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Discover Magazine - Found Mar. 1, 2010 Guest stars include Alex Kingston (River Song is back!), Sophie Okonedo, and Tony Curran. Yay! |
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Sophie Okonedo Biography
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Sophie Okonedo
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| Sophie Okonedo | |
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 Okonedo at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | 1968 (age 41–42) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
Sophie Okonedo (born 1968)12 is an English actress. In 2004, her role as Tatiana, the wife of Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.3
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Early life
Okonedo was born in London, England, the daughter of Joan (née Allman), a pilates teacher, and Henry Okonedo, who worked for the government.4 Her father is Nigerian and her mother, an Ashkenazi Jew, was born in the East End to Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Poland and Russia; Okonedo was brought up attending synagogue.567 Her father left the family when Okonedo was five, and she was subsequently brought up in relative poverty by her single mother ("but we always had books," she says).8
Career
Okonedo trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.9 She has worked in a variety of media including film, television, theatre, and audio drama. She performed in Scream of the Shalka — a webcast based on the BBC television series Doctor Who — as Alison Cheney, a companion of the Doctor. As well as providing the character's voice, Okonedo's likeness was used for the animation of the character.
Okonedo played the role of Jenny in the Paul Abbot series, 'Clocking Off'.
Okonedo also played the part of Ms. Tulip Jones in the movie Stormbreaker (2006) and Nancy in the 2007 television adaptation of Oliver Twist.
She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda and nominated for a Golden Globe for a Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her work in Tsunami: The Aftermath.
She played alongside Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, and Dakota Fanning as May Boatwright, a woman who struggles with depression, in the film The Secret Life of Bees (2008).
In 2010, Okonedo is set to portray Winnie Mandela in the BBC drama Mrs Mandela.10
Personal life
Okonedo has a daughter, Aoife (born 1997).5 from her previous relationship with Irish film editor Eoin Martin.7 They live in Muswell Hill, London. On her heritage, Sophie says, "I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black" and calls her daughter an "Irish, Nigerian Jew".11
Awards and nominations
- Academy Awards
- 2005, Best Supporting Actress (Hotel Rwanda) [nominated]
- Black Reel Awards
- 2005, Best Actress-Drama (Hotel Rwanda) [winner]
- 2008, Best Ensemble (The Secret Life of Bees) [nominated]
- 2008, Best Supporting Actress (The Secret Life of Bees) [nominated]
- 2010, Best Actress (Skin) [nominated]
- British Independent Film Awards
- 2003, Best Supporting Actress (Dirty Pretty Things) [nominated]
- 2009, Best Actress (Skin) [nominated]
- Golden Globes
- 2007, Best Actress in a Mini-Series/Television Movie (Tsunami: The Aftermath) [nominated]
- Hollywood Film Festival
- 2008, Ensemble Acting of the Year (The Secret Life of Bees) [winner]
- Image Awards
- 2005, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Hotel Rwanda) [nominated]
- 2007, Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series (Tsunami: the Aftermath) [winner]
- 2009, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (The Secret Life of Bees) [nominated]
- 2010, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (Skin) [nominated]
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 2005, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Hotel Rwanda) [nominated]
- 2005, Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture (Hotel Rwanda) [nominated]
Filmography
- Young Soul Rebels (1991)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- The Jackal (1997)
- This Year's Love (1999)
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Stormbreaker (2006)
- Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
- Martian Child (2007)
- Oliver Twist (2007)
- The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
- Skin (2009)
- Mrs. Mandela (2009)
TV series
- Staying Alive (1996)
- Never Never (2000)
- Father & Son (2009)
- Criminal Justice (2009)
- Doctor Who - 1 episode (2010)
References
- ^ Profile
- ^ BFI profile
- ^ "Sophie Okonedo: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 2004". The Academy Awards Database. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1256012534192. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Daily Mail report on Okonedo
- ^ a b Franks, Alan (2007-12-08). "Sophie Okonedo does the twist". Times Online. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2975631.ece. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ 'Sophie Okonedo: "Fame, here I come"'
- ^ a b "'I guess I'm up for grabs now'". The Guardian. 2005-02-20. http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1418413,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ Interfaith Celebrities The Jewish Mermaid - InterfaithFamily.com
- ^ RADA website
- ^ Ben Dowell (2009-03-11). "BBC commissions Winnie Mandela drama". Guardian News and Media. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/11/bbc-commissions-winnie-mandela-drama. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/new_jews_double.html
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