It is challenging for the celebrities to sustain a peaceful personal life with excelling professional life. Sophie Okonedo is a successful British actress and also a single mother of her only daughter. She is the Academy Award-nominated actress best known for her role of Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004).
Insights Into Personal Life Of Single Mother Sophie
After Earth actress welcomed her daughter named Aoife Okonedo Martin in June 1997 with her former boyfriend, Eoin Martin. She became the mother of her only child at the age of twenty-eight. Her then partner does not pop on the picture on the public domain. He is an Irish film editor and known for his works on Heists, Curiosity, and How the Earth Was Made. She is raising her daughter by herself and has not opened up about her plans for getting married.
Meanwhile, she was also rumored to be in a relationship with a guy named John. As per Dailymail, she went on a trip with her rumored boyfriend John in Cape Town in South Africa in April 2016. They enjoyed whale watching and wine tasting on their journey funded by BBC. However, she has been tight-lipped regarding her affair with him.
Sophie poses along with her on-screen partner, Adrian (Photo: dailymail.co.ukl)
In contrast to her personal life, she enjoys the vibrant romantic life on the screen. The British actress has played a prolific role of Tatiana Rusesabagina, wife of humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina in the movie Hotel Rwanda in 2004. She was even nominated for the Oscar award for her role in Hotel Rwanda in 2004. Later, she was featured as Stevie on the play, The Goat. The story twists as she finds out that her husband is having an affair with an animal.
What Is Sophie's Net Worth?
Sophie has summoned a staggering net worth with about 25 nominations. As of 2017, she reportedly has a net worth of $5 million. She has been deriving her net worth from her acting career since 1991. She also earned her living by working on the clothing market.
She started working on a clothing stall at Portobello Market after she left school at the age of 16. The British actress started her acting career in 1991 after completing her acting course from RADA. She started appearing in theatre, television, and films. Her breakthrough was in the movie Go Now, The Governor and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) followed by Staying Alive and The Jackal.
She also has appeared in television series like Spatz, Casualty. Screen Two and Age of Treason. From her massive success in the entertainment fraternity, she has collected six reputed awards and twenty-five nominations into her basket.
Short Bio
Born in 1968 in London, England, Sophie Okonedo celebrates her birthday on 11 August every year. She holds an English nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity. She stands tall at 1.73 m (5’8’’) of height.
Sophie attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. She graduated from the University of Cambridge.
