Sophie Okonedo

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Casualty

The Graham Norton Show

Frontline

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Tony Awards

Slow Horses

The Wheel of Time

All Movies (55)

• The Great Beyond2026
• Clarissa2026 · as Clarissa
• The Scarecrows' Wedding2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mouse2026 · as Helen Bell
• The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout2024 · as Narrator
• Janet Planet2024 · as Regina
• Flight of the Swans2024 · as Self - Narrator
• 10 Lives2024 · as Grace (voice)
• The Ghastly Ghoul2023 · as Self (voice)
• Heart of Stone2023 · as Nomad
• Running With The Beest2022
• Raymond & Ray2022 · as Kiera
• Catherine Called Birdy2022 · as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon
• Charlotte2022 · as Ottilie Moore (voice)
• Death on the Nile2022 · as Salome Otterbourne
• Laika2021
• Escaping Eritrea2021 · as Narrator
• Wild Rose2019 · as Susannah
• Hellboy2019 · as Lady Hatton
• National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra2018 · as Cleopatra
• Christopher Robin2018 · as Kanga (voice)
• Concorde: A Supersonic Story2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Wimbledon Official Film 20162016 · as Narrator
• The Good Terrorist2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• War Book2015 · as Philippa
• The Stranger on the Bridge2015 · as Narrator
• After Earth2013 · as Faia Raige
• Mrs Mandela2010 · as Winnie Mandela
• Return to Africa's Witch Children2009 · as Narrator
• Skin2009 · as Sandra Laing
• The Secret Life of Bees2008 · as May Boatwright
• Saving Africa's Witch Children2008 · as Narrator
• Martian Child2007 · as Sophie
• Celebration2007 · as Sonia
• Scenes of a Sexual Nature2006 · as Anna
• Stormbreaker2006 · as Mrs Jones
• Æon Flux2005 · as Sithandra
• Born With Two Mothers2005 · as Lucretia Bridges
• Hotel Rwanda2004 · as Tatiana Rusesabagina
• Whose Baby?2004 · as Karen Jenkins
• Alibi2003 · as Marcey Burgess
• Dirty Pretty Things2002 · as Juliette
• Dead Casual2002 · as Donna
• Peaches2000 · as Pippa
• Mad Cows1999 · as Rosie
• This Year's Love1999 · as Denise
• The Jackal1997 · as Jamaican Girl
• Deep Secrets1996 · as Honey
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995 · as The Wachati Princess
• Go Now1995 · as Paula
• Age of Treason1993 · as Niobe
• Maria's Child1993 · as Melanie
• Mad Bad Mortal Beings1992 · as Cait
• Young Soul Rebels1991 · as Tracy
• Miss Queencake1991

All TV Shows (46)

• Civilisations: Rise and Fall2025 · as Self - Narrator
• Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty2024 · as Self - Narrator
• Slow Horses2022 · as Ingrid Tearney
• The Wheel of Time2021 · as Siuan Sanche
• Alien Worlds2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ratched2020 · as Charlotte Wells
• His Dark Materials2019 · as Xaphania (voice)
• Modern Love2019 · as Elizabeth Cannon
• Criminal: UK2019 · as Julia Bryce
• Chimerica2019 · as Tessa Kendrick
• Flack2019 · as Caroline
• Wanderlust2018 · as Angela Bowden
• Explained2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Undercover2016 · as Maya Cobbina
• Earth's Natural Wonders2015 · as Narrator
• Inside No. 92014 · as Katrina
• The Escape Artist2013 · as Maggie Gardner
• Mayday2013 · as Fiona Hill
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Margaret
• The Slap2011 · as Aisha
• Father & Son2009 · as Connie Turner
• Criminal Justice2008 · as Jackie Woolf
• Oliver Twist2007 · as Nancy
• Racism: A History2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Tsunami: The Aftermath2006 · as Susie Carter
• Doctor Who2005 · as Liz 10
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• This World2004
• Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka2003 · as Alison Cheney (voice)
• Spooks2002 · as Amanda Roke
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002 · as Eve Bowen
• Sweet Revenge2001 · as Ellen Lewis
• Never Never2000 · as Jo Weller
• In Defence2000 · as Bernie Kramer
• The Governor1995 · as Moira Levitt
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Rachel
• Dispatches1987
• Casualty1986 · as Gina Russell
• Screen Two1985 · as Melanie
• The Bill1984
• Frontline1983 · as Narrator
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• The Oscars1953 · as Self