Portrait of Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Acting

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.

Born: August 11, 1968

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
The Scarecrows' Wedding

as Narrator (voice)

2025
2024
Janet Planet

as Regina

2024
Flight of the Swans

as Self - Narrator

2024
10 Lives

as Grace (voice)

2023
The Ghastly Ghoul

as Self (voice)

2023
2022
2022
Catherine Called Birdy

as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon

2022
Charlotte

as Ottilie Moore (voice)

2022
Slow Horses

as Ingrid Tearney

2022
Death on the Nile

as Salome Otterbourne

2021
The Wheel of Time

as Siuan Sanche

2021
2021
Escaping Eritrea

as Narrator

2020
Alien Worlds

as Narrator (voice)

2020
Ratched

as Charlotte Wells

2019
His Dark Materials

as Xaphania (voice)

2019
Modern Love

as Elizabeth Cannon

2019
Criminal: UK

as Julia Bryce

2019
Chimerica

as Tessa Kendrick

2019
Wild Rose

as Susannah

2019
Hellboy

as Lady Hatton

2019
Flack

as Caroline

2018
Christopher Robin

as Kanga (voice)

2018
Explained

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Concorde: A Supersonic Story

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
The Good Terrorist

as Narrator (voice)

2016
Undercover

as Maya Cobbina

2015
War Book

as Philippa

2014
Inside No. 9

as Katrina

2013
The Escape Artist

as Maggie Gardner

2013
After Earth

as Faia Raige

2013
Mayday

as Fiona Hill

2012
The Hollow Crown

as Margaret

2011
The Slap

as Aisha

2010
Mrs Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

2009
Father & Son

as Connie Turner

2008
The Secret Life of Bees

as May Boatwright

2008
Skin

as Sandra Laing

2008
Criminal Justice

as Jackie Woolf

2007
Oliver Twist

as Nancy

2007
Martian Child

as Sophie

2007
Racism: A History

as Narrator (voice)

2007
Celebration

as Sonia

2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath

as Susie Carter

2006
Stormbreaker

as Mrs. Jones

2005
Æon Flux

as Sithandra

2005
Born With Two Mothers

as Lucretia Bridges

2005
Doctor Who

as Liz 10

2004
Hotel Rwanda

as Tatiana Rusesabagina

2004
Whose Baby?

as Karen Jenkins

2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

as Alison Cheney (voice)

2003
Alibi

as Marcey Burgess

2002
2002
Spooks

as Amanda Roke

2000
Never Never

as Jo Weller

2000
Peaches

as Pippa

1999
Mad Cows

as Rosie

1999
1997
The Jackal

as Jamaican Girl

1996
Deep Secrets

as Honey

1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as The Wachati Princess

1995
Go Now

as Paula

1993
1993
Maria's Child

as Melanie

1993
GMTV

as Self

1991
1991
1986
Casualty

as Gina Russell

1983
Frontline

as Narrator

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1953
The Oscars

as Self