Name
Sophie Okonedo
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-08-11 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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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- 2004 Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina
- 2002 Dirty Pretty Things as Juliette
- 1997 The Jackal as Jamaican Girl
- 2007 Martian Child as Sophie
- 2005 Born With Two Mothers as Lucretia Bridges
- 1991 Miss Queencake
- 2021 Laika
- 2005 Æon Flux as Sithandra
- 1991 Young Soul Rebels as Tracy
- 1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as The Wachati Princess
- 2008 The Secret Life of Bees as May Boatwright
- 2006 Stormbreaker as Mrs Jones
- 2009 Return to Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
- 2009 Skin as Sandra Laing
- 1992 Mad Bad Mortal Beings as Cait
- 2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Anna
- 2003 Alibi as Marcey Burgess
- 2013 After Earth as Faia Raige
- 2002 Dead Casual as Donna
- 2022 Raymond & Ray as Kiera
- 2010 Mrs Mandela as Winnie Mandela
- 1993 Maria's Child as Melanie
- 2024 The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout as Narrator
- 2015 War Book as Philippa
- 1995 Go Now as Paula
- 2023 Heart of Stone as Nomad
- 2022 Catherine Called Birdy as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
- 2004 Whose Baby? as Karen Jenkins
- 2022 Running With The Beest
- 2024 10 Lives as Grace (voice)
- 2024 Janet Planet as Regina
- 2015 The Stranger on the Bridge as Narrator
- 2007 Celebration as Sonia
- 2016 The Good Terrorist as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Saving Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
- 2019 Wild Rose as Susannah
- 2017 Concorde: A Supersonic Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Hellboy as Lady Hatton
- 1999 This Year's Love as Denise
- 2018 Christopher Robin as Kanga (voice)
- 1999 Mad Cows as Rosie
- 2018 National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Cleopatra
- 2016 Wimbledon Official Film 2016 as Narrator
- 2022 Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
- 1996 Deep Secrets as Honey
- 1993 Age of Treason as Niobe
- 2000 Peaches as Pippa
- 2021 Escaping Eritrea as Narrator
- 2022 Charlotte as Ottilie Moore (voice)
- 2026 Mouse as Helen Bell
- 2026 The Scarecrows' Wedding as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 Flight of the Swans as Self - Narrator
- 2023 The Ghastly Ghoul as Self (voice)
- 2027 The Great Beyond
- 2026 Clarissa as Clarissa
- 2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Eve Bowen
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 2002 Spooks ( 1 episode ) as Amanda Roke
- 2008 Criminal Justice ( 5 episodes ) as Jackie Woolf
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 Oliver Twist ( 5 episodes ) as Nancy
- 1983 Frontline ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
- 2009 Father & Son ( 4 episodes ) as Connie Turner
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Liz 10
- 2011 The Slap ( 8 episodes ) as Aisha
- 2019 Modern Love ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Cannon
- 2018 Explained ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 Mayday ( 5 episodes ) as Fiona Hill
- 2001 Sweet Revenge ( 2 episodes ) as Ellen Lewis
- 2016 Undercover ( 6 episodes ) as Maya Cobbina
- 2000 In Defence ( 4 episodes ) as Bernie Kramer
- 2021 The Wheel of Time ( 7 episodes ) as Siuan Sanche
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Gina Russell
- 2003 Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka ( 6 episodes ) as Alison Cheney (voice)
- 2000 Never Never ( 2 episodes ) as Jo Weller
- 2022 Slow Horses ( 7 episodes ) as Ingrid Tearney
- 2004 This World ( 19 episodes )
- 2007 Racism: A History ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Katrina
- 2006 Tsunami: The Aftermath ( 2 episodes ) as Susie Carter
- 2017 Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Flack ( 12 episodes ) as Caroline
- 2019 Chimerica ( 4 episodes ) as Tessa Kendrick
- 2012 The Hollow Crown ( 3 episodes ) as Margaret
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Criminal: UK ( 1 episode ) as Julia Bryce
- 2020 Alien Worlds ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The Escape Artist ( 3 episodes ) as Maggie Gardner
- 2019 His Dark Materials ( 4 episodes ) as Xaphania (voice)
- 2020 Ratched ( 3 episodes ) as Charlotte Wells
- 2024 Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
- 2025 Civilisations: Rise and Fall ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
- 1987 Dispatches ( 1 episode )
- 2015 Earth's Natural Wonders ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 2018 Wanderlust ( 2 episodes ) as Angela Bowden
- 1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as Rachel
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Melanie
- 1995 The Governor ( 6 episodes ) as Moira Levitt
