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Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo
Okonedo at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Personal information
Birth date1968(age 48)
Place of birthLondon, England, UK
OccupationActress, singer

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Sophie Okonedo, OBE (born 1968) is a British actress, 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. She has received an Academy Award nomination for her critically acclaimed role in Hotel Rwanda, a Golden Globe nomination for Tsunami: The Aftermath, and BAFTA nominations for Criminal Justice and Mrs. Mandela. Her other film roles included Aeon Flux, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Dirty Pretty Things, and Skin.


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