Sophie Okonedo
Acting
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.
Born: August 11, 1968
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Wimbledon Official Film 2016
Both defending champions entered the Fortnight with a great deal at stake. Novak Djokovic, seeking a third successive triumph and fourth in all at the All England Club, was also halfway to achieving the calendar year Grand Slam. Serena Williams meanwhile was trying to equal Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 Major singles titles and achieve parity with the German on seven Wimbledon singles titles a piece. The Championships took a series of twists along the way. In one of the biggest upsets in recent Wimbledon history, Djokovic was beaten by the big-hitting American Sam Querrey in the third round.
Running With The Beest
Whose Baby?
Hard-hitting drama about a man who discovers that he has fathered a child only when he is approached by a child support agency. A few years after the fling that led to his unknown fatherhood, the man has settled into a new life, but the establishing of his paternity makes him determined to pursue a relationship with his child, leading to a heartbreaking struggle.
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
The Ghastly Ghoul
Every year, the monsters from Halloween Town come to Earth to trick or treat for one glorious night of mischief before the gateway back to their world closes again. The Ghastly Ghoul is the story of Gary, a cute little monster who doesn’t believe he’s scary enough and so disguises himself as the Ghastly Ghoul. When he misses the gateway back home, he is trapped in the human world. He forms a friendship with a young girl, Beatrix, who is struggling with her own fears around the macabre holiday and together they help inspire a sense of self-belief in one another and try to find a way to get Gary home again on a Halloween night filled with magic and adventure.
Slow Horses
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.
His Dark Materials
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 Stranger on the Bridge
The documentary follows 26 year old Jonny Benjamin as he tries to find the man who dissuaded him from taking his own life by jumping from Waterloo Bridge in London in 2008.
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Spooks
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.
Filmography
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Narrator
as Regina
as Self - Narrator
as Grace (voice)
as Self (voice)
as Nomad
as Kiera
as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
as Ottilie Moore (voice)
as Ingrid Tearney
as Salome Otterbourne
as Siuan Sanche
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Charlotte Wells
as Xaphania (voice)
as Elizabeth Cannon
as Julia Bryce
as Tessa Kendrick
as Susannah
as Lady Hatton
as Caroline
as Cleopatra
as Kanga (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Maya Cobbina
as Philippa
as Narrator
as Katrina
as Maggie Gardner
as Faia Raige
as Fiona Hill
as Margaret
as Aisha
as Winnie Mandela
as Sandra Laing
as Connie Turner
as May Boatwright
as Jackie Woolf
as Nancy
as Sophie
as Narrator (voice)
as Sonia
as Self
as Susie Carter
as Anna
as Mrs. Jones
as Sithandra
as Lucretia Bridges
as Liz 10
as Tatiana Rusesabagina
as Karen Jenkins
as Alison Cheney (voice)
as Marcey Burgess
as Juliette
as Amanda Roke
as Eve Bowen
as Jo Weller
as Pippa
as Rosie
as Denise
as Jamaican Girl
as Honey
as The Wachati Princess
as Paula
as Niobe
as Melanie
as Self
as Rachel
as Tracy
as Gina Russell
as Narrator
as Self - Nominee
as Self