Okwui Okpokwasili

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1972-08-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth The Bronx, New York, U.S

Okwui Okpokwasili

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

Actor

2024
Agatha All Along

as Salem Seven / Vertigo

2023
The Exorcist: Believer

as Dr. Beehibe

2022
2022
Master

as Custodial Worker

2019
2018
Madeline's Madeline

as Nurse, KK

2017
Bronx Gothic

as Herself

2017
4:44

as Dancer

2015
2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Queen Hippolyta

2013
The Blacklist

as Gordon Kemp's Lawyer

2007
I Am Legend

as Infected

2006
The Hoax

as Malika

2005
The Interpreter

as Tour Guide

Director

2020

Writer

Crew

2020
Altostratus: An Allegory

as Choreographer