
| 2000 | Clocking Off | |
| 2000 | Never Never | Jo Weller |
| 1995 | The Governor | |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Rachel |
| 1986 | Casualty | Gina Russell |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Frontline | Narrator |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |