Known for:	Hotel Rwanda / Æon Flux / Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Birthday:	1 January 1969, London, England, UK
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)

Having spent over a decade toiling in the world of independent film, Sophie Okonedo has certainly earned her current status as a sought-after actress -- though this hasn’t stopped her from taking on roles based on their merits rather than their size. Though she’s been a staple in the British scene for years now, Sophie has only recently come to the attention of North American viewers thanks to her Oscar-nominated performance in 2004’s Hotel Rwanda.
Trained at RADA She is of half Nigerian/half European-Jewish heritage, but is a born and raised Brit. Has a daughter, Aoife, from a relationship with Irish film editor Eoin Martin. She is no longer with him. Invited to join AMPAS in 2005. She is a graduate of Cambridge University. In 2005, Okenedo became the first black actress since Angela Bassett in 1994 to receive an NAACP Image Award nomination for the same role in which she was nominated for an Oscar. Previous Oscar nominees Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Halle Berry and Queen Latifah were not nominated by the NAACP for the same roles.

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