Personal Info
Birth date
1968-08-11 (57 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
苏菲·奥康内多
소피 오코네도
ソフィー・オコネドー
Софі Оконедо
سوفی اوکوندو
سافی اوکوندو
Sophie Okonedo
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.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.556
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.The Graham Norton Show
7.185
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.Spooks
7.7
Overview:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.The Wheel of Time
7.646
Overview:
Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it.Slow Horses
8
Overview:
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.Tony Awards
5.917
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.78
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.Frontline
7.4
Overview:
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.The Bill
6.646
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.His Dark Materials
7.872
Overview:
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
7.25
Overview:
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.Inside No. 9
8
Overview:
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.Clocking Off
7.4
Overview:
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing husbands and gang harassment.The Oscars
6.973
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.The Hollow Crown
7.4
Overview:
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.Death on the Nile
6.426
Overview:
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.10 Lives
7.741
Overview:
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative journey.Murder Most Horrid
6.8
Overview:
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!Hellboy
5.577
Overview:
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.Modern Love
7.318
Overview:
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.The Jackal
6.382
Overview:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
6.327
Overview:
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.Tsunami: The Aftermath
6.1
Overview:
Tsunami: The Aftermath is a television mini-series that was broadcast in two parts in 2006. It dramatizes the events following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting tsunami in Thailand. Tsunami: The Aftermath is a joint production of HBO and the BBC and stars Tim Roth, Toni Collette, Sophie Okonedo, Samrit Machielsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Savannah Loney. It was filmed in Phuket and Khao Lak, Thailand from April to June 2006. Phuket and Khao Lak were two of the worst hit areas in the country in the December 26, 2004 disaster.Heart of Stone
6.772
Overview:
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.Explained
7.5
Overview:
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.Æon Flux
5.635
Overview:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.GMTV
5.6
Overview:
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.Oliver Twist
6.5
Overview:
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.After Earth
5.185
Overview:
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.Acting
TBAThe Scarecrows' Wedding as Narrator (voice)
TBAMouse as Unknown
2024Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (3 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2024The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout as Narrator
2024Janet Planet as Regina
2024Flight of the Swans as Self - Narrator
202410 Lives as Grace (voice)
2023Heart of Stone as Nomad
2022Running With The Beest as Unknown
2022Raymond & Ray as Kiera
2022Catherine Called Birdy as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
2022Charlotte as Ottilie Moore (voice)
2022Slow Horses (7 Episodes) as Ingrid Tearney
2022Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
2021The Wheel of Time (7 Episodes) as Siuan Sanche
2021Laika as Unknown
2021Escaping Eritrea as Narrator
2020Alien Worlds (4 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2020Ratched (3 Episodes) as Charlotte Wells
2019His Dark Materials (4 Episodes) as Xaphania (voice)
2019Modern Love (1 Episode) as Elizabeth Cannon
2019Criminal: UK (1 Episode) as Julia Bryce
2019Chimerica (4 Episodes) as Tessa Kendrick
2019Wild Rose as Susannah
2019Hellboy as Lady Hatton
2019Flack (12 Episodes) as Caroline
2018National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Cleopatra
2018Christopher Robin as Kanga (voice)
2018Explained (1 Episode) as Narrator (voice)
2017Concorde: A Supersonic Story as Narrator (voice)
2017Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise (3 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Wimbledon Official Film 2016 as Narrator
2016The Good Terrorist as Narrator (voice)
2016Undercover (6 Episodes) as Maya Cobbina
2015War Book as Philippa
2015The Stranger on the Bridge as Narrator
2015The Slap (8 Episodes) as Aisha
2014Inside No. 9 (1 Episode) as Katrina
2013The Escape Artist (3 Episodes) as Maggie Gardner
2013After Earth as Faia Raige
2013Mayday (5 Episodes) as Fiona Hill
2012The Hollow Crown (3 Episodes) as Margaret
2011The Slap (8 Episodes) as Aisha
2010Mrs Mandela as Winnie Mandela
2009Return to Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
2009Father & Son (4 Episodes) as Connie Turner
2008The Secret Life of Bees as May Boatwright
2008Skin as Sandra Laing
2008Criminal Justice (5 Episodes) as Jackie Woolf
2008Saving Africa's Witch Children as Narrator
2007Oliver Twist (5 Episodes) as Nancy
2007Martian Child as Sophie
2007Racism: A History (3 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2007Celebration as Sonia
2007The Graham Norton Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Tsunami: The Aftermath (2 Episodes) as Susie Carter
2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Anna
2006Stormbreaker as Mrs. Jones
2005Æon Flux as Sithandra
2005Born With Two Mothers as Lucretia Bridges
2005Doctor Who (2 Episodes) as Liz 10
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2004Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina
2004Whose Baby? as Karen Jenkins
2004This World (19 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (6 Episodes) as Alison Cheney (voice)
2003Alibi as Marcey Burgess
2002Dirty Pretty Things as Juliette
2002Spooks (1 Episode) as Amanda Roke
2002Dead Casual as Donna
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (1 Episode) as Eve Bowen
2001Sweet Revenge (2 Episodes) as Ellen Lewis
2000Never Never (2 Episodes) as Jo Weller
2000Peaches as Pippa
2000In Defence (4 Episodes) as Bernie Kramer
2000Clocking Off (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Mad Cows as Rosie
1999This Year's Love as Denise
1997The Jackal as Jamaican Girl
1996Deep Secrets as Honey
1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as The Wachati Princess
1995Go Now as Paula
1995The Governor (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Age of Treason as Niobe
1993Maria's Child as Melanie
1993GMTV (1 Episode) as Self
1992Mad Bad Mortal Beings as Cait
1991Murder Most Horrid (1 Episode) as Rachel
1991Young Soul Rebels as Tracy
1991Miss Queencake as Unknown
1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Gina Russell
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Frontline (1 Episode) as Narrator
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self