Sophie Okonedo is a British actress and narrator.

Grew in the Chalkhill Estate, part of the Wembley Park district in the London Borough of Brent, Okonedo trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She has worked in many media fields 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.

Okonedo 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).

Sophie Okonedo Parents: Meet Henry Okonedo, Joan Okonedo

Sophie is the daughter of Henry Okonedo and Joan Okonedo.

Sophie’s father Henry Okonedo was born on March 22, 1939, in Lagos, Nigeria.

Henry was a British government worker. He died on July 22, 2009, in London, England, United Kingdom.

Sophie’s mother Joan Okonedo was a Jewish Pilates teacher. She was born in the East End of London.

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