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Caroline Chikezie

Born	(1974-02-19) 19 February 1974 (age 50) London, England, UK
Nationality	British, Nigerian
Education	Brunel University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998 – present
Spouse	Adrian Holmes

Caroline Chikezie// ^ⓘ (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 recent years, she has gained popularity as Angela Ochello 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. On her return to the United Kingdom.

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.

From 2023 she played Noma in the popular Starz television series, Power Book II: Ghost.

Film

As a film actress, Chikezie appeared as Nasuada in the movie Eragon. She spoke about her representation in the movie passage.^[6]

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	The Mistress of Spices	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	The Killing of Wendy	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	The Sweeney	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

^ "Footballers' Wives – the Official site of the sensational drama". footballerswives.tv. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ Anozie, Chidinma (1 October 2016). "15 HOLLYWOOD Actresses with NIGERIAN Roots". Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ HOW FOOTBALLERS' WIVES STAR FOUND FAME
^ "My family was so angry about me wanting to act they tricked me into leaving Britain; WIVES STAR FOUND FAME AGAINST THE ODDS HOW FOOTBALLERS'. – Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com.
^ "Caught in the prime of life; As If Ch4, 6.00pm. – Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com.
^ Matthews, Nadine (29 March 2019). "Actress Caroline Chikezie on the importance of representation". MSR News Online. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

External links

Caroline Chikezie at IMDb

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