Sophie Okonedo

**Sophie Okonedo** (an haife ta a ranar 11 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1968) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce kuma mai ba da labari. Mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Tony, an zabi ta don lambar yabo ta Kwalejin, lambar yabo ta BAFTA TV guda uku, lambar yabo ce ta Emmy, lambar yabo biyu ta Laurence Olivier, da lambar yabo ta Golden Globe. An nada ta Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin 2010 Birthday Honors da Kwamandan Order of the Birtaniya Empire (CBE) a cikin 2019 New Year Honors, duka biyu don hidimomi ga wasan kwaikwayo. 

Bayan ta horar da ita a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ta fito a matsayin Cressida a cikin 1999 Royal National Theatre production na *Troilus da Cressida* . Ta yi ta farko a Broadway ta nuna Ruth Younger a cikin farfadowar 2014 na Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun wanda ta lashe kyautar Tony don Mafi kyawun Actress a cikin Play . Ta koma Broadway a matsayin Elizabeth Proctor a cikin farfadowar Arthur Miller's The Crucible na 2016 wanda aka zaba ta don lambar yabo ta Tony ta biyu. Ta koma mataki tana nuna Cleopatra daga 2018 zuwa 2019 a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasa na *Antony da Cleopatra* wanda aka zaba ta don lambar yabo ta Laurence Olivier don 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau.

Ta *Fata* aikin fim dinta a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya mai suna Young Soul Rebels (1991) kafin ta bayyana a cikin Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), da Stephen Frears's Dirty Pretty Things (2002). Matsayinta na gagarumin aiki shine a matsayin Tatiana Rusesabagina a cikin Otal Rwanda (2004) wanda ta sami lambar yabo ta Kwalejin don Kyautattun 'yan wasan kwaikwayo. Ta ci gaba da yin fina-finai kamar Æon Flux (2005), Martian Child (2007), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Skin (2008), *Christopher Robin* (2018), Wild Rose (2018), da Death on the Nile (2022).

Don aikinta na talabijin ta sami Kyautar Golden Globe Award don miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006), uku BAFTA TV Award ga Mrs. Mandela (2010), Criminal Justice (2010) da Criminal: UK (2021). An kuma zabi ta don kyautar Primetime Emmy don rawar da ta taka a Ratched (2020). An kuma san ta da Uba & Ɗa (2009), The Hollow Crown (2016), Wanderlust (2018), da Flack (2019-2020).

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Okonedo a ranar 11 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1968   a Landan, 'yar Joan (née Allman), malamin Pilates na Yahudawa wanda aka haife shi a East End na Landan, da Henry Okonedo (1939-2009), Dan Najeriya na Burtaniya wanda ya yi aiki ga gwamnati. Kakannin mahaifiyar Okonedo, waɗanda ke magana da Yiddish, sun fito ne daga iyalai da suka yi hijira daga Poland da Rasha. Okonedo ta girma ne a cikin bangaskiyar mahaifiyarta ta Yahudawa.

Mahaifinta ya tafi lokacin da Okonedo ke da shekaru biyar, ya koma Najeriya kuma ya fara sabuwar iyali. Mahaifiyarta ta tashe ta a cikin Chalkhill Estate, wani ɓangare na gundumar Wembley Park a cikin London Borough of Brent .  Daga nan sai ta horar da ita a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . 

## Ayyuka
Ta yi aiki a kafofin watsa labarai da yawa ciki har da fim, talabijin, gidan wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo. Ta yi aiki a cikin Scream of the Shalka, gidan yanar gizo wanda ya danganci jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Dokta-linkid="132" href="./BBC" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BBC">BBC Doctor Who a matsayin Alison Cheney, aboki Doctor. Kazalika da samar da muryar halayen, an yi amfani da kamannin Okonedo don motsa jiki na halayen. A shekara ta 2010, Okonedo ta nuna Liz Ten (Queen Elizabeth X) a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen BBC Doctor Who "The Beast Below" kuma a takaice a cikin "The Pandorica Open".

Okonedo ta taka rawar Jenny a cikin Kyautar BAFTA TV ta Danny Brocklehurst da aka zaba a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen Paul Abbott na Clocking Off . Ta kuma taka rawar Tulip Jones a fim din *Stormbreaker* (2006) da Nancy a cikin shirye-shiryen talabijin na *Oliver Twist* (2007). An kuma san ta da taka rawar Wachati Princess a *Ace Ventura: Lokacin da Yanayi ya Kira* (1995). A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2017, Michael Caton-Jones ya bayyana cewa, a shekara ta 1998, ya zaɓi Okonedo ya zama tauraro a B. Monkey . Koyaya, mai shirya fim ɗin, Harvey Weinstein, ya haramta wannan saboda 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ba ta sadu da son jima'i ba.

An zabi ta don lambar yabo ta Kwalejin a cikin rukunin 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau don rawar da ta *Fata* a matsayin Tatiana Rusesabagina a Hotel Rwanda (2004) kuma an zabi ta don Kyautar Golden Globe don 'yar wasan motsa jiki a cikin Miniseries don aikinta a Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006). Ta taka leda tare da Sarauniya Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys da Dakota Fanning a matsayin May Boatwright, wata mace da ke fama da baƙin ciki, a cikin fim din The Secret Life of Bees (2008); a gaban Sam Neill da Alice Krige a matsayin Sandra Laing a cikin Skin (2009); kuma ta nuna Winnie Mandela a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na BBC Mrs. Mandela da aka watsa a watan Janairun 2010. 

A shekara ta 2014 ta bayyana a Broadway a matsayin Ruth Younger a cikin farfadowar A Raisin in the Sun . Ta lashe lambar yabo ta Tony, Mafi kyawun Ayyuka ta 'yar wasan kwaikwayo a cikin rawar da aka nuna a cikin wasan kwaikwayo don wannan rawar, ta doke abokin tarayya da kuma ɗan'uwan Anika Noni Rose .  A cikin 2016, Okonedo ya koma Broadway a cikin samar da Ivo van Hove na Arthur Miller's The Crucible a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Walter Kerr a matsayin Elizabeth Proctor a gaban Bill Camp, Tavi Gevinson, Jason Butler Harner, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Thomas Jay Ryan da Ben Whishaw .  Har ila yau, a cikin 2016, Okonedo ta bayyana a matsayin Sarauniya Margaret a karo *Na biyu* na BBC's The Hollow Crown, karɓar wasan kwaikwayo na Shakespearean Henry VI, Sashe na I, II, III da Richard III. Ta yi rawar Stevie a cikin farfadowar West End na 2017 na wasan kwaikwayon The *Goat, ko Wanene Sylvia?* , na Edward Albee. Ian Rickson ne ya ba da umarni kuma ya fito da Damian Lewis a matsayin Martin, gabatarwar farko ta samarwa ta kasance a ranar 24 ga Maris 2017, da dare na buɗewa a ranar 5 ga Afrilu 2017, kuma wasan karshe a ranar 24 ta Yuni 2017, a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Royal Haymarket. 

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2013, Okonedo ya taka rawar Hunter a cikin shirye-shiryen rediyo na BBC na Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, wanda Dirk Maggs ya daidaita. Ta nuna Siuan Sanche a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin The Wheel of Time daga 2021 zuwa 2025.  A shekara ta 2024 an zabi ta don lambar yabo ta Olivier don 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau don taka rawar gani a *Medea* a @soho . 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Okonedo tana da 'yar daya, daga dangantakar da take da ita da editan fim na Irish Eoin Martin,  kuma tana zaune a Muswell Hill, London. A kan al'adun ta, Okonedo ya ce, "Ina alfahari da kasancewa Bayahude kamar yadda nake jin Black" kuma tana kiran 'yarta "Irish, Bayahude na Najeriya". Ya zuwa 2023, Okonedo ta auri Jamie Chalmers, mai ginawa, kuma ita ce mahaifiyar 'ya'yansa biyu.

## Daraja
An nada Okonedo a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin 2010 Birthday Honours  da Kwamandan Order of the Birtaniya Empire (CBE) a cikin 2019 New Year Honours, duka don hidimomi ga wasan kwaikwayo. 

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2024, Okonedo ya karbi lambar yabo ta Richard Harris a BIFAs ta 2024. 

## Hotunan fina-finai

### Talabijin

## Gidan wasan kwaikwayo

Ta kuma ɗauki matsayin Siuan a cikin The Wheel of Time (2025).

## Kyaututtuka da gabatarwa

**Kyautar gidan wasan kwaikwayo**

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