Adjoa Andoh is a British actress, writer and voice-over artist. She is known for her work in UK theatres, such as the RSC, National Theatre, Royal Court Theater and Almeida Theatre. She is also known for her roles in the TV series, Casualty (1993, 2000–03), and Doctor Who (2006), and the Hollywood film, Invictus (2009).
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Adjoa Andoh was born as ‘Adjoa Aiboum Helen Andoh’ on Monday, January 14, 1963 (age 57 years; as in 2020), in Clifton, Bristol, England. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. She grew up in Wickwar, Gloucestershire. She did her schooling from Katherine Lady Berkeley School, Gloucestershire. He began studying law at Bristol Polytechnic but left college after two years to pursue a career in acting.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Eye colour: dark brown
Hair Color: Black
Family and ethnicity
Adjoa’s mother was English and worked as a teacher, and her father was a Ghanaian musician and journalist who worked for British Aerospace. She has a brother, Yeofie. She married Howard Connell, a lecturer, in 2001, and the couple have three children; two daughters, Jessie and Daisy, and one son, Liam (trans male).
livelihood
in theaters
After leaving his college, Adjoa began his acting career as a theater artist in a youth theater company called Theater Center based in Islington. He has worked extensively in theatre, and his best-known work includes His Dark Materials, Stuff Happens and The Revengers Tragedy, A Streetcar Named Desire, Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine, The Odyssey, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Nights at the Circus, The. Controversy and Pericles, The Vagina Monologues, Starstruck, and In the Red and Brown Water.
Adjoa Andoh as a theater artist
He has worked for many theater companies, such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Lyric Hammersmith, Derby Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Manchester Continuation RSC, National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theater and The Young Vic.
In television, films and radio
She was part of the BBC’s Radio Drama Company and has appeared in some radio programmes, such as The Blade of the Prisoner (1991), Planet B (2009), and The Archers (2019). She made her television debut in the role of ‘Karen’ in the series EastEnders (1990–1991).
He has starred in several British series, such as Waiting for God (1992), Casualty (1993, 2000–03), The Tomorrow People (1995), Close Relations (1998), Jonathan Creek (1999), Doctor Who (2006). , Wire in the Blood (2007), Law & Order: UK (2011), Wizards vs. Aliens (2014), Line of Duty (2016), and Death in Paradise (2018). He has also starred in the web series, Silent Witness (2020) and Bridgerton (2020). She started her film career as ‘Marian’ in the 1991 film London South West. She has starred in films such as What My Mother Told Me (1995), Every Time You Look at Me (2004), The Shadow in the North (2007), Brotherhood (2016), and The Fractured (2019), to name a few. She made her Hollywood debut in the film Invictus (2009) in the role of ‘Brenda Mazibuko’, Nelson Mandela’s chief of staff.
Adjoa Andoh in Invictus (2009)
Other work
She has voiced several audiobooks, including The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, The Imperial Raid Trilogy by Ann Leckie, The Imperial Raid Series Trilogy by Ann Leckie, The Lagoon with Ben Onwukwe by Nnedi Okorafor, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Are. , and The Power by Naomi Alderman (former US President Barack Obama’s favorite book of 2017). He has also lent his voice to several video games, including Fable, Age of Canon, Dante’s Inferno, The Secret World, Dreamfall Chapters, and Horizon Zero Dawn. She is also an author and has written for films and several radio programmes. He wrote the film What My Mother Told Me (1995); He also acted in the film.
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Awards and Achievements
- 2018 Audi Award for Science Fiction for the audiobook, Provence, with Ann Leckie
- Audio Book of the Year Award for Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009)
favorite things
- Book: Meridian by Alice Walker
- Singer: Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway
- Play: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train by Stephen Edley Guirgis
Facts/General Knowledge
- In her free time she likes going to the theatre, watching movies, cooking and going to jazz sessions in pubs.
- She was inspired to become an actress after watching David Hare’s play Plenty. She was 16 years old at that time.
- When she completed her A-levels, she got a job at Lloyds TSB bank for a year; She became bored with her job and applied to the law program at Bristol Polytechnic. While studying law, she joined a group of black women and began attending drama and acting classes.
- In November 2019, he signed a letter in support of Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and also endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election.
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