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Explore Sophie Okonedo net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! English film actress, who gained notoriety for her performances on Hotel Rwanda and The Secret Lives of Bees. The role she played in Tsunami The Aftermath earned her an Golden Globe nomination, and her performance as a character in A Raisin in the Sun brought her an award for the Tony Award for Best Actress in an featured Role in the play. In this article, we will discover how old is Sophie Okonedo? Who is Sophie Okonedo dating now & how much money does Sophie Okonedo have?

Name	Sophie Okonedo
First Name	Sophie
Last Name	Okonedo
Occupation	Movie Actress
Birthday	August 11
Birth Year	1968
Place of Birth	London
Home Town	England
Birth Country	United Kingdom
Birth Sign	Leo
Full/Birth Name
Parents	Henry Okonedo, Joan Okonedo
Siblings	Not Available
Spouse	Not Known
Children(s)	Aoife Martin

Sophie Okonedo Biography

Sophie Okonedo is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on August 11, 1968 in London, England, United Kingdom. She was May Boatwright opposite Queen Latifah in the film of the same name in The Secret Life of Bees.

Sophie Okonedo CBE (born 11 August 1968) is a British film, theatre and television actress. She began her film career in the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels (1991) before appearing in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) and Stephen Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things (2002).

On stage, Okonedo starred as Cressida in the 1999 Royal National Theatre production of Troilus and Cressida. She made her Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun and received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Ruth Younger.

There was a daughter named Aoife she was with her former lover Eoin Martin.

The actress was nominated to receive an Academy Award for her supporting part on the film Hotel Rwanda.

Okonedo was born on 11 August, 1968 in London, the daughter of Joan (née Allman), a Jewish pilates teacher who was born in the East End of London, and Henry Okonedo (1939–2009), a British Nigerian who worked for the government. Okonedo’s maternal grandparents, who spoke Yiddish, were from families that had emigrated from Poland and Russia. Okonedo was raised in her mother’s Jewish faith. When she was five years old, her father left the family, and she was brought up in relative poverty by her single mother (“but we always had books”, she has said).

Sophie Okonedo Net Worth

Sophie is one of the richest Movie Actress from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sophie Okonedo's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

She studied through her school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before landing small BBC TV appearances.

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Movie Actress
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

Okonedo played the role of Jenny in Danny Brocklehurst’s BAFTA TV Award nominated episode of Paul Abbott’s series Clocking Off. She also played the role of Tulip Jones in the film Stormbreaker (2006) and Nancy in the television adaptation of Oliver Twist (2007). She is also known for playing the role of the Wachati Princess in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995).

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); opposite Sam Neill and Alice Krige as Sandra Laing in Skin (2009), and portrayed Winnie Mandela in the BBC drama Mrs. Mandela broadcast in January 2010.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Okonedo’s breakthrough performance came in 2004, when she co-starred in the film Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina, the wife of Rwandan hotel manager and humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. For this role, she became the second black female Briton to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. She later received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) and BAFTA TV Award nominations for the drama series Criminal Justice (2009) and the television film Mrs. Mandela (2010). Her other film roles include Æon Flux (2005), Skin (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Christopher Robin (2018).

Who is Sophie Okonedo Dating?

According to our records, Sophie Okonedo is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Sophie Okonedo’s is not dating anyone.

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Okonedo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, both for services to drama.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Sophie Okonedo height 5 ft 8 in Sophie weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height	5 ft 8 in
Weight	Not Known
Body Measurements	Under Review
Eye Color	Not Available
Hair Color	Not Available
Feet/Shoe Size	Not Available

She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004) and nominated for a Golden Globe Award for a Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her work in Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006).

Okonedo trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. 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. In 2010, Okonedo portrayed Liz Ten (Queen Elizabeth X) in the BBC TV series Doctor Who episodes “The Beast Below” and again briefly in “The Pandorica Opens”.

Facts & Trivia

Sophie Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Sophie Okonedo celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year.

Okonedo was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours.

What ethnicity is Sophie Okonedo?

Early life. Okonedo was born on 11 August 1968 in London, the daughter of Joan (née Allman), a Jewish pilates teacher who was born in the East End of London, and Henry Okonedo (1939–2009), a British Nigerian who worked for the government.

Is Sophie Okonedo a Nigerian?

Sophie Okonedo – Born to a Nigerian father and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother in London, U.K., actress Sophie Okonedo has starred in several critically acclaimed British and American productions. Her performance in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda earned her an Academy Award nomination.

Is Sophie Okonedo mixed?

Her mixed-race heritage was picked over (her mother is Jewish, her father Nigerian); ditto her parents’ separation when she was five.

Can Sophie Okonedo sing?

Sophie Okonedo, OBE (born 1968) is a British actress and singer, who has starred in both successful British and American productions.

Is Sophie Okonedo black?

Sophie was born in August 1968 in London, the daughter of a Jewish mom and a Nigerian dad. 2. She used to ask if she was adopted. In the 70s, growing up as a young black girl with a white mom, she was confused.

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