Sophie Okonedo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-08-11 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Sophie Okonedo

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.

Acting

2004

Hotel Rwanda

as Tatiana Rusesabagina

2002

1997

The Jackal

as Jamaican Girl

2007

Martian Child

as Sophie

2005

Born With Two Mothers

as Lucretia Bridges

2021

2005

Æon Flux

as Sithandra

1991

1995

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as The Wachati Princess

2008

The Secret Life of Bees

as May Boatwright

2006

Stormbreaker

as Mrs. Jones

2008

Skin

as Sandra Laing

2003

Alibi

as Marcey Burgess

2013

After Earth

as Faia Raige

2002

Dead Casual

as Donna

2022

2010

Mrs Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

1993

Maria's Child

as Melanie

2015

War Book

as Philippa

1995

Go Now

as Paula

2023

2022

Catherine Called Birdy

as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon

2004

Whose Baby?

as Karen Jenkins

2024

10 Lives

as Grace (voice)

2024

Janet Planet

as Regina

2007

Celebration

as Sonia

2016

The Good Terrorist

as Narrator (voice)

2019

Wild Rose

as Susannah

2017

Concorde: A Supersonic Story

as Narrator (voice)

2019

Hellboy

as Lady Hatton

1999

2018

Christopher Robin

as Kanga (voice)

1999

Mad Cows

as Rosie

2022

Death on the Nile

as Salome Otterbourne

1996

Deep Secrets

as Honey

1993

2000

Peaches

as Pippa

2021

Escaping Eritrea

as Narrator

2022

Charlotte

as Ottilie Moore (voice)

-

The Scarecrows' Wedding

as Narrator (voice)

2024

Flight of the Swans

as Self - Narrator

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