Okwui Okpokwasili
Acting
Born August 6, 1972, The Bronx, New York, U.S
Okwui Okpokwasili (born August 6, 1972) is an Igbo-Nigerian American artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theatre, and she describes her work as at "the intersection of theatre, dance, and the installation." Several of her works relate to historical events in Nigeria. She is especially interested in subjects of cultural and historical memory and how the Western imagination perceives of African bodies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
- 2025The Woman in the Yard — Woman
- Agatha All Along — Salem Seven / Vertigo
- 2024Keep Looking
- 2023The Exorcist: Believer — Dr. Beehibe
- 2022Master — Custodial Worker
- 2022Remote
- 2020Altostratus: An Allegory — Director, Writer, Choreographer
- 2019It's Not About Jimmy Keene — Aliza Bethea
- 2018Madeline's Madeline — Nurse, KK
- 20174:44 — Dancer
- 2015Her Composition — Kim
- 2014A Midsummer Night's Dream — Queen Hippolyta
- The Blacklist — Gordon Kemp's Lawyer
- 2010How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?
- 2007I Am Legend — Infected
- 2006The Hoax — Malika
- 2005The Interpreter — Tour Guide
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along — Self - Salem 7 Witch
- 2017Bronx Gothic — Herself