Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Known for
Acting
Born
August 11, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
The Great Beyond

The Great Beyond

Movie

2026
Mouse poster

Mouse

Movie · as Helen Bell

2026
The Scarecrows' Wedding poster

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2026
Clarissa poster

Clarissa

Movie · as Clarissa

2025
Civilisations: Rise and Fall poster

Civilisations: Rise and Fall

TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps

2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout poster

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

Movie · as Narrator

2024
10 Lives poster

10 Lives

Movie · as Grace (voice)

2024
Janet Planet poster

Janet Planet

Movie · as Regina

2024
Flight of the Swans poster

Flight of the Swans

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2024
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty poster

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps

2023
Heart of Stone poster

Heart of Stone

Movie · as Nomad

2023
The Ghastly Ghoul poster

The Ghastly Ghoul

Movie · as Self (voice)

2022
Raymond & Ray poster

Raymond & Ray

Movie · as Kiera

2022
Catherine Called Birdy poster

Catherine Called Birdy

Movie · as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon

2022
Running With The Beest poster

Running With The Beest

Movie

2022
Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

Movie · as Salome Otterbourne

2022
Charlotte poster

Charlotte

Movie · as Ottilie Moore (voice)

2022
Slow Horses poster

Slow Horses

TV · as Ingrid Tearney · 7 eps

2021
Laika poster

Laika

Movie

2021
Escaping Eritrea poster

Escaping Eritrea

Movie · as Narrator

2021
The Wheel of Time poster

The Wheel of Time

TV · as Siuan Sanche · 7 eps

2020
Alien Worlds poster

Alien Worlds

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2020
Ratched poster

Ratched

TV · as Charlotte Wells · 3 eps

2019
Wild Rose poster

Wild Rose

Movie · as Susannah

2019
Hellboy poster

Hellboy

Movie · as Lady Hatton

2019
Modern Love poster

Modern Love

TV · as Elizabeth Cannon · 1 ep

2019
Flack poster

Flack

TV · as Caroline · 12 eps

2019
Chimerica poster

Chimerica

TV · as Tessa Kendrick · 4 eps

2019
Criminal: UK poster

Criminal: UK

TV · as Julia Bryce · 1 ep

2019
His Dark Materials poster

His Dark Materials

TV · as Xaphania (voice) · 4 eps

2018
Christopher Robin poster

Christopher Robin

Movie · as Kanga (voice)

2018
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra poster

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

Movie · as Cleopatra

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust

TV · as Angela Bowden · 2 eps

2017
Concorde: A Supersonic Story poster

Concorde: A Supersonic Story

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise poster

Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2016
The Good Terrorist

The Good Terrorist

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
Wimbledon Official Film 2016 poster

Wimbledon Official Film 2016

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Undercover poster

Undercover

TV · as Maya Cobbina · 6 eps

2015
War Book poster

War Book

Movie · as Philippa

2015
The Stranger on the Bridge poster

The Stranger on the Bridge

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Earth's Natural Wonders poster

Earth's Natural Wonders

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Katrina · 1 ep

2013
After Earth poster

After Earth

Movie · as Faia Raige

2013
Mayday poster

Mayday

TV · as Fiona Hill · 5 eps

2013
The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist

TV · as Maggie Gardner · 3 eps

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Margaret · 3 eps

2011
The Slap poster

The Slap

TV · as Aisha · 8 eps

2010
Mrs Mandela poster

Mrs Mandela

Movie · as Winnie Mandela

2009
Return to Africa's Witch Children

Return to Africa's Witch Children

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Skin poster

Skin

Movie · as Sandra Laing

2009
Father & Son poster

Father & Son

TV · as Connie Turner · 4 eps

2008
The Secret Life of Bees poster

The Secret Life of Bees

Movie · as May Boatwright

2008
Saving Africa's Witch Children

Saving Africa's Witch Children

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Criminal Justice poster

Criminal Justice

TV · as Jackie Woolf · 5 eps

2007
Martian Child poster

Martian Child

Movie · as Sophie

2007
Celebration poster

Celebration

Movie · as Sonia

2007
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Nancy · 5 eps

2007
Racism: A History poster

Racism: A History

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Stormbreaker poster

Stormbreaker

Movie · as Mrs Jones

2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature poster

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Movie · as Anna

2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath poster

Tsunami: The Aftermath

TV · as Susie Carter · 2 eps

2005
Born With Two Mothers poster

Born With Two Mothers

Movie · as Lucretia Bridges

2005
Æon Flux poster

Æon Flux

Movie · as Sithandra

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Liz 10 · 2 eps

2004
Hotel Rwanda poster

Hotel Rwanda

Movie · as Tatiana Rusesabagina

2004
Whose Baby? poster

Whose Baby?

Movie · as Karen Jenkins

2004
This World poster

This World

TV · 19 eps

2003
Alibi poster

Alibi

Movie · as Marcey Burgess

2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka poster

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

TV · as Alison Cheney (voice) · 6 eps

2002
Dirty Pretty Things poster

Dirty Pretty Things

Movie · as Juliette

2002
Dead Casual

Dead Casual

Movie · as Donna

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Eve Bowen · 1 ep

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Amanda Roke · 1 ep

2001
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

TV · as Ellen Lewis · 2 eps

2000
Peaches poster

Peaches

Movie · as Pippa

2000
In Defence

In Defence

TV · as Bernie Kramer · 4 eps

2000
Never Never poster

Never Never

TV · as Jo Weller · 2 eps

1999
This Year's Love poster

This Year's Love

Movie · as Denise

1999
Mad Cows poster

Mad Cows

Movie · as Rosie

1997
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

Movie · as Jamaican Girl

1996
Deep Secrets poster

Deep Secrets

Movie · as Honey

1996
Staying Alive

Staying Alive

TV · as Kelly Booth · 12 eps

1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls poster

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Movie · as The Wachati Princess

1995
Go Now poster

Go Now

Movie · as Paula

1995
The Governor poster

The Governor

TV · as Moira Levitt · 6 eps

1993
Maria's Child poster

Maria's Child

Movie · as Melanie

1993
Age of Treason poster

Age of Treason

Movie · as Niobe

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Mad Bad Mortal Beings

Mad Bad Mortal Beings

Movie · as Cait

1991
Miss Queencake poster

Miss Queencake

Movie

1991
Young Soul Rebels poster

Young Soul Rebels

Movie · as Tracy

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Rachel · 1 ep

1987
Dispatches poster

Dispatches

TV · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Gina Russell · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Melanie · 1 ep

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1983
Frontline poster

Frontline

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep