What is Sophie Okonedo?
[[File:Sophie Okonedo (26810957362) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Sophie Okonedo''' {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100%|CBE}} (born 11 August 1968) is an English [[Tony Award]]-winning actress. She was born in [[London]]. She was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' (2004). She also appeared in ''[[Æon Flux (movie)|Æon Flux]]'' (2005), ''[[Skin (2008 movie)|Skin]]'' (2008), ''[[The Secret Life of Bees (movie)|The Secret Life of Bees]]'' (2008), and ''[[Christopher Robin (movie)|Christopher Robin]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=wy5H7xbZrv21zSjHQUj99Q&scan=1 |title=FreeBMD Entry Info |work=www2.freebmd.org.uk |year=2014 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sophie-okonedo-the-best-is-yet-to-come-406911.html|title=David Bowie promises new music 'soon'|date=16 July 2014|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925150813/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sophie-okonedo-the-best-is-yet-to-come-406911.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/357381|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325234046/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/357381|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-03-25|title=Sophie Okonedo|work=BFI}}</ref> Okonedo was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 2010 and Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 2019. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Okonedo, Sophie}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English voice actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:Tony Award winning actors]] {{actor-stub}} [[Category:European Jews]]