Chizzy Akudolu
Chizzy Akudolu | |
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Born |
Andrea Chizoba Akudolu 7 October 1973 Harlesden, London, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–present |
Known for | Holby City, Jinx |
Andrea Chizoba "Chizzy" Akudolu (born 7 October 1973 Harlesden, London) is a British actress.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Career
In 2002, Akudolu 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 in 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, Dustbin Baby for Kindle Entertainment and as a caricature of herself in the mockumentary The Most Unromantic Man in the World. Akudolu also played series regular Miss Kanouti in The Complete Guide to Parenting. She has continued to work for CBBC in programmes such as Nuzzle and Scratch, Scoop and Gigglebiz. In 2007, she toured with The Vagina Monologues for three months. In 2008, Akudolu played the housemate, Angel, in Dead Set, a satirical cross between Big Brother and zombies. 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. In 2010 Akudolu appeared in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Twenty Twelve, The Inbetweeners, and as a semi-regular in the Channel 4 comedy Campus.
Since May 2012, Akudolu plays surgeon Mo Effanga in Holby City. It has since been announced that Akudolu is departing Holby City after five years. She was nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the Black International Film Festival and Music Video & Screen Awards, in which she won. She also took home Best Actress in the same year at BEFFTA Awards. She was nominated for "Emerging Talent" at the 8th Annual Screen Nation Awards.[9]
In 2017, Akudolu took part in Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief with a duo from Casualty. The trio performed "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars and came second place. In 2017, she took part in the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One. She was the first celebrity to be eliminated after a disappointing Foxtrot which lacked flow and the traditional format of the dance.[10] Akudolu took part in the Weakest Link one-off celebrity episode for Children in Need. She was the strongest link in 5 out of the 6 rounds, and beat Rylan Clark-Neal in the final round to win, earning 1,130 pounds for Children in Need, which the programme doubled. She is currently a panellist on Loose Women.
Personal life
She has a brown belt in karate and is an experienced calligrapher. Her mother was a midwife. She is unmarried and has no children.
Filmography
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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2004 | 15 Storeys High | Melinda | Episode: "Vince the Shirker" |
EastEnders | Mattie George | 1 episode | |
Stupid! | Various | Series regular | |
2006 | Green Wing | Car Parking Attendant | 1 episode |
The Complete Guide to Parenting | Miss Kanouti | Series regular | |
2007 | Roman's Empire | Mummy | 1 episode |
2008 | Nuzzle and Scratch | Maria | Episode: "Ice Cream Van" |
Dead Set | Angel | Series regular | |
Dustbin Baby | Railway Woman | TV movie | |
2009 | In the Loop | U.N Cleaner | Film |
Agent X | Alice | TV movie | |
Hollyoaks Later | Receptionist | ||
Jinx | Cookie | Series regular | |
Gigglebiz | Various | Series regular | |
2010 | The Inbetweeners | Maggie | Episode: "Will's Dilemma" |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Shopper | ||
2011 | Twenty Twelve | Jane Owen | |
Campus | Grace 2 | Series regular | |
Scoop | Lorraine | Episode: "Northenders" | |
Mongrels | Office Worker | Episode: "Nelson and the Amazing Nuts" | |
2012 | Silent Witness | Nurse | Episode: "And Then I Fell in Love" |
2012–2017, 2018-2019 | Holby City | Mo Effanga | Series regular |
2015 | 5 Minutes | Denise | |
2016 | Hood Documentary | Julie | |
Sorry, I Didn't Know | Panelist | 1 episode | |
2017 | Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief | Participant | |
Strictly Come Dancing | Participant | Series 15 | |
The Weakest Link | Participant | Children in Need special | |
2018 | Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators | Episode 8 | |
2018 | Loose Women | Herself - Regular Panellist (7 episodes) | |
External links
References
- ↑ "Digital Spy - TV news, TV reviews, TV ratings". Digital Spy.
- ↑ Welch, Tricia (11 May 2014). "Holby City's Chizzy Akudolu: 'I can't get rid of clothes'".
- ↑ http://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/interviewextra/chizzy-akudolu-holby-city
- ↑ "BBC - Programmes - Page not found". BBC.
- ↑ "Spotlight: CHIZZY AKUDOLU". www.spotlight.com.
- ↑ "NTAs 2013: Longlist nominations in full". 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "PRESS RELEASES « BEFFTA AWARDS". www.beffta.com.
- ↑ "Episode 4, 2017, Let's Sing & Dance for Comic Relief - BBC One". BBC.
- ↑ "EastEnders up for four MVSAs". EastEnders. BBC Online. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ Hogan, Michael (1 October 2017). "Strictly Come Dancing 2017, first live results: Chizzy Akudolu becomes the first celebrity hoofer sent home" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.