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Sally Amaka Okafor
Amaka Okafor
Acting
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 Moores University. She began her career touring community theatre in schools, prisons, and churches, and was a member of the Unicorn Theatre ensemble in London for two years.
Originally credited as Sall…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Greatest Days
as Zoe
Sweet Sue
as Anita
Upon the Edge
as Zara
National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
as Meredith Ikeji
Hamlet
as Guildenstern
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Lady Macduff
National Theatre Live: Peter Pan
as Jane
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Stage Manager / Official
Kicking Off
as Caroline
The Raft of the Medusa
as Bella
TV Shows
Secret Service
as Imogen Conrad · 5 ep.
Black Rabbit
as Roxie · 7 ep.
Bodies
as Shahara Hasan · 8 ep.
The Responder
as Debs · 5 ep.
Grace
as DC Emma Jane Boutwood · 2 ep.
Des
as Emily · 1 ep.
The Split
as Chloe · 6 ep.
Vera
as Laura Whitelock · 1 ep.
Grandpa in My Pocket
as Jasmine · 2 ep.
Doctors
as Brianna Quinn · 1 ep.