Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Birthday:Aug 11, 1968
Place of birth:London, England, UK

Filmography

2008
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

Family Adventure Drama Coming-of-Age Adventure Coming-of-Age Drama
7.2

20081h 54min

United States

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

2007
Martian Child

Martian Child

Comedy Drama Family Drama
6.7

20071h 46min

United States

Director: Menno Meyjes

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

2004
Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

Drama History War Historical Event Historical Drama
8.1

20042h 2min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Terry George

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

2002
Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Psychological Drama
7.2

20021h 37min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Stephen Frears

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Crime Comedy Adventure
6.4

19951h 30min

United States

Director: Steve Oedekerk

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.