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{{Infobox Actor
|image      = [[File:Sophie okonedo405.jpg|250px]]
|actor name  = Sophie Okonedo
|role        = [[Liz Ten]] <br> [[Alison Cheney]]
|birth date  = [[1st January|1 January]] [[1969]] (age 41) <br> [[London]], [[England]]
|death date  =
|acting      = Young Soul Rebels <br> Criminal Justice <br> Father & Son <br> [[Doctor Who]] <br> Casualty <br>
|imdb_id    = nm0645683
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'''Sophie Okonedo''' (born [[1st January]] 1969) is a London-born actress who in 2003 provided the voice of [[Alison Cheney]], companion to the "[[Shalka Doctor]]" in the 2003 [[BBC]] animated webcast serial, ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''. Okonedo likely would have continued to play Alison in future webcasts, had the announcement of [[BBC Wales]]' revival of the television not closed the book on further productions of this type.
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|image      = Sophie okonedo405.jpg
|birth date =[[11 August (people)|11 August]] [[1968 (people)|1968]]
|role      = [[Elizabeth X|Liz Ten]]
|non dwu    =
|imdb      = 0645683
|job title = [[Actor]]
|story = [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'';<br/>[[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'' & ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''|time=2003, 2010
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'''Sophie Okonedo, CBE''' (born [[11 August (people)|11 August]] [[1968 (people)|1968]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sophie-okonedo.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>) is a [[London]]-born actress who in 2003 provided the voice of [[Alison Cheney]], companion to the "[[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Shalka Doctor]]" in the [[BBC]] animated webcast serial ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''. Okonedo likely would have continued to play Alison in future webcasts had the announcement of [[BBC Wales]]' revival of the television not closed the book on further productions of this type. Amongst ''Doctor Who'' fans, she is now better known as [[Elizabeth X|Liz 10]], a character she played in ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'' and ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', episodes from the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''Doctor Who''.


Okonedo went on to appear in the film ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first actress in a leading role in an official ''Doctor Who'' production to achieve such an honour after appearing in ''Doctor Who''. In 2010, [[Carey Mulligan]] became the only other actress to date to receive such an honour when she received the [[BAFTA]] for Best Actress for her role in "An Education" after having portrayed [[Sally Sparrow]] in 2007s "[[Blink]]". Her other credits include the TV series ''Criminal Justice'' and the science fiction film ''Aeon Flux''.
== Career ==
Okonedo is one of the premier British actors of the early 21st century. She appeared in the film ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Some of Okonedo's other credits include the TV series ''Criminal Justice'' and the science fiction film ''Aeon Flux''.


In February 2010 it was announced that Okonedo will portray the Masked Woman in the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] episode [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/episode-titles-revealed.html] The "Masked Woman" was in fact [[Elizabeth the Tenth]], Queen of Starship UK.
She was made an {{w|Officer of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire}} two days before the broadcast of ''The Pandorica Opens'', her second appearance in televised ''Doctor Who''.


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== Footnotes ==
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
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[[Category:Tony Award winners]]
[[Category:Royal Television Society Award winners]]
[[Category:Academy Award nominees]]
[[Category:Golden Globe Award nominees]]
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[[Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential]]
[[Category:BAFTA award nominees]]
[[Category:Screen Actors Guild Award nominees]]
[[Category:OFTA Award nominees]]
[[Category:Laurence Olivier Award nominees]]


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Sophie Okonedo, CBE (born 11 August 1968[1]) is a London-born actress who in 2003 provided the voice of Alison Cheney, companion to the "Shalka Doctor" in the BBC animated webcast serial Scream of the Shalka. Okonedo likely would have continued to play Alison in future webcasts had the announcement of BBC Wales' revival of the television not closed the book on further productions of this type. Amongst Doctor Who fans, she is now better known as Liz 10, a character she played in The Beast Below and The Pandorica Opens, episodes from the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Okonedo is one of the premier British actors of the early 21st century. She appeared in the film Hotel Rwanda, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Some of Okonedo's other credits include the TV series Criminal Justice and the science fiction film Aeon Flux.

She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire two days before the broadcast of The Pandorica Opens, her second appearance in televised Doctor Who.

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  1. ↑ Famous Birthdays
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