Sophie Okonedo

Acting · Born 1968-08-11 in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sophie Okonedo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina
• The Secret Life of Bees as May Boatwright
• 10 Lives as Grace (voice)
• Christopher Robin as Kanga (voice)
• Dirty Pretty Things as Juliette
• The Jackal as Jamaican Girl
• Martian Child as Sophie
• Miss Queencake
• Æon Flux as Sithandra
• Young Soul Rebels as Tracy

TV

• Spooks as Amanda Roke
• Doctor Who as Liz 10
• The Wheel of Time as Siuan Sanche
• Slow Horses as Ingrid Tearney
• Inside No. 9 as Katrina
• His Dark Materials as Xaphania (voice)
• Ratched as Charlotte Wells
• Murder Most Horrid as Rachel
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Eve Bowen
• The Bill