Sophie Okonedo
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Mouse
2026
as Helen Bell
The Great Beyond
2026
The Scarecrows' Wedding
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Civilisations: Rise and Fall
2025
as Self - Narrator
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Narrator
10 Lives
2024
as Grace (voice)
Janet Planet
2024
as Regina
Flight of the Swans
2024
as Self - Narrator
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
2024
as Self - Narrator
Heart of Stone
2023
as Nomad
The Ghastly Ghoul
2023
as Self (voice)
Raymond & Ray
2022
as Kiera
Catherine Called Birdy
2022
as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
Running With The Beest
2022
Death on the Nile
2022
as Salome Otterbourne
Charlotte
2022
as Ottilie Moore (voice)
Slow Horses
2022
as Ingrid Tearney
Laika
2021
Escaping Eritrea
2021
as Narrator
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Siuan Sanche
Alien Worlds
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Ratched
2020
as Charlotte Wells
Wild Rose
2019
as Susannah
Hellboy
2019
as Lady Hatton
Modern Love
2019
as Elizabeth Cannon
Flack
2019
as Caroline
Chimerica
2019
as Tessa Kendrick
Criminal: UK
2019
as Julia Bryce
His Dark Materials
2019
as Xaphania (voice)
Christopher Robin
2018
as Kanga (voice)
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2018
as Cleopatra
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Concorde: A Supersonic Story
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Good Terrorist
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Wimbledon Official Film 2016
2016
as Narrator
Undercover
2016
as Maya Cobbina
War Book
2015
as Philippa
The Stranger on the Bridge
2015
as Narrator
Inside No. 9
2014
as Katrina
After Earth
2013
as Faia Raige
Mayday
2013
as Fiona Hill
The Escape Artist
2013
as Maggie Gardner
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Margaret
The Slap
2011
as Aisha
Mrs Mandela
2010
as Winnie Mandela
Return to Africa's Witch Children
2009
as Narrator
Skin
2009
as Sandra Laing
Father & Son
2009
as Connie Turner
The Secret Life of Bees
2008
as May Boatwright
Saving Africa's Witch Children
2008
as Narrator
Criminal Justice
2008
as Jackie Woolf
Martian Child
2007
as Sophie
Celebration
2007
as Sonia
Oliver Twist
2007
as Nancy
Racism: A History
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Stormbreaker
2006
as Mrs. Jones
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
as Anna
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as Susie Carter
Born With Two Mothers
2005
as Lucretia Bridges
Æon Flux
2005
as Sithandra
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Doctor Who
2005
as Liz 10
Hotel Rwanda
2004
as Tatiana Rusesabagina
Whose Baby?
2004
as Karen Jenkins
This World
2004
Alibi
2003
as Marcey Burgess
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as Alison Cheney (voice)
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
as Juliette
Dead Casual
2002
as Donna
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Eve Bowen
Spooks
2002
as Amanda Roke
Sweet Revenge
2001
as Ellen Lewis
Peaches
2000
as Pippa
In Defence
2000
as Bernie Kramer
Never Never
2000
as Jo Weller
This Year's Love
1999
as Denise
Mad Cows
1999
as Rosie
The Jackal
1997
as Jamaican Girl
Deep Secrets
1996
as Honey
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
as The Wachati Princess
Go Now
1995
as Paula
The Governor
1995
Maria's Child
1993
as Melanie
Age of Treason
1993
as Niobe
GMTV
1993
as Self
Mad Bad Mortal Beings
1992
as Cait
Miss Queencake
1991
Young Soul Rebels
1991
as Tracy
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Rachel
Dispatches
1987
Casualty
1986
as Gina Russell
The Bill
1984
Frontline
1983
as Narrator
The Oscars
1953
as Self