Person
Okwui Okpokwasili
Acting · Born 1972-08-06 · The Bronx, New York, U.S
Biography
Okwui Okpokwasili (born August 6, 1972) is an Igbo-Nigerian American artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theatre, and she describes her work as at "the intersection of theatre, dance, and the installation." Several of her works relate to historical events in Nigeria. She is especially interested in subjects of cultural and historical memory and how the Western imagination perceives of African bodies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
The Blacklist
Gordon Kemp's Lawyer
Agatha All Along
Salem Seven / Vertigo
I Am Legend
Infected
The Exorcist: Believer
Dr. Beehibe
The Woman in the Yard
Woman
The Interpreter
Tour Guide
The Hoax
Malika
Master
Custodial Worker
Madeline's Madeline
Nurse, KK
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Queen Hippolyta
Filmography
- 2025The Woman in the YardWoman
- 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All AlongSelf - Salem 7 Witch
- 2024Agatha All AlongSalem Seven / Vertigo
- 2024Keep Looking
- 2023The Exorcist: BelieverDr. Beehibe
- 2022Remote
- 2022MasterCustodial Worker
- 2020Altostratus: An Allegory
- 2019It's Not About Jimmy KeeneAliza Bethea
- 2018Madeline's MadelineNurse, KK
- 2017Bronx GothicHerself
- 20174:44Dancer
- 2015Her CompositionKim
- 2014A Midsummer Night's DreamQueen Hippolyta
- 2013The BlacklistGordon Kemp's Lawyer
- 2010How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?
- 2007I Am LegendInfected
- 2006The HoaxMalika
- 2005The InterpreterTour Guide
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