Sophie Okonedo

Represented by: Christian Hodell and Joshua Woodford

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Represented by: Christian Hodell and Joshua Woodford

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Title Role Director Production Company
Title Role Director Production Company
HEART OF STONE Nomad Tom Harper Netflix
JANET PLANET Regina Annie Baker A24
RAYMOND & RAY Kiera Rodrigo Garcia Apple Studios
CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY Ethelfritha Lena Dunham Working Title
DEATH ON THE NILE Salome Otterbourne Kenneth Branagh Twentieth Century Fox
HELLBOY Lady Hatton Neil Marshall Millennium Films
WILD ROSE Susannah Tom Harper Fable Pictures
WAR BOOK Philippa Tom Harper Sixteen Warbook
MRS MANDELA
Nominated for Best Actress Award, BAFTA Awards, 2010
Winner of Best Actress Award, TV Collective Nominations, 2010
Winnie Mandela Michael Samuels Diverse/BBC
SKIN
Winner of Best Actress Award, MAE Moseac Awards, 2009
Winner of the Rising Star Award, Bahamas, 2010
Nominated for Best Actress, British Independent Film Awards, 2009
Nominated for Best Actress, Black Reel Awards, 2010
Nominated for Best Actress, NAACP Image Awards, 2010
Sandra Laing Anthony Fabian Bard/BBC
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture Award, NAACP Image Awards, 2009
Nominated for Best Actress In A Supporting Role, Satellite Awards, 2008
Winner of Best Ensemble Acting Of The Year Award, Hollywood Film Awards, 2008
May Boatwright Gina Prince-Blythewood Fox Searchlight
SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE Anna Edward Blum Tin Pan Films
MARTIAN CHILD Sophie Menno Meyjes New Line Cinema
STORMBREAKER Mrs Jones Geoffrey Sax The Weinstein Co.
AEON FLUX Sithandra Karyn Kusama Paramount
HOTEL RWANDA
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award, Academy Awards (OSCARs), 2005
Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors' Guild Awards, 2005
Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors' Guild Awards, 2005
Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture, NAACP Image Awards, 2005
Nominated for British Supporting Actress Of The Year, London Critics' Circle Film Awards, 2006
Tatiana Rusesabagina Terry George Lionsgate
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
Winner of the Best Film Award, The London Evening Standard Awards, 2003
Awarded Achievement in Performance (Female), Screen National Film and Television Awards, 2003
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, British Independent Film Awards, 2003
Nominated for Best Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2003
Nominated for The Alexander Korda Award for The Outstanding British Film Of The Year, BAFTA, 2003
Juliette Stephen Frears BBC Films
PEACHES Pippa Nick Grosso Stoneridge Entertainment
MAD COWS Rosy Sara Sugarman Capitol Films
THIS YEAR'S LOVE Denise David Kane Entertainment Film
THE JACKAL Jamaican Girl Michael Caton Jones Universal
GO NOW Paula Michael Winterbottom Revolution Films/BBC
YOUNG SOUL REBELS Tracy Isaac Julian BFI
Title Role Director Production Company
Title Role Director Production Company
WHEEL OF TIME Series 1 - 3 Siuan Sanche Various Amazon
SLOW HORSES Series 1 & 3 Tierney Various Apple TV+
INSIDE NO 9 Kat Various BBC Studios
MODERN LOVE Elizabeth John Carney Amazon Studios
BRITANNIA S3 Hemple Various Sky
RATCHED Charlotte Wells Ryan Murphy Netflix
CRIMINAL: UK
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA Television Awards 2021
Julia Bryce Jim Field Smith Netflix
CHIMERICA Tessa Kendrick Michael Keillor Channel 4
FLACK Series 1 & 2 Caroline Peter Cattaneo Hat Trick/Pop TV
WANDERLUST Angela Bowden Luke Snellin/Lucy Tcherniak BBC/Netflix
UNDERCOVER
Winner of the Best Actress Award, Royal Television Society Programme Awards, 2017
Sophie Dibaba James Hawes BBC
THE HOLLOW CROWN Series 2 Margaret Dominic Cooke BBC/NBC/Neal Street Productions
THE ESCAPE ARTIST Maggie Gardener Brian Welsh BBC
MAYDAY Fiona Hall Brian Welsh Kudos
SINBAD Razia Various Impossible Pictures
THE SLAP Aisha Cate Shortland/Tony Ayres Independent Production
CRIMINAL JUSTICE Series 2
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award, BAFTA Awards, 2010
Jack Woolf Yann Demange BBC
FATHER AND SON Connie Brian Kirk GI Film Productions Ltd
OLIVER TWIST Nancy Coky Geidroyc BBC
CELEBRATION Sonia John Crowley Parallel Film Productions
TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH
Winner of the Outstanding Actress In A TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Category, NAACP Image Awards, 2007
Nominated for Best Actress In A Mini-Series or Motion Picture For Television, Golden Globe Awards, 2007
Suzie Bharat Nalhuri Kudos
THE TRUE VOICE OF RAPE Actress Brian Hill Century Films
BANK HOLIDAY Jane Brian Hill Century Films
BORN WITH TWO MOTHERS Lucretia Bridges Ian Duncan Windfall Films
WHOSE BABY IS IT ANYWAY? Karen Rebecca Frame Granada
ALIBI Marcey David Richards Romantic Films
SPOOKS Series 2 Amanda Roke Various Kudos
THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES: IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY Eve Bowen Brian Stirner BBC
DEAD CASUAL Donna Julian Holmes Worlds End
CLOCKING OFF Series 3 Jenny Nigel Douglas Red Productions/BBC
STAYING ALIVE Series 1 & 2 Kelly Keith Boak LWT
SWEET REVENGE Ellen Lewis Dave Morrisey BBC
NEVER NEVER
Nominated for Best Actress in a Television Drama, RTS Awards, 2002
Jo Julian Jarrold Company
IN DEFENCE Bernie Various Granada
MURDER MOST HORRID Series 3 Rachel Ferdinand Fairfax Talkback/BBC
THE GOVERNOR Series 1 Moira Levitt Various La Plante Productions
MARIA'S CHILD Melanie Malcolm McKay BBC
THE AGE OF TREASON Niobe Kevin Connor US TV
Title Role Director Theatre/Producer
Title Role Director Theatre/Producer
MEDEA Medea Dominic Cooke @sohoplace
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Nominated for the Best Actress Award, Laurence Olivier Awards, 2019
Nominated for the Best Actress Award, Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 2018
Cleopatra Simon Godwin National Theatre
EDWARD ALBEE’S THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? Stevie Gray Ian Rickson Theatre Royal Haymarket
THE CRUCIBLE
Nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Award, Tony Awards, 2016
Elizabeth Proctor Ivo van Hove Walter Kerr Theatre, New York
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Winner of the Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play Award, Tony Awards, 2014
Winner of an Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance Award, 70th Annual Theatre World Awards, 2014
Nominated for the Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play Award, 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards, 2014
Nominated for the Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play Award, 64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, 2014
Ruth Younger Kenny Leon Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway NY
THE HAUNTED CHILD Julie Jeremy Herrin Royal Court Theatre
CARYL CHURCHILL EVENT Woman Ian Rickson/Dominic Cooke Royal Court Theatre
NIGHT SONGS Young Woman Katie Mitchell Royal Court Theatre
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Woman 2 Eve Ensler Ambassadors Theatre
I JUST DROPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN Della Richard Wilson Royal Court Theatre
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Cressida Trevor Nunn National Theatre
MONEY Georgina Vesey John Caird National Theatre
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Sheherezade Dominic Cooke Young Vic Theatre
900 ONEONTA Palace David Beaird Old Vic Theatre/Ambassadors Theatre
BEEN SO LONG Simone Roxanna Silbert Royal Court Theatre
HIS LORDSHIP'S FANCY Rosanna Paddy Cuneen Gate Theatre
A JOVIAL CREW Aimee Max Stafford Clark RSC
THE ODYSSEY Navsicaa/Melantho Gregory Doran RSC
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT Anippe Terry Hands RSC
THE CHANGELING Diaphanta Mike Attenborough RSC
Title Role Director Production Company
Title Role Director Production Company
WOMAN'S HOUR: IS THERE A FUTURE FOR FEMINISM? Reader Eleanor Garland BBC Radio  4
NEVERWHERE Hunter Heather Larmour BBC Radio  4
Characteristic Info
Characteristic Info
Height 5'9"
Eyes Dark Brown
Hair Black
Training RADA

Sophie is represented by
Christian Hodell and Joshua Woodford

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