Okwui Okpokwasili

**Okwui Okpokwasili** ( /ˈ oʊ k w i oʊkˈpoʊkwəsɪli / ; [ 1 ] an haife ta a ranar 6 , 1972) 'yar Najeriya ce 'yar Amurka, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, mai wasan kwaikwayo, mai tsara rawa, kuma marubuciya. Ayyukanta na fannoni daban-daban sun dogara ne akan horon da ta samu a wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ta bayyana aikinta a matsayin "mahaɗar wasan kwaikwayo, rawa, da shigarwa." An san Okpokwasili da fitowa a matsayin Vertigo a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin *na Agatha All Along* .

Da yawa daga cikin ayyukanta sun shafi abubuwan tarihi a Najeriya. Tana da sha'awar tunawa da al'adu da tarihi da kuma yadda tunanin Yammacin duniya ke fahimtar jikin Afirka.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Okpokwasili a ranar 6 ga Agusta, 1972, a Bronx, New York, 'yar 'yar asalin 'yan asalin Najeriya 'yan kabilar Igbo waɗanda suka ƙaura zuwa Amurka don tserewa Yaƙin Basasa na Najeriya a ƙarshen shekarun 1960.   Ta halarci Jami'ar Yale, inda ta haɗu da mai shirya fina-finai Andrew Rossi, wanda ya yi shirin gaskiya game da fim ɗinta na *Bronx Gothic* . 

## Sana'a
Okpokwasili ta zama babbar jaruma a fagen rawa na gwaji na New York. Ta shahara da wasannin kwaikwayo na mace ɗaya da dama da kuma haɗin gwiwarta akai-akai tare da Ralph Lemon da Peter Born, mijinta. An haife ta sau da yawa tana jagorantar da tsara fitilu da shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo na Okpokwasili. [1]

An kuma san ta da rawar da ta taka a cikin bidiyon waƙar Jay-Z " 4:44 ", daga kundin waƙar mai suna iri ɗaya . 

A watan Afrilun 2017, ta yi wasa a Mass MOCA, inda ta mayar da martani ga babban aikin shigarwa na Nick Cave *Har zuwa* wani rawa na musamman a wurin. Cibiyar rawa ta Jacob's Pillow ce ta dauki nauyin wasan kwaikwayon; mai horar da mawaka Bill T. Jones ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a baya a cikin jerin masu fasaha da ke mayar da martani ga shigarwar Cave. 

Ta taka rawar KK a fim ɗin Josephine Decker na 2018, *Madeline na Madeline* . 

A cikin wani wasan kwaikwayo, Okpokwasili ya yi rawar Hippolyta a cikin shirin Julie Taymor na 2013 na Shakespeare 's *A Midsummer Night's Dream* . 

A shekarar 2023, Okpokwasili ta fito a fim din *[[Mai fitar da aljanu: Mai bi|The Exorcist: Believer]]* tare da Leslie Odom Jr. 

A shekarar 2024, Okpokwasili ya buga wasan Vertigo na Seven na Salem a cikin *Agatha All Along* . 

## Ayyuka

### ''Pent Up: Rawar ramuwar gayya''
Wannan shine aikinta na farko da ta yi tare da mijinta Born. Ta lashe kyautar rawa ta New York a shekarar 2010 da kuma kyautar Bessie ta 2009 don fitar da kayan aiki mai kyau. Wannan aikin ya mayar da hankali ne kan uwa da 'ya mace, kuma ya yi la'akari da rikice-rikicen al'adu da tsararraki.

### ''Bronx Gothic''
A cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayo na minti 90 na mace ɗaya, wanda ta kuma shirya, Okpokwasili ta taka rawar wasu ƙananan 'yan mata baƙaƙe guda biyu suna magana game da girma, jin rauni, da kuma gano sha'awar jima'i. Yayin da masu kallo suka shiga, ta riga ta hau kan dandamali kuma tana rawar jiki a cikin duhu. Daga ƙarshe, ta fara magana game da tattaunawar 'yan matan biyu a cikin tattaunawa. 

Aikin shine batun wani shirin gaskiya na Andrew Rossi wanda ke ɗauke da taken aikin.  Fim ɗin ya haskaka tsarin ƙirƙirar aikin; ya haɗa da faifan bidiyo na Okpokwasili da ke amsa tambayoyi daga masu sauraro lokacin da ta zagaya aikin, da tattaunawa mai ma'ana da mijinta game da launin fata; kuma ya nuna iyayenta da martaninsu ga fasaharta.  Mai sukar al'adu Hilton Als ta yaba da wannan aikin a cikin wani bita na 2017 na *Poor People's TV Room* .  Danspace Project and Performance Space 122 ne ya ba da umarnin wannan aikin a cikin 2014. 

## Manazarta