Oyin Oladejo Explained

Oyin Oladejo
Birth Place:Ibadan, Nigeria
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2013–present

Oyin Oladejo (born in Ibadan, Nigeria)[1] is a Nigerian-born Canadian actress, known for portraying Joann Owosekun on the television series .

Life

Oladejo was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and grew up in Lagos. She moved to Canada in 2001 at the age of 16.[2] She originally planned to study law, rejected it, and got a job as a ticket seller for the Canadian Opera Company, where she discovered her interest in acting. She then completed a course of study in theatre arts at Humber College in Toronto,[3] and the Soul Pepper Academy in Toronto. In addition to regular theater engagements in Toronto, she played a supporting role in a short film, but otherwise had no film offers; according to her own statement in an interview, she was about to give up the acting profession. Finally, she took on the advice of her agent with a self-made video of a casting part, without knowing what production it was for, and was shortly thereafter selected for the role of bridge officer Joann Owosekun on .[4] Oladejo has since appeared in every season of the series.

In the following years, she was seen in the role of Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and in the male role of Lopakhin in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.[5] [6]

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, for the film Orah.[7]

Theater (selection)

Filmography

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oyin Oladejo – Biography. Soulpepper.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413173527/https://www.soulpepper.ca/about-us/the-company/actors/oyin-oladejo/442. 2019-04-13. en.
  2. Web site: Discovery Heads to Blu-ray: Oyin Oladejo. intl.startrek.com. CBS Entertainment. 2018-10-10.
  3. Web site: Oyin Oladejo. intl.startrek.com. CBS Entertainment. en.
  4. Web site: Discovery Part 4 at the 2018 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. youtube.com. Heather Ferris. 2018-08-04. en.
  5. Web site: Photos: Get A First Look at Michael Urie in Shakespeare Theatre Company's HAMLET. broadwayworld.com. 2018-01-25. en.
  6. Web site: The Cherry Orchard. crowstheatre.com. en.
  7. Jackson Weaver, "BlackBerry, Sort Of, Little Bird dominate Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC News, March 6, 2024.
  8. Web site: In This World Photo Shoot. Gretel Meyer Odell. 2013-01-14. en.
  9. Web site: Jon Kaplan . Jon Kaplan (theatre critic) . 2015-09-09 . Preview: Happy Place & Marat/Sade. Actor shows contrasting sides in Soulpepper shows . en . nowtoronto.com.
  10. Web site: Jon Kaplan . Jon Kaplan (theatre critic) . 2016-11-30 . Review: Futuristic TomorrowLove™ looks at technology's effect on passion and relationships . en . nowtoronto.com.
  11. Web site: BWW Review: Competing Ideas and Unrealized Plotlines Leave THE CHERRY ORCHARD Struggling to Take Root. broadwayworld.com. Isabella Perrone. 2019-04-02. en.
  12. Web site: The Father. coalminetheatre.com. en.
  13. Web site: Coal Mine Theatre Hosts Toronto Premiere of THE FATHER. broadwayworld.com. 2019-01-10. en.
  14. Web site: Oyin Oladejo. pondshortfilm.com. en.
  15. Web site: Recipients. Tapa.ca. Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). en.

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