theOscarSite facts:
Birth Date:
  • 1 January 1969
Birthplace:
  • London, England, UK
Personal Quote:
  • "I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening."
Factoid:
  • 2005: First black actress since Angela Bassett in 1994 to receive an NAACP Image Award nomination for the same role in which she was nominated for an Oscar®.
Education:
  • Cambridge University (England)
  • Trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London.
Family:
  • Parents are Nigerian and European Jewish
  • Daughter, Aoife, from relationship with Irish film editor Eoin Martin.
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: The Secret Life of Bees
  • 2008: Skin
  • 2007: Martian Child
  • 2006: Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Stormbreaker
  • 2005: Æon Flux
  • 2004: Hotel Rwanda
  • 2003: Cross My Heart
  • 2002: Dirty Pretty Things
  • 2001: Once Seen
  • 2000: Peaches
  • 1999: Mad Cow, This Year's Love
  • 1997: The Jackal
  • 1995: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Go Now
  • 1991: Young Soul Rebels
Academy Awards®:
  •  Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supportiing Role 2004: HOTEL RWANDA

  • 1 nomination