Sophie Okonedo

English Actress & Narrator

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Sophie Okonedo Biography

Sophie Okonedo is an English actress and narrator. 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).

Okonedo's breakthrough performance came in 2004, when she co-starred in the film Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina, the wife of Rwandan hotel manager and humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. For this role, she became the second Black female Briton to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. She later received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the miniseries "Tsunami: The Aftermath" (2006) and BAFTA TV Award nominations for the drama series "Criminal Justice" (2009) and the television film Mrs. Mandela (2010). Her other film roles include Æon Flux (2005), Skin (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Christopher Robin (2018).

On stage, Okonedo starred as Cressida in the 1999 Royal National Theatre production of Troilus and Cressida. She made her Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" and received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Ruth Younger.

Okonedo was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/26/2024.

Sophie Okonedo Videos

  • What's it like when President Obama sees a show? Sophie Okonedo ...
    Hotel Rwanda actor Sophie Okonedo tells the magical and moving story of seeing Barack and Michelle Obama in the audience, and meeting them ...

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