Acting

Sophie Okonedo

Born 1968-08-11 · London, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Great Beyond
2027
Clarissa
as Clarissa
2026
Clarissa
Executive Producer
2026
Mouse
as Helen Bell
2026
The Scarecrows' Wedding
as Narrator (voice)
2026
Civilisations: Rise and Fall
as Self - Narrator
2025
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
as Self - Narrator
2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Narrator
2024
Janet Planet
as Regina
2024
Flight of the Swans
as Self - Narrator
2024
10 Lives
as Grace (voice)
2024
The Ghastly Ghoul
as Self (voice)
2023
Heart of Stone
as Nomad
2023
Running With The Beest
2022
Raymond & Ray
as Kiera
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
2022
The Wheel of Time
as Siuan Sanche
2021
Laika
2021
Escaping Eritrea
as Narrator
2021
Alien Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Ratched
as Charlotte Wells
2020
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
2019
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
2018
Wanderlust
as Angela Bowden
2018
Christopher Robin
as Kanga (voice)
2018
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Concorde: A Supersonic Story
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Wimbledon Official Film 2016
as Narrator
2016
The Good Terrorist
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Undercover
as Maya Cobbina
2016
War Book
as Philippa
2015
Earth's Natural Wonders
as Narrator
2015
The Stranger on the Bridge
as Narrator
2015
Inside No. 9
as Katrina
2014
The Escape Artist
as Maggie Gardner
2013
After Earth
as Faia Raige
2013
Mayday
as Fiona Hill
2013
The Hollow Crown
as Margaret
2012
The Slap
as Aisha
2011
Mrs Mandela
as Winnie Mandela
2010
Return to Africa's Witch Children
as Narrator
2009
Skin
as Sandra Laing
2009
Father & Son
as Connie Turner
2009
The Secret Life of Bees
as May Boatwright
2008
Criminal Justice
as Jackie Woolf
2008
Saving Africa's Witch Children
as Narrator
2008
Oliver Twist
as Nancy
2007
Martian Child
as Sophie
2007
Racism: A History
as Narrator (voice)
2007
Celebration
as Sonia
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Tsunami: The Aftermath
as Susie Carter
2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Anna
2006
Stormbreaker
as Mrs Jones
2006
Æon Flux
as Sithandra
2005
Born With Two Mothers
as Lucretia Bridges
2005
Doctor Who
as Liz 10
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Hotel Rwanda
as Tatiana Rusesabagina
2004
Whose Baby?
as Karen Jenkins
2004
This World
2004
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as Alison Cheney (voice)
2003
Alibi
as Marcey Burgess
2003
Dirty Pretty Things
as Juliette
2002
Spooks
as Amanda Roke
2002
Dead Casual
as Donna
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Eve Bowen
2002
Sweet Revenge
as Ellen Lewis
2001
Never Never
as Jo Weller
2000
Peaches
as Pippa
2000