Sophie Okonedo

Q: Has Sophie Okonedo won any major awards?

Sophie Okonedo has received several awards and nominations, including a Tony Award for her performance in 'The Crucible'. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for 'Hotel Rwanda'.

Q: When did Sophie Okonedo start her acting career?

Sophie Okonedo began her acting career in the early 1990s, with her first significant role in the television series 'The Bill'. Her film debut came shortly after in 'Young Soul Rebels' (1991).

Q: What is Sophie Okonedo's estimated net worth?

Sophie Okonedo's estimated net worth is around $4 million, reflecting her successful career in film, television, and theatre.

Q: What television shows has Sophie Okonedo appeared in?

Sophie Okonedo has appeared in several television shows, including 'Doctor Who', 'Riviera', and 'The Hollow Crown'. Her performances have received praise for their depth and authenticity.

Q: Has Sophie Okonedo worked in theatre?

Yes, Sophie Okonedo has an extensive theatre background. She has performed in numerous stage productions, including 'The Crucible' and 'The Tempest', showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Q: What character did Sophie Okonedo play in 'Hotel Rwanda'?

In 'Hotel Rwanda', Sophie Okonedo played Tatiana Rusesabagina, the wife of Paul Rusesabagina, who played a crucial role in saving lives during the Rwandan genocide.

Q: Is Sophie Okonedo involved in any philanthropic work?

Sophie Okonedo is known for her philanthropic efforts, particularly in raising awareness about humanitarian issues, reflecting her commitment to social causes beyond her acting career.

Known for

After Earth (2013)

IMDb 4.8 / 10

2013 / Action, Adventure / 100 min

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...

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

IMDb 6.4 / 10

1995 / Adventure, Comedy / 90 min

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred...

Name

Sophie Okonedo

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

1 November 1970, London, England, UK

Spouses

None

Children

1, Aoife Okonedo

Parents

Henry Okonedo, Joan Okonedo

Estimated Net Worth

$4 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Great Beyond An author of popular fantasy novels discovers that the mythical world he’s known for creating is actually real.	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie Clarissa A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs. Dalloway. Follows society woman Clarissa as she prepares to host a...	Clarissa	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2026	Movie The Scarecrows' Wedding Devoted scarecrows Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are planning a wedding to remember. When Harry insists on leaving the farm...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2026	Movie Mouse Callie and Minnie’s relationship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer before their senior year of high school....	Helen Bell	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2025	TV Civilisations: Rise and Fall Four mighty civilisations - Rome, Egypt, Japan's Samurai and the Aztecs. Their legends remain - now priceless artefacts reveal what...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2024	TV Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty The greatest art works of all time - born of war and bloodshed - as rival artists Michelangelo, Leonardo and...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2024	Movie The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped...	Narrator	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2024	Movie Janet Planet In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the...	Regina	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	Movie Flight of the Swans This is a re-version of the film MYSTERY OF THE MISSING, directed and produced by Amber Cherry Eames. A female...	Self - Narrator	Not rated
2024	Movie 10 Lives A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by...	Grace (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	Movie The Ghastly Ghoul Every year, the monsters from Halloween Town come to Earth to trick or treat for one glorious night of mischief...	Self (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie Heart of Stone An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable —...	Nomad	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	Movie Running With The Beest	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2022	Movie Raymond & Ray Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to...	Kiera	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	Movie Catherine Called Birdy A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for...	Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2022	Movie Charlotte The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of...	Ottilie Moore (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2022	TV 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...	Ingrid Tearney	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	Movie Death on the Nile Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when...	Salome Otterbourne	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2021	TV The Wheel of Time The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is...	Siuan Sanche	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie Laika Laika, the stray dog that the Soviet Union sent into orbit.	Unknown character	Not rated
2021	Movie Escaping Eritrea An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world’s most repressive regimes — Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony shed...	Narrator	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2020	TV Alien Worlds Applying the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy, this series blends science fact and fiction...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	TV Ratched In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks...	Charlotte Wells	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV His Dark Materials Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search...	Xaphania (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	TV Modern Love An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been...	Elizabeth Cannon	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	TV Criminal: UK Within the walls of an interrogation room, London investigators question suspects accused of grievous crimes until the truth comes to...	Julia Bryce	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2019	TV Chimerica Photojournalist Lee Berger, famous for capturing the image of Tank Man in Tiananmen Square in 1989, sets out on a...	Tessa Kendrick	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	Movie Wild Rose A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from...	Susannah	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie Hellboy Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring...	Lady Hatton	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2019	TV Flack Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes...	Caroline	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the...	Cleopatra	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	TV Wanderlust Joy Richards is a therapist trying to find a way to keep the spark with her husband, Alan, after a...	Angela Bowden	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	Movie Christopher Robin Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way....	Kanga (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2018	TV Explained This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	Movie Concorde: A Supersonic Story Concorde: A Supersonic Story follows the story of the most glamorous aeroplane ever built - told by the people whose...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	TV Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise Go beyond Thailand's beaches to discover a sacred kingdom of awe-inspiring beauty. This series takes in the towering limestone cliffs,...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie Wimbledon Official Film 2016 Both defending champions entered the Fortnight with a great deal at stake. Novak Djokovic, seeking a third successive triumph and...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Good Terrorist The story of anti-apartheid activist John Harris - who was hanged after a fatal bombing in Johannesburg in 1964 -...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	TV Undercover Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post...	Maya Cobbina	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie War Book Government officials practice their response and decisions in a simulated escalation of nuclear threat.	Philippa	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2015	TV Earth's Natural Wonders Documentary series examining what it takes to survive in some of the most extreme places on the planet.	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie 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...	Narrator	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	TV Inside No. 9 An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.	Katrina	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	TV The Escape Artist A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister...	Maggie Gardner	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2013	Movie After Earth One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General...	Faia Raige	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	TV Mayday It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight...	Fiona Hill	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2012	TV The Hollow Crown A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.	Margaret	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	TV The Slap At an Australian backyard BBQ, amongst alcohol, friendship and a children's cricket game, a man slaps a child who is...	Aisha	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2010	Movie Mrs Mandela How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.	Winnie Mandela	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2009	Movie Return to Africa's Witch Children Reporting on children in parts Nigeria branded as witches.	Narrator	Not rated
2009	Movie Skin Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa...	Sandra Laing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV Father & Son Ex-gangland boss Michael O'Connor, now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son...	Connie Turner	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2008	Movie The Secret Life of Bees Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted...	May Boatwright	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2008	TV Criminal Justice Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the...	Jackie Woolf	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	Movie Saving Africa's Witch Children This shocking documentary reveals the plight of young Nigerians branded as witches.	Narrator	Not rated
2007	TV Oliver Twist When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's...	Nancy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Martian Child A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really...	Sophie	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	TV Racism: A History Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007. It was part...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie Celebration All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective...	Sonia	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	TV Tsunami: The Aftermath Tsunami: The Aftermath is a television mini-series that was broadcast in two parts in 2006. It dramatizes the events following...	Susie Carter	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	Movie Scenes of a Sexual Nature Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all...	Anna	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2006	Movie Stormbreaker After the death of his uncle, 14-year-old schoolboy Alex Rider is forced by the Special Operations Division of the UK's...	Mrs Jones	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	Movie Æon Flux 400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna,...	Sithandra	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie Born With Two Mothers A provocative drama about an IVF mix-up which results in a white woman giving birth to a black boy.	Lucretia Bridges	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...	Liz 10	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie Hotel Rwanda Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were...	Tatiana Rusesabagina	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2004	Movie Whose Baby? Hard-hitting drama about a man who discovers that he has fathered a child only when he is approached by a...	Karen Jenkins	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2004	TV This World The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka The Doctor, a time-traveling alien explorer, is sent by his people, the Time Lords, to liberate a small town in...	Alison Cheney (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie Alibi A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the...	Marcey Burgess	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2002	Movie Dirty Pretty Things An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works...	Juliette	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	TV Spooks Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to...	Amanda Roke	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2002	Movie Dead Casual The only things Wayne cares about are that Chelsea wins at the football, how much beer there is in the...	Donna	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	TV The Inspector Lynley Mysteries DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.	Eve Bowen	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2001	TV Sweet Revenge When Ellen's boyfriend starts an affair with a florist, she embarks on a mission of revenge. After destroying all the...	Ellen Lewis	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	TV Never Never John Parlour and Jo Weller form a credit union but John's predatory lending scheme threatens both the poor residents of...	Jo Weller	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie Peaches Frank leaves college and faces a Summer of discontent.	Pippa	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2000	TV In Defence A sharp barrister teams up with a strong-minded solicitor to take on battles with the British legal system.	Bernie Kramer	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1999	Movie Mad Cows When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly...	Rosie	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1999	Movie This Year's Love The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the romantic misadventures of...	Denise	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1997	Movie The Jackal Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a...	Jamaican Girl	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Deep Secrets Gripping drama about an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Manchester underworld to investigate a brutal murder, and his method...	Honey	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find...	The Wachati Princess	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Go Now Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in...	Paula	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	TV The Governor Maximum security prison Barfield has recently nearly been destroyed by a riot. Helen Hewitt, the first woman put in charge...	Moira Levitt	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1993	Movie Age of Treason It's 69AD in Rome and streetwise hustler Marcus Didius Falco gets caught up in the death of the son of...	Niobe	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Maria's Child Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. When...	Melanie	TMDB 3.3 / 10
1993	TV GMTV GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	Movie Mad Bad Mortal Beings Cait, who has lost her boyfriend Marvin to another woman, sets herself a number of rituals to help overcome her...	Cait	Not rated
1991	TV Murder Most Horrid Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one...	Rachel	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1991	Movie Young Soul Rebels Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.	Tracy	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1991	Movie Miss Queencake A tragi-comic boat movie in which Beauty and The Beast live out their own particular fairytales.	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1987	TV Dispatches Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1986	TV Casualty Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their...	Gina Russell	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1985	TV Screen Two Series of single made-for-television dramas.	Melanie	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1984	TV The Bill The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	TV Frontline Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human...	Narrator	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Clarissa A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs. Dalloway. Follows society woman Clarissa as she prepares to host a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Clarissa

2026 / TMDB 7.0

The Scarecrows' Wedding

2026 / TMDB 7.0

Mouse

2026 / TMDB 9.0

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024 / TMDB 5.3

Janet Planet

2024 / TMDB 6.0

Flight of the Swans

2024

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