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Sophie Okonedo at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Sophie Okonedo (born 1968) is an English actress of Nigerian and Jewish heritage who began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her debut in the 1991 film Young Soul Rebels and since then has been acting in movies and TV, as well as on stage. While she is not as well known as other English actresses, she has become a bit better known thanks to her award-winning roles in Hotel Rwanda, The Secret Life Of Bees, and Skin. She was in a relationship with Eoin Martin, an Irish film editor, and their daugher Aoife lives with Sophie in London. As of 2010, Sophie Okonedo was honored with an Order of the British Empire.

Sophie Okonedo has performed in the following roles:

Young Soul Rebels (1991) as Tracy
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) as the Wachati Princess
The Jackal (1997) as the ID counterfeiter
Dirty Pretty Things (2002) as Juliette
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2003 episode) as Eve Bowen
Spooks (2003 episode) as Amanda Roke
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003) as Alison Cheney
Hotel Rwanda (2004) as Tatiana
Aeon Flux (2005) as Sithandra
Stormbreaker (2006) as Mrs Jones
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature (2006) as Anna
Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) as Susie Carter
Oliver Twist (2007 miniseries) as Nancy
The Secret Life of Bees (2007) as May Boatwright
Skin (2008) as Sandra Laing
Doctor Who (2010 episodes "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens") as Queen Elizabeth X (AKA Liz 10)
The Slap (2011) as Aisha

Sophie Okonedo provides examples of the following tropes:

Older Than They Look: Though she is in her forties, viewers of The Secret Life of Bees thought she was in her twenties.
Twofer Token Minority: Black and Jewish, and equally proud of both aspects of her heritage.
You Look Familiar: Voiced Alison Cheney in Scream of the Shalka before playing a bigger role in Doctor Who as Liz 10.

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+[[File:SophieOkonedo08TIFF.jpg|thumb|250px|Sophie Okonedo at the 2008 [[Toronto International Film Festival]].]]
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-Sophie Okonedo (born 1968) is an English actress of Nigerian and Jewish heritage who began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her debut in the 1991 film ''Young Soul Rebels'' and since then has been acting in movies and TV, as well as on stage. While she is not as well known as other English actresses, she has become a bit better known thanks to her award-winning roles in ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', ''[[The Secret Life Of Bees]]'', and ''[[Skin (Film)|Skin]]''. She was in a relationship with Eoin Martin, an Irish film editor, and their daugher Aoife lives with Sophie in London. As of 2010, Sophie Okonedo was honored with an Order of the British Empire.
+'''Sophie Okonedo''' (born 1968) is an English actress of Nigerian and Jewish heritage who began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her debut in the 1991 film ''Young Soul Rebels'' and since then has been acting in movies and TV, as well as on stage. While she is not as well known as other English actresses, she has become a bit better known thanks to her award-winning roles in ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', ''[[The Secret Life Of Bees]]'', and ''[[Skin (film)|Skin]]''. She was in a relationship with Eoin Martin, an Irish film editor, and their daugher Aoife lives with Sophie in London. As of 2010, Sophie Okonedo was honored with an Order of the British Empire.
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-== Roles ==
 * ''Young Soul Rebels'' (1991) as Tracy
 * ''[[Ace Ventura]]: When Nature Calls'' (1995) as the Wachati Princess
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 * ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' (2003 episode) as Eve Bowen
 * ''[[Spooks]]'' (2003 episode) as Amanda Roke
-* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]: Scream of the Shalka'' (2003) as Alison Cheney
+* ''[[Doctor Who]]: Scream of the Shalka'' (2003) as Alison Cheney
 * ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' (2004) as Tatiana
 * ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' (2005) as Sithandra
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 * ''Tsunami: The Aftermath'' (2006) as Susie Carter
 * ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' (2007 miniseries) as Nancy
-* ''[[The Secret Life Of Bees]]'' (2007) as May Boatwright
+* ''[[The Secret Life of Bees]]'' (2007) as May Boatwright
-* ''[[Skin (Film)|Skin]]'' (2008) as Sandra Laing
+* ''[[Skin (film)|Skin]]'' (2008) as Sandra Laing
-* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' (2010 episodes "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens") as Queen Elizabeth X (AKA Liz 10)
+* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2010 episodes "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens") as Queen Elizabeth X (AKA Liz 10)
 * ''[[The Slap]]'' (2011) as Aisha
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+* [[Older Than They Look]]: Though she is in her forties, viewers of ''[[The Secret Life of Bees]]'' thought she was in her twenties.
-== Tropes ==
-* [[Older Than They Look]]: Though she is in her forties, viewers of ''[[The Secret Life Of Bees]]'' thought she was in her twenties.
 * [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Black and Jewish, and equally proud of both aspects of her heritage.
-* [[You Look Familiar]]: Voiced Alison Cheney in ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'' before playing a bigger role in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' as Liz 10.
+* [[You Look Familiar]]: Voiced Alison Cheney in ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'' before playing a bigger role in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as Liz 10.
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