List of roles and awards of Adjoa Andoh explained

British actress Adjoa Andoh has worked in several theatre, audio, radio, television, film, and video games productions since her professional debut in 1984.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	London South West	Marion	Short film
1995	What My Mother Told Me	Jesse
2008	Adulthood	Mrs Peel
2009	Invictus	Brenda Mazibuko
2012	In the Dark Half	Pathologist
2013	Closed Circuit	News Reporter 2
2015	The Healer	Office Worker
2016	Brotherhood	Agnes Peel
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Madame de Volanges	National Theatre Live
2019	Fractured	Dr. Jacobs
	Brighton	Alice
2020	The Lennox Report	Louise	Short film
2024			Voice; post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990–1991	EastEnders	Karen	9 episodes
1992	Waiting for God	Angela Avery	Episode: "Sleeping Pills"
1992–2004	The Bill	Mrs Hughes, Diana Holt, Mrs Baptiste	3 episodes: "A Blind Eye", "Grey Area", "236"
1993, 2000–2003	Casualty	Maggie, Colette Kierney/Griffiths	73 episodes
1994	The Brittas Empire	Reporter	Episode: "High Noon"
1995	Health and Efficiency	Sister Beth Williams	2 episodes: "The Old Dope Peddler", "Five Have Plenty of Fun"
	The Tomorrow People	Amanda Jones	3 episodes
	Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret	Daniela	TV film
1996	Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's…	Defence Counsel	Episode: "Twelve Angry Men"
		Ruth	Voice; 1 episode
	Thief Takers	Mrs. Higgins	Episode: "Bad Blood"
1997	Peak Practice	Dr Nixon	2 episodes: "Letting Go", "The Price"
1998	Close Relations	April	Mini-Series
	The Adventures of Captain Pugwash	Toni	Voice; 3 episodes
	A Rather English Marriage	Mandy Hulme	TV film
1999	Jonathan Creek	Anthea Spacey	Episode: "The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish"
2004	Every Time You Look at Me	Mrs. Berry	TV film
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Katie Bevins	2 episodes
	Chopratown	Abebe	TV film
2006	Doctor Who	Sister Jatt	Episode: "New Earth"
2007–2008		Francine Jones	7 episodes: "Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End"
2007	Wire in the Blood	Celeste Davies	Episode: "The Colour of Amber"
	The Shadow in the North	Jessie Saxon	TV film
2007–2020	Silent Witness	DI Nina Rosen / Dr. Lami Falase	4 episodes
2008	Mrs In-Betweeny	Ellen	TV film
2009–2011	M.I. High	Head of MI9	Recurring character
2009–2010	Missing	DCI Lauren Ford	3 episodes
2011	Scott & Bailey	Janice	Episode: "Execution"
2011–2014		Lilly	Recurring character, 8 episode
2012	The Charles Dickens Show	Mary Seacole	Episode: "Health"
	Julius Caesar	Portia	TV film; Royal Shakespeare Company Live
2014	Wizards vs. Aliens	Old Bethesta	The two-part story "Daughters of Stone"
	Chasing Shadows	Angela Bale	4 episodes
	Grandpa in my Pocket	Nattie Scibbler	Episode: "The Magic of the Mill on the Marsh"
	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Doctor Foluke	Episode: "The Day of the Triffids"
	The Awakening	Madame Lebrun	5 episodes
2015	New Tricks	Alicia Whitechurch	Episode: "The Curate's Egg"
	Broadchurch	Julie	Episode: "#2.1"
	Cucumber	Marie	3 episodes
	The Interceptor	Anderson	Episode: "#1.1"
	River	Sunday Akentola	Episode: "#1.5"
2015–2020	Thunderbirds Are Go	Colonel Casey	Voice; recurring role
2016	Line of Duty	Prosecutor	2 episodes: "The Process", "Snake Pit"
	BBC Comedy Feeds	Mum	Episodes: "JPD"
2017	Acceptable Risk	Margaret Kroll	3 episodes
	Liar	Margaret Rust	3 episodes
2018	Death in Paradise	Celeste Jones	Episode: "Dark Memories"
	Julius Caesar	Casca	TV film; National Theatre Live
2020–present	Bridgerton	Lady Agatha Danbury	Main role
2021	The Witcher	Nenneke	2 episodes
2022	The Smeds and The Smoos	Grandmother Smoo	Voice; TV film
2023	Mog's Christmas	Narrator	Voice; TV film
	The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor	Narrator	Voice
		Lady Agatha Danbury	Main role; 6 Episodes
2024	The Red King	Lady Heather Nancarrow	Main role; 6 Episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Venue	Notes	Ref.
	Getting Through	Silk	Nona Sheppard		International tour	^[1]
	The Murder of Jesus Christ	Mary	Steven Berkoff	3 Mills Studios		^[2]
	Crowned with Fame	Maimie	Sue Pomeroy	Swan Theatre		^[3]
	Our Day Out	Susan	Peter Oyston	Birimgham Repertory		^[4]
	Cloud Nine	Eileen / Mrs Saunders	Burt Caesar	Contact Theatre		^[5]
1987	Lear's Daughters	Regan	Gwenda Hughes		Woman's Theatre Group	^[6]
1987–1988	Glory		Glory	Earl Warner	Lyric Theatre Hammersmith	Original cast	^[7] ^[8]
		Derby Playhouse
		West Yorkshire Playhouse
1988–1989	Twice Over	Evaki	Nona Sheppard	Drill Hall		^[9] ^[10]
1989–1990	The Snow Queen	The Story Teller	Karen Stephens	Young Vic		^[11] ^[12]
	Princhdice and Co.	Cleverlegs	Claire Groce	Cambridge Arts Theatre		^[13]
1992	The Odyssey	Helen of Troy / Eurycleia	Gregory Doran	The Other Place		^[14] ^[15]
1993	Tamburlaine	Agydas	Terry Hands	Barbican Theatre		^[16] ^[17]
1994	Love at a Loss	Lesbia	Polly Irvin		National UK Tour	^[18] ^[19]
1995	Death Catches The Hunter	Saratu		Traverse		^[20] ^[21]
1998	Starstruck	Hope Gilby	Indhu Rubasingham	Tricycle Theatre		^[22] ^[23]
1999	The Dispute	Carise	Neil Bartlett		RSC Tour	^[24]
				Lyric Theatre Hammersmith		^[25] ^[26]
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche	Deborah Yhip	National Studio		^[27]
2000	Breath Boom	Mother	Gemma Bodinez	Royal Court Theatre		^[28] ^[29]
2002	The Vagina Monologues		Irina Brown	The Old Vic
2003	Pericles	Dionyza	Neil Bartlett	Lyric Theatre Hammersmith		^[30] ^[31]
2003–2004	In the Bunker with the Ladies	Minnie Horrocks	Nona Shephard	Drill Hall		^[32]
2004	Stuff Happens	Condoleezza Rice	Nicholas Hytner	Royal National Theatre		^[33]
2004–2005	His Dark Materials	Serafina Pekkala				^[34]
2005	Blood Wedding	Criada	Rufus Norris	Almedia Theatre		^[35]
2006	Nights at the Circus	Princess	Emma Rice	Lyric Theatre Hammersmith		^[36]
	Sugar Mummies	Yolanda	Indhu Rubasingham	Royal Court Theatre		^[37]
2008	Purgatorio	Medea	Daniele Guerra	Arcola Theatre		^[38]
	The Revenger's Tragedy	The Duchess	Melly Still	Royal National Theatre		^[39]
	In the Red and Brown Water	Mama Moja / The Woman Who Reminds You	Walter Meirjohann	Young Vic		^[40]
2010	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Bertha	David Lan			^[41]
	Or You Could Kiss Me	Woman	Neil Bartlett	Royal National Theatre		^[42]
				Handspring Theatre
2012	Julius Caesar	Portia	Gregory Doran	Royal Shakespeare Theatre		^[43]
				Noel Coward Theatre
	Great Expectations	Miss Havisham	Neil Bartlett	Bristol Old Vic		^[44]
2015	A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes	Peaches	Indhu Rubasingham	Tricycle Theatre		^[45]
2015–2016	Les Liasons Dangereuses	Madame De Volanges	Josie Rourke	Donmar Warehouse		^[46]
2016	Soul	Alberta Gaye	James Dacre	Royal & Derngate Theatre		^[47] ^[48]
2017	Assata Taught Me	Assata	Lynette Linton	The Gate Theatre		^[49]
				Hackney Empire
2018	Troilus and Cressida	Ulysses	Gregory Doran	Royal Shakespeare Theatre
	Leave Taking	Mai	Madani Younis	Bush Theatre		^[50] ^[51]
	Julius Caesar	Casca	Nicholas Hytner	Bridge Theatre
				London Theatre Company
2019	Richard II		Adjoa Andoh / Lynette Linton	Sam Wanamaker Playhouse		^[52]
2021	Girl on an Altar	Clytemnestra	Indhu Rubasingham	Kiln Theatre		^[53]
2023	Richard III	Richard III	Adjoa Andoh	Liverpool Playhouse		^[54]
				Rose Theatre		^[55]
	Bleak Expectations	The Narrator	Caroline Leslie	Criterion Theatre	Guest narrator	^[56] ^[57]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Bridgerton	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		^[58]
	NAACP Image Awards		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		^[59]
	Black Reel TV Awards		Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Seiries		^[60]
2022
2023	NAACP Image Awards		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		^[61]
2024			Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		^[62]
	People's Choice Awards		TV Performance of the Year		^[63]
	Black Reel TV Awards		Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series		^[64]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Getting Through . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
2. News: 2024-02-26 . Fame & Fortune: How TV nurse cured her money woes . . 2024-02-26 . en . 0140-0460.
3. Web site: Crowned with Fame . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
4. Web site: Our Day Out . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
5. Web site: Cloud Nine . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
6. Web site: Lear's Daughter . 2024-02-26 .
7. Web site: Glory . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
8. Web site: Glory! . 2024-02-26 . Felix Cross MBE . en-GB.
9. Web site: Production of Twice Over Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
10. Web site: Twice Over . 2024-02-26 .
11. Web site: Production of The Snow Queen Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
12. Web site: The Snow Queen . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
13. Web site: Princhdice and Co . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
14. Web site: The Odyssey . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
15. Web site: Production of The Odyssey Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
16. Web site: Search RSC Performances Shakespeare Birthplace Trust . 2024-02-22 . collections.shakespeare.org.uk.
17. Web site: Tamburlane . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
18. Web site: Production of Love at a Loss Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
19. Web site: Love at a Loss . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
20. Web site: 1995-10-05 . Death Catches the Hunter, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh . 2024-02-26 . The Herald . en.
21. Web site: Death Catches the Hunter . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
22. Web site: Starstruck Black Plays Archive . 2024-02-26 . www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk . en-GB.
23. Web site: Starstruck . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
24. Web site: Royal Shakespeare Company Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
25. Web site: The Dispute . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
26. News: 1999-03-04 . No dispute . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
27. Web site: A Streetcar Named Desire . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
28. News: Billington . Michael . 2000-02-25 . Grand Prix of murder . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
29. Web site: Breath Boom . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
30. Web site: Pericles (2003): Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith BBA Shakespeare . 2024-02-26 . bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk.
31. Web site: Adjoa Andoh . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
32. News: Wiegand . Chris . Wiegand . Compiled by Chris . 2020-07-07 . Theatres that made us: from Shakespeare's Globe to Leicester's Curve . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
33. Web site: Adjoa Andoh The Booker Prizes . 2024-02-22 . thebookerprizes.com . en.
34. Web site: 2016-06-08 . His Dark Materials at Olivier, NT 2005 . 2024-02-26 . London Theatre . en.
35. Web site: Production of Blood Wedding Theatricalia . 2024-02-26 . theatricalia.com.
36. Web site: Theatre review: Nights at the Circus at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds . 2024-02-26 . British Theatre Guide . en-GB.
37. News: Billington . Michael . 2006-08-14 . Sugar Mummies . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
38. News: Billington . Michael . 2008-01-21 . Purgatorio . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
39. Web site: Benedict . David . 2008-06-06 . The Revenger's Tragedy . 2024-02-26 . Variety . en-US.
40. News: Nightingale . Benedict . 2024-02-26 . In the Red and Brown Water at the Young Vic . . 2024-02-26 . en . 0140-0460.
41. Web site: 2010-04-16 . Adjoa Andoh, Petra Letang, Delroy Lindo, et al. Set for Young Vic's Joe Turner's Come and Gone - TheaterMania.com . 2024-02-26 . en-US.
42. News: Kellaway . Kate . 2010-10-09 . Or You Could Kiss Me – review . 2024-02-26 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
43. Web site: Adjoa Andoh The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize . 2024-02-22 . www.blackburnprize.org.
44. News: Gardner . Lyn . 2013-10-11 . Great Expectations – review . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
45. Web site: Mitchell . Tamika . 2015-11-10 . Adjoa Andoh Is a Peach in Tricycle Theatre's Production of, A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes The British Blacklist . 2024-02-22 . en-GB.
46. Web site: Adjoa Andoh: Credits, Bio, News & More Broadway World . 2024-02-22 . www.broadwayworld.com . en.
47. News: Gardner . Lyn . 2016-05-25 . Soul review – Roy Williams' Marvin Gaye drama doesn't get it on . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
48. Web site: Soul . 2024-02-26 . Curtis Brown.
49. News: Gardner . Lyn . 2017-05-09 . Assata Taught Me review – former Black Panther's gripping lessons in resistance . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
50. Web site: Adjoa Andoh . 2024-02-22 . www.bushtheatre.co.uk . en-GB.
51. News: Billington . Michael . 2018-06-01 . Leave Taking review – insightful and honest tale of the anguish of immigrants . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
52. Web site: Theatre news: Adjoa Andoh goes to Oxford . 2024-02-22 . British Theatre Guide . en-GB.
53. Web site: Thomas . Sophie . 2021-02-19 . 'Girl on an Altar' to be streamed, starring Adjoa Andoh . 2024-02-22 . London Theatre . en.
54. Web site: Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh to direct and star in RICHARD III . 2024-02-26 . West End Best Friend . en-US.
55. Web site: Lofthouse . Tina . 2023-03-27 . Interview: Adjoa Andoh . 2024-02-22 . Time & Leisure . en-GB.
56. Web site: Bleak Expectations . 25 Feb 2024 . Playbill.
57. News: Logan . Brian . 2023-05-18 . Bleak Expectations review – agreeably funny Dickensian spoof as cosy as a woollen teapot . 2024-02-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
58. Web site: Oganesyan . Natalie . Moreau . Jordan . 4 February 2021 . 2021 SAG Awards: The Complete Nominations List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205025037/https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-sag-nominations-list-nominees-screen-actors-guild-awards-1234897816/ . 5 February 2021 . 20 September 2021 . Variety.
59. Web site: Davis . Clayton . 2 February 2021 . Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards . 2 February 2021 . Variety.
60. Web site: Black Reel Awards for TV -Past Winners & Nominees by Category . 2024-02-22 . Black Reel Awards . en-US.
61. Web site: France . Lisa Respers . 2023-02-26 . NAACP Image Awards 2023: See the complete list of winners . 2024-02-22 . CNN . en.
62. Web site: 2024-01-25 . Nominees Announced for the 55th NAACP Image Awards NAACP . 2024-02-22 . naacp.org . en.
63. Web site: E! • • . Brett Malec . 2024-02-19 . The complete list of winners for the 2024 People's Choice Awards . 2024-02-22 . NBC Los Angeles . en-US.
64. Web site: 2024 Black Reel Film & TV Winners . 2024-02-22 . Black Reel Awards . en-US.