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Sophie Okonedo is an English film, theatre and television actress. 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).
Born
Sunday, 11 August 1968
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Janet Planet | Regina | 2024 |
| 10 Lives | Grace / Grace (voice) | 2024 |
| Heart of Stone | Nomad | 2023 |
| Raymond & Ray | Kiera | 2022 |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon | 2022 |
| Slow Horses | Ingrid Tearney | 2022 |
| Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | 2022 |
| The Wheel of Time | Siuan Sanche | 2021 |
| Charlotte | Ottilie Moore / Ottilie Moore (voice) | 2021 |
| Alien Worlds | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Janet Planet | Regina | 2024 |
| 10 Lives | Grace / Grace (voice) | 2024 |
| Heart of Stone | Nomad | 2023 |
| Raymond & Ray | Kiera | 2022 |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon | 2022 |
| Slow Horses | Ingrid Tearney | 2022 |
| Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne | 2022 |
| The Wheel of Time | Siuan Sanche | 2021 |
| Charlotte | Ottilie Moore / Ottilie Moore (voice) | 2021 |
| Alien Worlds | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
| Ratched | Charlotte Wells | 2020 |
| His Dark Materials | Xaphania | 2019 |
| Modern Love | Elizabeth Cannon | 2019 |
| Criminal: UK | Julia Bryce | 2019 |
| Chimerica | Tessa Kendrick | 2019 |
| Wild Rose | Susannah | 2019 |
| Hellboy | Lady Hatton | 2019 |
| Flack | Caroline | 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 2018 |
| Wanderlust | Angela Bowden | 2018 |
| Christopher Robin | Kanga / Kanga (voice) | 2018 |
| Grenfell: The First 24 Hours | Narrator | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
| Britannia | Hemple | 2017 |
| Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
| The Destruction of Memory | Narrator | 2016 |
| The Tony Beat | Self | 2016 |
| Undercover | Maya Cobbina | 2016 |
| Ebola: The Doctors' Story | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| Too Much TV | Maya Cobbina - Undercover | 2016 |
| Earth's Natural Wonders | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| War Book | Philippa | 2015 |
| The Slap | Aisha | 2015 |
| The 68th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2014 |
| Inside No. 9 | Katrina | 2014 |
| The Escape Artist | Maggie Gardner | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| After Earth | Faia Raige | 2013 |
| Mayday | Fiona Hill | 2013 |
| Sinbad | Razia | 2012 |
| The Hollow Crown | Margaret | 2012 |
| The Slap | Aisha | 2011 |
| Extraordinary Women | Narrator | 2011 |
| Mrs Mandela | Winnie Mandela | 2010 |
| Father & Son | Connie Turner | 2009 |
| Turin Shroud: New Evidence | Narrator | 2009 |
| Criminal Justice II: Peter Moffat Interviews | Jack Woolf | 2009 |
| The Secret Life of Bees | May Boatwright | 2008 |
| Skin | Sandra Laing | 2008 |
| Criminal Justice | Jackie Woolf / Jack Woolf | 2008 |
| Oliver Twist | Nancy | 2007 |
| Martian Child | Sophie | 2007 |
| Racism: A History | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2007 |
| Celebration | Sonia | 2007 |
| The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2007 |
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | Susie Carter | 2006 |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Anna | 2006 |
| Stormbreaker | Mrs. Jones | 2006 |
| Æon Flux | Sithandra | 2005 |
| Born with Two Mothers | Lucretia Bridges | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Liz Ten | 2005 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005 |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Whose Baby? | Karen Jenkins | 2004 |
| Stan Collymore: Confessions of a Premiership Footballer | Narrator | 2004 |
| Hotel Rwanda | Tatiana Rusesabagina | 2004 |
| Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Alison Cheney (voice) / Alison Cheney | 2003 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Juliette | 2002 |
| MI-5 | Amanda Roke | 2002 |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Eve Bowen | 2001 |
| Never Better | Jo Weller | 2000 |
| Peaches | Pippa | 2000 |
| In Defence | Bernie Kramer | 2000 |
| Clocking Off | Jenny Wood | 2000 |
| Mad Cows | Rosy / Rosie | 1999 |
| This Year's Love | Denise | 1999 |
| The Jackal | Jamaican Girl | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self - Guest / Self | 1996 |
| Staying Alive | Kelly Booth | 1996 |
| Deep Secrets | Honey | 1996 |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | The Wachati Princess | 1995 |
| Go Now | Paula | 1995 |
| The Governor | Moira Levitt | 1995 |
| Age of Treason | Niobe | 1993 |
| Murder Most Horrid | Rachel | 1991 |
| Young Soul Rebels | Tracy | 1991 |
| Miss Queencake | 1991 | |
| Spatz | Kim | 1990 |
| Dispatches | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 1987 |
| Casualty | Gina Russell | 1986 |
| Screen Two | Melanie | 1985 |
| The Brief | Adele Percy | 1984 |
| Horizon | Self | 1964 |
| Wimbledon | Narrator | 1937 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2005 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
