Caroline Chikezie
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Caroline ChikezieTemplate:IPAc-en (born 19 February 1974) is a British Nigerian actress, best known for playing Sasha Williams in As If, and Elaine Hardy in Footballers' Wives.[1] In 2016, she gained attention in Nigeria playing the title role in the Nigerian series The Governor.
Early life and background
Chikezie was born in England to Nigerian parents of Igbo origin.[2] At fourteen, Chikezie was sent to boarding school in Nigeria in an attempt to make her abandon her dreams of becoming an actress. Before this, she had attended weekend classes at Italia Conti.
Education
She enrolled at Brunel University where she studied Medicinal Chemistry (she was expected to take over her father's hospital in Nigeria), but dropped out of school. She later won a scholarship to the UK's Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.[3]
Career
After roles in Holby City, Casualty, and the award-winning British film Babymother,[4] Chikezie landed her first major role as bitchy Sasha Williams in As If[5] in 2001. In 2004, she landed a regular role as Kyle Pascoe's girlfriend Elaine Hardy in Series Three of Footballer's Wives.
Other television work includes 40, Judas Kiss, Free Fall, and Brothers and Sisters.
She appeared as Lisa Hallett, a member of the secret organization of Torchwood who had been transformed into a half-human half-Cyberman in "Cyberwoman", an episode of Torchwood, and as Tamara, a fellow demon hunter, in the 3rd-season premiere of Supernatural. In 2018, she starred as a recurring character, Queen Tamlin of Leah in the 2nd season of Shannara Chronicles.
She also starred as Angela Ochello in the hit EbonyLife Television series, The Governor.[6]
From 2023 she played Noma in the popular Starz television series, Power Book II: Ghost.
Film
Chikezie portrayed Nasuada in the 2006 fantasy film Eragon.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Brothers and Sisters | Belinda Ofori | TV series |
| 1998 | Babymother | Sharon | TV film |
| 1999 | Virtual Sexuality | Gushy Assistant | |
| 1999 | Casualty | Donna | Episode: "Free Fall" |
| 2001 | As If | Sasha Williams | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Holby City | Jamila James | Episode: "Judas Kiss: Part 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Babyfather | Kandii | Episode: "2.1" |
| 2003 | 40 | Denise | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | Footballers' Wives | Elaine Hardy | 7 episodes |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname | Myisha | |
| 2005 | Aeon Flux | Freya | |
| 2006 | Take 3 Girls | Spot | |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering | Erika | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Nasuada | |
| 2006–07 | Torchwood | Lisa Hallett | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office | Rachel | TV film |
| 2007 | Supernatural | Tamara | Episode: "The Magnificent Seven" |
| 2009 | Template:Sortname | Zora | |
| 2010 | Paris Connections | Nathalie de Barge | Mystery / Romance |
| 2010 | Inale | Inale | Musical |
| 2012 | Casualty | Teri Layeni | Episode: "All in a Day's Nightmare" |
| 2012 | Template:Sortname | Clarke | |
| 2012 | Crime Stories | Susie Fisher | Episode: "1.20" |
| 2013 | By Any Means | Tanya | TV Mini Series
1 episode |
| 2014 | Everly | Zelda | Action / Thriller |
| 2016 | The Governor | Angela Ochello (Governor) | Episodes 1 & 2 as Deputy Governor, Episodes 3 to 13 as Governor |
| 2017 | Mayhem | Kara 'The Siren' Powell | |
| 2017 | The Shannara Chronicles | Queen Tamlin | Episodes: "Wraith", "Graymark", "Dweller"
7 episodes |
| 2019 | The Passage | Dr. Major Nichole Sykes | 10 episodes |
| 2023–24 | Power Book II: Ghost | Noma Asaju | Recurring role (season 3) main role (season 4) |
References
External links
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
- English people of Igbo descent
- 20th-century Nigerian actresses
- 21st-century Nigerian actresses
- Black British actresses
- Actresses from London
- Igbo actresses
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Nigerian film actresses