Actor profile

Sophie Okonedo

11th August 1968 London, England, UK Acting

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.

48 Movies 44 TV Shows 1 In Production 102 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Scarecrows' Wedding poster

The Scarecrows' Wedding 13th March 2026 as Narrator (voice)

Mouse poster

Mouse 13th February 2026 as Helen Bell

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout poster

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout 28th June 2024 as Narrator

Janet Planet poster

Janet Planet 21st June 2024 as Regina

Flight of the Swans poster

Flight of the Swans 20th April 2024 as Self - Narrator

10 Lives poster

10 Lives 18th April 2024 as Grace (voice)

The Ghastly Ghoul poster

The Ghastly Ghoul 1st October 2023 as Self (voice)

Heart of Stone poster

Heart of Stone 9th August 2023 as Nomad

Running With The Beest poster

Running With The Beest 19th October 2022

Raymond & Ray poster

Raymond & Ray 14th October 2022 as Kiera

Catherine Called Birdy poster

Catherine Called Birdy 23rd September 2022 as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon

Charlotte poster

Charlotte 22nd April 2022 as Ottilie Moore (voice)

Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile 9th February 2022 as Salome Otterbourne

Laika poster

Laika 7th October 2021

Escaping Eritrea poster

Escaping Eritrea 4th May 2021 as Narrator

Wild Rose poster

Wild Rose 12th April 2019 as Susannah

Hellboy poster

Hellboy 10th April 2019 as Lady Hatton

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra poster

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra 6th December 2018 as Cleopatra

Christopher Robin poster

Christopher Robin 1st August 2018 as Kanga (voice)

Concorde: A Supersonic Story poster

Concorde: A Supersonic Story 10th October 2017 as Narrator (voice)

Wimbledon Official Film 2016 poster

Wimbledon Official Film 2016 24th October 2016 as Narrator

War Book poster

War Book 7th August 2015 as Philippa

The Stranger on the Bridge poster

The Stranger on the Bridge 4th May 2015 as Narrator

After Earth poster

After Earth 30th May 2013 as Faia Raige

Mrs Mandela poster

Mrs Mandela 25th January 2010 as Winnie Mandela

Skin poster

Skin 24th July 2009 as Sandra Laing

The Secret Life of Bees poster

The Secret Life of Bees 17th September 2008 as May Boatwright

Martian Child poster

Martian Child 2nd November 2007 as Sophie

Celebration poster

Celebration 26th February 2007 as Sonia

Scenes of a Sexual Nature poster

Scenes of a Sexual Nature 3rd November 2006 as Anna

Stormbreaker poster

Stormbreaker 21st July 2006 as Mrs Jones

Æon Flux poster

Æon Flux 30th November 2005 as Sithandra

Born With Two Mothers poster

Born With Two Mothers 21st April 2005 as Lucretia Bridges

Hotel Rwanda poster

Hotel Rwanda 22nd December 2004 as Tatiana Rusesabagina

Whose Baby? poster

Whose Baby? 25th October 2004 as Karen Jenkins

Alibi poster

Alibi 25th August 2003 as Marcey Burgess

Dirty Pretty Things poster

Dirty Pretty Things 5th September 2002 as Juliette

Peaches poster

Peaches 22nd October 2000 as Pippa

Mad Cows poster

Mad Cows 29th October 1999 as Rosie

This Year's Love poster

This Year's Love 19th February 1999 as Denise

The Jackal poster

The Jackal 14th November 1997 as Jamaican Girl

Deep Secrets poster

Deep Secrets 6th April 1996 as Honey

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls poster

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 10th November 1995 as The Wachati Princess

Go Now poster

Go Now 16th September 1995 as Paula

Age of Treason poster

Age of Treason 20th June 1993 as Niobe

Maria's Child poster

Maria's Child 28th March 1993 as Melanie

Young Soul Rebels poster

Young Soul Rebels 9th August 1991 as Tracy

Miss Queencake poster

Miss Queencake 2nd January 1991

Civilisations: Rise and Fall poster

Civilisations: Rise and Fall 24th November 2025 as Self - Narrator

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty poster

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty 2nd December 2024 as Self - Narrator

Slow Horses poster

Slow Horses 1st April 2022 as Ingrid Tearney

The Wheel of Time poster

The Wheel of Time 18th November 2021 as Siuan Sanche

Alien Worlds poster

Alien Worlds 2nd December 2020 as Narrator (voice)

Ratched poster

Ratched 18th September 2020 as Charlotte Wells

His Dark Materials poster

His Dark Materials 3rd November 2019 as Xaphania (voice)

Modern Love poster

Modern Love 18th October 2019 as Elizabeth Cannon

Criminal: UK poster

Criminal: UK 20th September 2019 as Julia Bryce

Chimerica poster

Chimerica 17th April 2019 as Tessa Kendrick

Flack poster

Flack 21st February 2019 as Caroline

Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust 4th September 2018 as Angela Bowden

Explained poster

Explained 23rd May 2018 as Narrator (voice)

Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise poster

Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise 1st January 2017 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Undercover poster

Undercover 3rd April 2016 as Maya Cobbina

Earth's Natural Wonders poster

Earth's Natural Wonders 5th August 2015 as Narrator

Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9 5th February 2014 as Katrina

The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist 29th October 2013 as Maggie Gardner

Mayday poster

Mayday 3rd March 2013 as Fiona Hill

The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown 30th June 2012 as Margaret

The Slap poster

The Slap 6th October 2011 as Aisha

Father & Son poster

Father & Son 20th July 2009 as Connie Turner

Criminal Justice poster

Criminal Justice 30th June 2008 as Jackie Woolf

Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist 18th December 2007 as Nancy

Racism: A History poster

Racism: A History 21st March 2007 as Narrator (voice)

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

Tsunami: The Aftermath poster

Tsunami: The Aftermath 10th December 2006 as Susie Carter

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Liz 10

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 3rd January 2005 as Self

This World poster

This World 4th January 2004

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka poster

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka 13th November 2003 as Alison Cheney (voice)

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Amanda Roke

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 8th April 2002 as Eve Bowen

Never Never poster

Never Never 5th November 2000 as Jo Weller

The Governor poster

The Governor 14th May 1995 as Moira Levitt

GMTV poster

GMTV 1st January 1993 as Self

Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid 14th November 1991 as Rachel

Dispatches poster

Dispatches 30th October 1987

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Gina Russell

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Melanie

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984

Frontline poster

Frontline 17th January 1983 as Narrator

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Nominee

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

Clarissa poster

Coming soon

Clarissa 11th December 2026 as Clarissa