Movies
LITHE and striking, with more than a hint of retro-futurist glamour in her kinky, corkscrew curls and asymmetrical earrings, Sophie Okonedo seems a far cry from the plainly resolute woman she portrays in “Hotel Rwanda.”
Nov. 14, 2004
Sophie Okonedo: The actress who found mainstream fame in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ takes a Southern turn in the civil rights-era drama ‘The Secret Life of Bees.’
Oct. 16, 2008
Awards
“A Raisin in the Sun” director Kenny Leon was talking to reporters backstage after winning a Tony Award when Sophie Okonedo, who acts in the play he directed, won a Tony for featured actress in a play.
June 9, 2014
Television
“Undercover,” a miniseries premiering Wednesday on BBC America, is not what it appears to be at first.
Nov. 16, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo star in the National Theatre’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” Here’s how to watch for free.
May 7, 2020
“Everyone deserves a defense,” David Tennant’s ace barrister Will Burton tells his closest rival, Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo), early in “The Escape Artist,” a tense, taut legal thriller beginning Sunday on the PBS series “Mystery!”
June 14, 2014
“Ratched” stars Sarah Paulson, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo and Cynthia Nixon discuss their Netflix series, life in Hollywood and costar Judy Davis.
Sept. 18, 2020
Archives
Long before they turned in Oscar-worthy performances on the big screen, most of tonight’s Academy Award nominees had their start on the little screen, including Don Cheadle, “Picket Fences”; Jaime Foxx, “In Living Color”; Annette Bening, “Miami Vice”; Imelda Staunton, British miniseries such as “The Singing Detective”; Kate Winslet, British TV series “Dark Season”; Cate Blanchett, Australian miniseries “Bordertown”; Sophie Okonedo, British TV series “The Governor”; Alan Alda, “MASH”; and Clive Owen, British detective series “Second Sight.”
Feb. 20, 2005
In a Broadway season in which revivals have eclipsed new plays it was still a surprise that the American drama that spoke most urgently to our time was Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.”
June 6, 2014
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June 12, 2016