Chizzy Akudolu

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1973-10-07 (51 years old)

Place of Birth England, UK

Chizzy Akudolu

Biography

Chizzy Akudolu (7 October 1973) is a British actress. In 2002, she was one of eight, new, comedy performers who won the BBC Talent Initiative, The Urban Sketch Showcase. All eight performed a comedy sketch show in front of BBC casting directors and producers at the Tabernacle Theatre, Notting Hill. Her first television appearance was in the BBC sitcom, 15 Storeys High. This was followed by a small role in Eastenders. She continued to work for the BBC in her first children's series called Stupid! and Roman's Empire. Credits also include Green Wing, International Emmy award winning children's drama, Dustbin Baby for Kindle Entertainment and as a charicature of herself in the mockumentary, The Most Unromantic Man in the World. Chizzy also played series regular, Miss Kanouti in The Complete Guide to Parenting. She has continued to work for CBBC in programs such as Nuzzle and Scratch, Scoop and Gigglebiz. In 2007, she toured with The Vagina Monologues for 3 months. In 2008, Chizzy played the housemate, Angel in Dead Set, a satirical cross between Big Brother and zombies. The same year, she played a UN cleaner in BBC Films, In the Loop directed by Armando Iannucci, but was uncredited. In 2009, she had a guest role in Hollyoaks Later and starred in the CBBC show Jinx in the lead role as the unconventional, Fairy Godmother, Cookie. 2010 has so far seen roles in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, London 2012 (BBC), Scoop Series 3(CBBC), The Inbetweeners (Ch4), and as semi regular in the upcoming Channel 4 comedy, Campus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chizzy Akudolu licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
A Game of Two Halves

as Dr. Bygraves

2024
Criminal Record

as Jasmine Peters

2023
2022
Supertato

as Pumpkin (voice)

2022
Man Vs Bee

as Judge

2022
Bridge of Lies

as Self - Participant

2021
2021
The Weakest Link

as Self - Participant

2021
Blankety Blank

as Self - Panellist

2021
Too Close

as Addy Smith

2020
County Lines

as Sophie

2020
Sorry, I Didn't Know

as Self - Team Leader

2020
Hitmen

as Tina Bartrum

2017
Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Contestant

2016
Rwd/Fwd

as Kim

2011
Death in Paradise

as Butterfly Brown

2011
Campus

as Grace 2

2011
Twenty Twelve

as Jane Owen

2009
Jinx

as Cookie

2008
Dead Set

as Angel

2008
2006
Celebrity Masterchef

as Self - Contestant

2004
Green Wing

as Car Park Attendant

2002
15 Storeys High

as Melinda

1999
Holby City

as Mo Effanga

1988
This Morning

as Self

Writer

Producer

2013
Life’s a Bitch

as Executive Producer