Sophie Okonedo Biography
When Nature Phone calls” and “The Jackal”, Sophie made a huge impression with her depiction of a prostitute surviving in a rundown resort in 2003’s “Dirty Pretty Things”. She actually is well-known for starring the part of Tatiana Rusesabagina in the 2004 film Resort Rwanda. Sweet and beautiful woman, Sophie Okonedo was created by the end of 1960s in London, England, UK to Joan Okonedo and Henry Okonedo. She actually is of Jewish and Nigerian descent. Third ,, she nabbed the best profile role till day in 2004’s “Resort Rawanda”. She’s well managed her body number with an ideal body measurements of 34-28-32. As she was thinking about performing since she was kid, she became a member of Royal Academy of Dramatic Artwork and she required an acting teaching there. As a few, they welcomed a kid together and they called her Aoife Okonedo Martin. This love existence ended in the past due 1990s. Her nationality is definitely British and she actually is of combined ethnicity. She actually is five ft and eight ins in her elevation. After Sophie’s dad abandoned her family members at age five, she was raised in a humble history with her single mom. Eoin Martin can be an editor. She produced her performing debut in 1991 by starring the part of Tracy in the film Young Soul Rebels. 2 yrs later on, she appeared in it movie Age group of Treason where she starred the part of Niobe. In the mid 1990s, she starred in the films and TV series just like the Governor, Go Right now, Ace Ventura: When Character Phone calls, Staying Alive and much more. She got her rise in fame with the change of 21st hundred years after she starred the part of Jo Weller in it movie Never Hardly ever. She was also nominated for a Golden World Award for a Lead Celebrity in miniseries on her behalf functionality in Tsunami: The Aftermath. She’s been getting the annual income of $606061 and her net worth is $5 million dollars. We approximated annual income around $2,352,941
Known for movies
After Earth (2013)
as Faia Raige
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
as The Wachati Princess
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
as Tatiana Rusesabagina
Æon Flux (2005)
as Sithandra
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Sophie Okonedo |
| Height | 1.73 m |
| Profession | Voice Actor, Singer |
| Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Cambridge University |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | Aoife Martin |
| Parents | Joan Okonedo, Henry Okonedo |
| http://www.facebook.com/Sophie-Okonedo-336970329759986 | |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Glamour Award for Film Actress |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor / Actress, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play |
| Movies | Hotel Rwanda, After Earth, Æon Flux, The Secret Life of Bees, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Dirty Pretty Things, Stormbreaker, Martian Child, Young Soul Rebels, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Tsunami: The Aftermath, The Jackal, Skin, This Year's Love, War Book, Go Now, Sweet Revenge, Alibi |
| TV Shows | The Slap, Criminal Justice, Oliver Twist, The Governor, Scream of the Shalka, Father & Son |
Interesting Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, appearing on Broadway opposite Denzel Washington in "A Raisin in the Sun." She later said that one of the best things about her Broadway debut was that she got to say she was "Denzel Washington's wife". |
| 2 | Muswell Hill, London, England [June 2010] |
| 3 | She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. |
| 4 | In 2005, Okonedo became the first black actress since Angela Bassett in 1994 to receive an NAACP Image Award nomination for the same role in which she was nominated for an Oscar. Previous Oscar nominees Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Halle Berry and Queen Latifah were not nominated by the NAACP for the same roles. |
| 5 | She is a graduate of Cambridge University. |
| 6 | Invited to join AMPAS in 2005. |
| 7 | Gave birth to her only child -- a daughter, Aoife Okonedo Martin -- in June 1997, at age 28. Child's father is her former boyfriend, Eoin Martin. |
| 8 | Her father, Henry E. B. Okonedo, was Nigerian. Her mother, Joan (Allman), is from a Jewish family (they immigrated from Poland and Russia to England). |
| 9 | Trained at RADA |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on being awarded the OBE in June 2010] The cherry on the cake and way beyond anything I would have imagined for myself. |
| 2 | I'm just going where the stories are. I'll quite happily work in a tiny theater in the middle of nowhere if it's the right story. It always leaves a bit of a nasty taste in my mouth when I do something purely for money. I always end up being absolute shit in it. I'm not really an actor who can make rubbish writing good. Some people are very good at it. It's a real skill. |
| 3 | Without hammering you over the head with it, the movie gets you to ask questions. That's what good movies do. |
| 4 | I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself. |
| 5 | I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting. As a black actress all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts. I'd love to be able to follow that through into my newly-formed film career which I didn't expect to get at 36! |
| 6 | When I do things that aren't very good, I'm worse as an actor. I don't know what I pick up - but it's something not very nice. |
| 7 | But I'm pretty secure about who I am. Anything that's truthful I'm not ashamed of. |
| 8 | I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening. |
Pictures
Won Awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nexty | NewNowNext Awards | Best New Broadway Lead Actress | For "A Raisin in The Sun". | |
| 2010 | Rising Star | Bahamas International Film Festival | Skin (2008) | ||
| 2009 | Rising Star | Bahamas International Film Festival | |||
| 2008 | Hollywood Film Award | Hollywood Film Awards | Ensemble Acting of the Year | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | Paul Bettany Hilarie Burton Dakota Fanning Jennifer Hudson Alicia Keys Queen Latifah |
| 2007 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) | |
| 2005 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Actress, Drama | Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | The Slap (2011) | |
| 2010 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Mrs Mandela (2010) | |
| 2010 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Criminal Justice (2008) | |
| 2010 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Actress | Skin (2008) | |
| 2010 | Dagger | Crime Thriller Awards, UK | Best Supporting Actress | Criminal Justice (2008) | |
| 2010 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Skin (2008) | |
| 2009 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actress | Skin (2008) | |
| 2009 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | |
| 2008 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | |
| 2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | |
| 2007 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) | |
| 2007 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Mini-Series - Best Performance by an Actress | Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) | |
| 2007 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) | |
| 2006 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Supporting Actress of the Year | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Supporting Actress | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | |
| 2005 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | Don Cheadle Nick Nolte Joaquin Phoenix |
| 2003 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor/Actress | Dirty Pretty Things (2002) | |
| 2001 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Actor - Female | Never Never (2000) | |
| 1996 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) | Jim Carrey |
Filmography
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hollow Crown | 2016 | TV Series | Queen Margaret |
| Undercover | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Maya Cobbina |
| Untitled Wall Street Project | 2014 | TV Movie | Bryce |
| War Book | 2014 | Philippa | |
| The Escape Artist | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Maggie Gardner |
| After Earth | 2013 | Faia Raige | |
| Mayday | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Fiona Hill |
| Sinbad | 2012 | TV Series | Razia |
| The Slap | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Aisha |
| Extraordinary Women | 2011 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Doctor Who | 2010 | TV Series | Liz Ten |
| Mrs Mandela | 2010 | TV Movie | Winnie Mandela |
| Criminal Justice | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Jack Woolf |
| Father & Son | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Connie Turner |
| Skin | 2008/I | Sandra Laing | |
| The Secret Life of Bees | 2008 | May Boatwright | |
| Oliver Twist | 2007 | TV Mini-Series | Nancy |
| Martian Child | 2007 | Sophie | |
| Celebration | 2007 | TV Movie | Sonia |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature | 2006 | Anna | |
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | 2006 | Mrs. Jones | |
| The True Voice of Rape | 2006 | TV Movie | |
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Susie Carter |
| Æon Flux | 2005 | Sithandra | |
| Blitz: London's Firestorm | 2005 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Born with Two Mothers | 2005 | TV Movie | Lucretia Bridges |
| Whose Baby? | 2004 | TV Movie | Karen Jenkins |
| Hotel Rwanda | 2004 | Tatiana Rusesabagina | |
| Cross My Heart | 2003 | Marsee | |
| Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Alison Cheney |
| Alibi | 2003 | TV Movie | Marcey Burgess |
| MI-5 | 2003 | TV Series | Amanda Roke |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | 2003 | TV Series | Eve Bowen |
| VBirds; Perfect | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | |
| VBirds | 2002 | TV Series | Bling |
| Dirty Pretty Things | 2002 | Juliette | |
| Dead Casual | 2002 | TV Movie | Donna |
| Clocking Off | 2002 | TV Series | Jenny Wood |
| Sweet Revenge | 2001 | TV Movie | Ellen |
| Table 12 | 2001 | TV Series | Karen |
| Once Seen | 2001 | Short | |
| Never Never | 2000 | TV Movie | Jo Weller |
| Peaches | 2000 | Pippa | |
| In Defence | 2000 | TV Series | Bernie Kramer |
| Mad Cows | 1999 | Rosy | |
| This Year's Love | 1999 | Denise | |
| The Jackal | 1997 | Jamaican Girl | |
| Deep Secrets | 1996 | TV Movie | Honey |
| Staying Alive | 1996 | TV Series | Kelley Booth |
| Murder Most Horrid | 1996 | TV Series | Rachel |
| The Accidental Conspiracy | 1995 | Short | |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | 1995 | The Wachati Princess | |
| Go Now | 1995 | Paula | |
| The Governor | 1995 | TV Series | Moira Levitt |
| The Bill | 1994 | TV Series | Adele Percy |
| Age of Treason | 1993 | TV Movie | Niobe |
| Screen Two | 1992 | TV Series | Melanie |
| Casualty | 1991 | TV Series | Gina Russell |
| Young Soul Rebels | 1991 | Tracy | |
| Spatz | 1991 | TV Series | Kim |
| Miss Queencake | 1991 | Short |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise | 2017 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
| The Tony Beat | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Dispatches | 2008-2015 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Herself - Narrator |
| The Stranger on the Bridge | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The 68th Annual Tony Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Featured Actress in a Play |
| 28UP South Africa | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Welcome to the World | 2012 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Remembering World War I | 2012 | Short | Herself |
| The Making of The Slap | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| 59 Festival de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de clausura | 2011 | TV Movie | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor |
| 59 Festival de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de inauguración | 2011 | TV Special | Herself |
| Doctor Who Confidential | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Breakfast | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| Turin Shroud: New Evidence | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Racism: A History | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television |
| Jackanory Junior | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Storyteller |
| Flash Frames | 2006 | Video documentary short | Alison Cheney |
| Creating a World: Aeon Flux | 2006 | Video short | Herself - Sith Andra |
| Film '72 | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature: Making of Documentary | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself / Anna |
| Richard & Judy | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Empire Movie Awards 2005 | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
| Shootout | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress |
| GMTV | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stan Collymore: Confessions of a Premiership Footballer | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| RI:SE | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Too Much TV | 2016 | TV Series | Maya Cobbina - Undercover |
| The Destinations of Doctor Who | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Liz 10 (uncredited) |
| Criminal Justice II: Peter Moffat Interviews | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Jack Woolf |