Education

Sophie Okonedo attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Sophie Okonedo has been employed by a number of media companies including audio drama, theatre, television and movies. She featured as Alison Cheney in a BBC tv shows webcast which was titled Scream of Shaika. She acted in the movie as the Doctor’s companion in the movie as her looks and her voice was used for the animation character’s looks and voice respectively. She further featured in The Pandorica Opens in the year 2010. IN the same year, she acted in the Beast Below as Liz Ten.

She also featured in Clocking Off, a BAFTA by Danny Brocklehurst which was acted based on the series of Paul Abott. In the year 2006, she also featured in the movie stormbreakder by Tulip Jones. In the year 2007, she featured in a tv interpretation of Oliver Twist. She acted as May Boatwright with Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson and Queen Lafifah in the movie The Secret Life of Bees which was released in 2008. In this movie, she acted as a woman who was suffering from depression. She also acted as Sandra laing, in a movie titled Skin in the year 2009 alongside Alice Krige and Sam Niell.

She acted as a Hunter in a BBC radio programme adaptation, Neverwhere by Dirk Maggs. She also featured as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun which was premiered in April 2014.

Honors

She was honoured during the Birthday Honours of the Queen in 2012 by being awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Personal Life

Okonedo is presently not married to a husband. She however has a female child Aoife which she gave birth from a former relationship. She currently stays on the Muswell Hill in the city of London. She is however proud of her black and Jewish origin and often refers to her daughter as an Irish Nigerian Jew. She has a current net worth of about $5 million. She loves wearing her natural hair and has gained a reputation for that.

Nominations and Awards

She has been nominated a number of time for awards of which she won few. Her nominations include Best Featured Actress in a Play (2014), Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture (2005), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (2005), Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (2010), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (2009), Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-series (2007), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (2005). Others include Ensemble Acting of the Year (2008) by Hollywood Film Festival, Best Actress in a Mini-Series/Television Movie (2007) by Golden Globes, Best Actress (2009), Best Supporting Actress (2003) amongst many others.

The awards she has won include Best Featured Actress in a Play in the year 2014, Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series in the year 2007, Ensemble Acting of the Year in the year 2008, and Best Actress Drama in the year 2005.