Sophie Okonedo Father: Who Is Henry Okonedo?

Henry Okonedo was the father of British actress and narrator Sophie Okonedo.

He was born on March 22, 1939, in Lagos, Nigeria.

Henry was a British government worker. He died on July 22, 2009, in London, England, United Kingdom.

Aside from these facts, Henry’s other details are not known.

However, his daughter Sophie Okonedo is a British actress and narrator.

Raised in the Chalkhill Estate, part of the Wembley Park district in the London Borough of Brent, Okonedo trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She has worked in many media fields including film, television, theatre, and audio drama. She performed in Scream of the Shalka, a webcast based on the BBC television series Doctor Who as Alison Cheney, a companion of the Doctor.

Okonedo began her film career in the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels (1991) before appearing in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), and Stephen Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things (2002).

She has received Tony Award, Okonedo has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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