Amaka Okafor
Biography
Sally Amaka Okafor is a British actress. She is known for her work in theatre, and her roles in the film Greatest Days (2023) as well as the BBC One series The Responder (2022) and the Netflix series Bodies (2023). Okafor was born in Birmingham to a Nigerian reggae artist father and an Indian journalist mother, and moved around the UK growing up. She studied theatre devising at Liverpool John...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2023
Sweet Sue
As: Anita
- 2023
Bodies
As: Shahara Hasan
- 2023
Greatest Days
As: Zoe
- 2022
The Responder
As: DI Deborah Barnes
- 2022
The Responder
As: Debs
- 2021
Upon the Edge
As: Zara
- 2021
Grace
As: DC Emma Jane Boutwood
- 2020
Des
As: Emily
- 2019
National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
As: Meredith Ikeji
- 2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
As: Lady Macduff
- 2018
The Split
As: Chloe
- 2018
Hamlet
As: Guildenstern
- 2017
National Theatre Live: Peter Pan
As: Jane
- 2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
As: Stage Manager / Official
- 2015
Kicking Off
As: Caroline
- 2011
Vera
As: Laura Whitelock
- 2009
Grandpa in My Pocket
As: Jasmine
- 2000
Doctors
As: Brianna Quinn
- 2000
Doctors
As: Petra Keane
- 1984
The Bill
As: Ola Seeiso