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Adjoa Andoh HonFRSL (born 14 January 1963) [1] is a British actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. On television, she appeared in two series of Doctor Who as Francine Jones, 90 episodes of the BBC's long-running medical drama Casualty, and BBC's EastEnders. Andoh made her Hollywood debut in autumn 2009, starring as Nelson Mandela's Chief of Staff Brenda Mazibuko alongside Morgan Freeman as Mandela in Clint Eastwood's drama film Invictus. Since 2020, she portrays Lady Danbury in the Netflix Regency romance series Bridgerton. In July 2022, Andoh became an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Adjoa Andoh HonFRSL
Andoh in 2009
Born	Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh (1963-01-14) 14 January 1963 (age 59) Clifton, Bristol, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Howard Cunnell
Children	3

Early life and education

Andoh was born in Clifton, Bristol.[2] Her mother, a teacher, was English, and her father was a journalist and musician from Ghana.[3] Andoh grew up in Wickwar in Gloucestershire,[4] and attended Katharine Lady Berkeley's School.[2] She started studying law at Bristol Polytechnic, but left after two years to pursue an acting career.[2]

Career

Film, television, radio

Andoh was a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company.[5] Her television credits include Casualty (she played Colette Griffiths (née Kierney) from 2000 until 2003), Jonathan Creek, EastEnders (where she played jazz singer Karen, the lodger of Rachel Kominski in 1991), and The Tomorrow People (where she played Amanda James in the story The Rameses Connection in 1995).

She has appeared in Doctor Who a number of times: in 2006 as Sister Jatt in series 2 episode "New Earth" and as Nurse Albertine in the audio drama Year of the Pig. In 2007, she appeared in several episodes of the third series ("Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sound of Drums", and "Last of the Time Lords") as Francine Jones, the mother of Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). She reprised her role in the finale of series 4 ("The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End"). Andoh's other television work includes playing the head of M.I.9 in Series 3 to Series 5 of M.I. High and D.C.I. Ford in Missing. In the American streaming television drama series Bridgerton (2020) she plays Lady Danbury. She played the guest role of Mother Nenneke in the second season of the Polish - American fantasy drama streaming television series The Witcher (2021).

She narrated the audio book versions of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of detective novels and Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch Series trilogy (although not all of the US editions), as well as Julia Jarman's children's books, The Jessame Stories and More Jessame Stories. She also narrated the audio book version of Nnedi Okorafor's novel Lagoon with Ben Onwukwe,[6] and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah. She narrated The Power by Naomi Alderman, former President Barack Obama’s favorite book of 2017.[7] Her career in audio dramas has included the Voice of Planet B in the science fiction series Planet B on BBC Radio 7. In 2004, she was cast in the video game Fable. In 2017 she provided the voice of war chief Sona in Horizon: Zero Dawn.

In film, Andoh appeared in Noel Clarke's 2008 film Adulthood and its 2016 sequel Brotherhood as the mother of Clarke's character, Sam Peel. She played Chief of Staff Brenda Mazibuko opposite Morgan Freeman's Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's 2009 drama film Invictus.[8][9]

Theatre

Andoh has worked extensively in the theatre. Her credits include His Dark Materials, Stuff Happens and The Revenger's Tragedy at the National Theatre; A Streetcar Named Desire (National Theatre Studio); Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine and The Odyssey (RSC); Sugar Mummies and Breath Boom (Royal Court); Richard II (Globe); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Donmar Warehouse); Great Expectations (Bristol Old Vic); Blood Wedding (Almeida); Nights at the Circus, The Dispute and Pericles (Lyric Hammersmith); Julius Caesar (The Bridge); Purgatorio (Arcola); The Vagina Monologues (Criterion); Starstruck (Tricycle) and In The Red and Brown Water (Young Vic).[10]

Personal life

Andoh and her husband, Howard Cunnell, a lecturer, have three children.[3] In October 2009, Andoh was licensed as a lay preacher in the Church of England.[11][12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1991	London South West	Marion
1995	What My Mother Told Me	Jesse
2004	Every Time You Look at Me	Mrs Berry
2007	The Shadow in the North	Jessie Saxon
2008	Adulthood	Mrs Peel
2009	Invictus	Brenda Mazibuko
2016	Brotherhood	Mrs Peel
2019	Fractured	Dr Jacobs

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990–1991	EastEnders	Karen	10 episodes
1992–2004	The Bill	Mrs Hughes, Diana Holt, Mrs Baptiste	3 episodes: "A Blind Eye", "Grey Area", "236"
1992	Waiting for God	Angela Avery	1 episode: "Sleeping Pills"
1993, 2000–2003	Casualty	Maggie (1 episode, 1993), Colette Kierney/Griffiths	73 episodes
1994	The Brittas Empire	Reporter	1 episode: "High Noon"
1995	Health and Efficiency	Sister Beth Williams	2 episodes: "The Old Dope Peddler", "Five Have Plenty of Fun"
	The Tomorrow People	Amanda Jones	3 episodes
1996	Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's…	Defence Counsel	1 episode: "Twelve Angry Men"
	Testament: The Bible in Animation	Ruth	1 episode (Voice)
1997	Peak Practice	Dr Nixon	2 episodes: "Letting Go", "The Price"
1998	Close Relations	April	Mini-Series
	A Rather English Marriage	Mandy Hulme	TV film
1999	Jonathan Creek	Anthea Spacey	1 episode: "The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish"
2006	Doctor Who	Sister Jatt	1 episodes: "New Earth"
2007–2008	Doctor Who	Francine Jones	7 episodes: "Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End"
2007	Wire in the Blood	Celeste Davies	1 episode: "The Colour of Amber"
2009–2011	M.I. High	Head of MI9	Recurring character
2009	Missing	DCI Lauren Ford	Recurring character, 3 episodes
2011	Scott & Bailey	Janice	Guest star
	Law & Order: UK	Pathologist	Recurring character, 3 episode
2012	Julius Caesar	Portia	TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC.
2014	Wizards vs. Aliens	Old Bethesta	The two-part story "Daughters of Stone".
2015	New Tricks	Alicia Whitechurch	1 episode: "The Curate's Egg"
2015	Broadchurch	Julie	Recurring character, 1 episode (to date)
2015	Cucumber	Marie	Recurring role, 2 episodes
2015–2020	Thunderbirds Are Go	Colonel Casey	Recurring role
2016	Line of Duty	Prosecutor	2 episodes: "The Process", "Snake Pit"
2018	Death in Paradise	Celeste Jones	1 episode: "Dark Memories" S7: E7
2020	Silent Witness	DI Nina Rosen	2 episodes, "Deadhead"
2020–present	Bridgerton	Lady Danbury	Main role
2021	The Witcher	Nenneke
2022	The Smeds and The Smoos	Grandmother Smoo	Voice role[13]

Selected radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Blade of the Poisoner	Dorina	Carver's target
2009	Planet B	Voice of Planet B	Narrator of the series
2019	The Archers[14]	Fiona Lloyd	Alistair's sister

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2001	Wave Rally
2004	Fable
2005	Kameo	Lenya
2008	Age of Conan
2008	Fable II
2010	Dante's Inferno	Background Shades / Innocents of Acre / Semiramis
2010	Fable III
2012	The Secret World	Zhara / Additional Voices
2012	Fable: The Journey
2014	Dreamfall Chapters	Shepherd / Mother Utana / Adala
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Sona / Cpl. Vandana Sarai

Awards and honors

In 2022, AudioFile named Andoh a Golden Voice narrator.[15][16]

Year	Work	Award/Honor	Category	Result	Ref.
2013	The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case by Alexander McCall Smith	Audie Award	Children, ages up to 8	Winner	[17][18]
2016	Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie	Audie Award	Science Fiction	Finalist	[19]
	The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman	Audie Award	Audio Drama	Finalist	[19]
		Audie Award	Young Adult Title	Finalist	[19]
2017	Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #1 by Louise Millar, Alex Marwood, and Tammy Cohen	Audie Award	Short Story/Collections	Finalist	[20]
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos	Audie Award	Multi-Voiced Performance	Finalist	[20]
2018	Provenance by Ann Leckie	Audie Award	Science Fiction & Fantasy	Winner	[15][21]
2019	Get a Life, Chloe Brown (2019) by Talia Hibbert	AudioFile Best of 2019	Romance	Selection	[15]
	Housegirl by Michael Donkor	Audie Award	Literary Fiction or Classics	Finalist	[22]
	The Raven Tower (2019) by Ann Leckie	AudioFile Best of 2019	Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror	Selection	[15]
2021	Bridgerton	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	[23]
	Get a Life, Chloe Brown (2019) by Talia Hibbert	Audie Award	Romance	Finalist	[24]
	Matrix by Lauren Groff	AudioFile Best of 2021	Fiction	Selection	[15]
	Remote Control (2021) by Nnedi Okorafor	AudioFile Best of 2021	Science Fiction & Fantasy	Selection	[15]
2022	Matrix by Lauren Groff	Audie Award	Literary Fiction or Classics	Finalist	[25]

References

External links

• Adjoa Andoh at IMDb
• "What determines who we are? | Adjoa Andoh | TEDxBermuda". TEDx Talks, 8 December 2014.

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[de] Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh (* 14. Januar 1963[1] in Clifton, Bristol, England[2] als Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

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