Jessica Oyelowo’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British actress
Is Musician 
Actor 
Composer 
From United Kingdom 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Music 
Gender female
Birth 1 January 1978, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England
Age: 42 years
Family
Spouse: David Oyelowo

Jessica Oyelowo (née Watson; 1978) is an English actress.

Early life

She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich and spent her childhood in Suffolk. She attended Woodbridge School as a child and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre.

Career

In 2006, she starred as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones in Mayo and went on to appear in Murphy’s Law alongside James Nesbitt, in 2007. She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as Olaudah Equiano) in Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story, a radio play adapting Equiano’s autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. This was first broadcast on BBC 7 on 8 April 2007.

Personal life

Oyelowo resides in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California with her husband, actor David Oyelowo. They met while attending drama school. They have four children. They formerly resided in Brighton, England.

Both she and her husband are “committed Christians”.

Filmography

Film

  • Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Sarah
  • Madame Bovary (2000) as Felicite
  • Don Quixote (2000) as 1st Handmaiden
  • The Sight (2000) as Isobel
  • The Deal (2003) as Make-up Artist
  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) as Princess Margaret
  • Inseparable (2008) as Camille Hutton
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Woman with Large Poitrine in Red Queen Court
  • Captive (2015) as Meredith MacKenzie
  • A United Kingdom (2016) as Lady Lilly Canning

Television

  • Unfinished Business (1999, 2 episodes) as Flora
  • People Like Us (1999, 1 episode) as Emma ‘The Lodger’
  • Reach for the Moon (2000, 1 episode) as Claire Jones
  • Lee Evans: So What Now? (2001, 1 episode) as Swinger
  • Helen West (2002, 2 episodes) as Rose Darvey
  • Hex (2004, 2 episodes) as Rachel McBain
  • The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006, 8 episodes) as DS Alex Jones
  • Murphy’s Law (2007, 3 episodes) as D.C. Jackie Cole
  • Off the Map (2011, 1 episode) as Chloe
  • Childrens Hospital (2012, 1 episode) as Mother

Short films

  • “Big Guy” (2009) as Bear Vendor
  • “Rahab” (2011) as Rahab

Stage work

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (as Roxanne) at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2006
  • Ana in Love (play) at Hackney Empire for Inside Intelligence 2007
  • As You Like It (Rosalind) for Inside Intelligence 1997, her professional debut
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