# Moyo Akandé

Moyo Akandé is a Scottish actress.

## Early life and education

Moyo Akandé grew up in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Her sister, Morayo Akandé, is a writer and producer.
As a teenager, Moyo auditioned for the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School and landed a place.
Akandé trained as an actress at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2008.

## Career

In 2017, Akandé produced and starred in 1745 alongside her sister. The short film focuses on two sisters torn from their home in Nigeria for slavery, who start a perilous journey from foreign hands through the Scottish Highlands in search of freedom. 1745 won the Best Short Film Award at the Africa International Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, 2017. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 in London and BAFTA Scotland in the same year.
In 2019, Akandé appeared in four episodes of the Scottish comedy-drama Guilt.
In 2023, Akandé appeared in the biographical film Tetris. In May 2023, she appeared as Shelley in series 8 of the dark comedy series Inside No. 9; the episode was titled "Paraskevidekatriaphobia", a fear of Friday the 13th.

## Acting credits
### Film & television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Lip Service | Receptionist | 1 episode; credited as Moyo Ominiyi |
| 2010 | Taggart | Kerrie MacDonald | Series 27, 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Bob Servant | Radio Producer | Series 1 episode 1: Launch Day |
| 2015 | The Atkin Sisters | Emma Atkin | Short film; also producer |
| 2017 | 1745 | Emma Atkin | Short film; also script developer |
| 2017 | Porridge | Officer Gemmell | Series 1 episode 2: The Cake |
| 2017 | The Rebel | DS Freeman | Series 2, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Only an Excuse? | Newsreader | |
| 2018 | Vera | SSI Sally Peters | Series 8 episode 4: Darkwater |
| 2018 | The Hurricane Heist | Jaqi | |
| 2018 | Make Me Up | Farrah | |
| 2018 | The Cry | Defence Lawyer | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Still Game | Interviewer | Series 9 episode 2: Cat's Whiskers |
| 2019 | Guilt | Tina Hicks | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Demon Headmaster | Kerri George | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Rock, Paper, Scissors | N/A | Short film; producer |
| 2021 | Zebra Girl | Detective Reese | |
| 2021 | Annika | Mel Hetherington | Series 1 episode 3 |
| 2021 | Agatha Raisin | Sybilla Triast-Perkins | Series 4 episode 3: A Spoonful of Poison |
| 2022 | The Wedding | Mary | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Up on the Roof | Kate | |
| 2023 | Tetris | Lincoln's executive secretary | |
| 2023 | Crime | Maria Pearson | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Inside No. 9 | Shelley | Series 8 episode 3: Paraskevidekatriaphobia |
| TBA | Man & Witch | Holy Woman | Currently in post-production |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 2008 | The Wizard of Oz | A tree | |
| 2009 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | The Queen | Crescent Theatre |
| 2012 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Muzzy | Watermill Theatre |
| 2013 | Macbeth | Witch | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2014 | The Lightning Child | Caster Semenya | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2015 | Skins & Hoods | George | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| 2018 | The Two Noble Kinsmen | Hippolyta | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2019 | Interference | Ida | City Park, Glasgow |