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Sophie Okonedo

(1968) Film Actor United Kingdom

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Sophie Okonedo is a film actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Sophie Okonedo

Born: August 11, 1968
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Film Actor

About Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo is a British actress and narrator. The recipient of a Tony Award, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTA TV Awards, an Emmy Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019 New Year Honours, both for services to drama.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Theatre World Award Officer of the Order of the British Empire Commander of the Order of the British Empire Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress

Quotes by Sophie Okonedo · Page 2

To get an award for something you are having a ball doing is a real buzz.

Award

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I dont like going for more than a year without doing theater. I dont mind falling flat on my face so long…

Extraordinary

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Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.

Actor

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I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to…

Actress

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The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

Deeply

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My main form of exercise is my bike. I don't have a car, so I cycle everywhere.

Bike

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I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are…

Death

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When I do things that aren't very good, I'm worse as an actor. I don't know what I pick up - but…

Actor

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It was a dream to be on Broadway as a kid, so to actually end up there, I loved it.

Broadway

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Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money…

Absolute

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The tried and tested becomes very boring. There's no way that the British equivalent of a Bryan Cranston would get the lead…

Bad

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I'm not from an acting family. I'm from a working class family.

Acting

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I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm…

Because

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The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they…

About

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I always find something in all the characters I play. I fall in love with them a little bit.

Always

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I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.

Across

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I listen much better when I'm acting than I do in real life.

Acting

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My first love is a wonderful script. It's the story.

First

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But I'll tell you what I'm really bad at: I don't concentrate on what I'm doing, so I constantly lose things. I…

Bad

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There is a lot more opportunity now, and I welcome all the conversations we are having about diversity, about women and about…

Communication

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I can't, for example, Google myself, because I am very sensitive.

Example

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My main form of exercise is my bike. I dont have a car, so I cycle everywhere.

Bike

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With everything in my life, I don't think too much ahead.

Ahead

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I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get…

Ashamed

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