Amaka Okafor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1981-11-03 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Amaka Okafor

Biography

Sally Amaka Okafor is a British actress. She is known for her work in theatre, and her roles in the film Greatest Days (2023) as well as the BBC One series The Responder (2022) and the Netflix series Bodies (2023). Okafor was born in Birmingham to a Nigerian reggae artist father and an Indian journalist mother, and moved around the UK growing up. She studied theatre devising at Liverpool John Moores University. She began her career touring community theatre in schools, prisons, and churches, and was a member of the Unicorn Theatre ensemble in London for two years. Originally credited as Sally Amaka Okafor, she made her West End theatre debu...

Acting

2021

2023

Sweet Sue

as Anita

2023

2015

Kicking Off

as Caroline

2018

Hamlet

as Guildenstern

2015

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

as Stage Manager / Official

Production

2018

2018

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