Jessica Oyelowo

Jessica Oyelowo ( Watson; born 1978) is a British-American actress and singer.

Early life She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich, and spent her childhood in Woodbridge, Suffolk. in Mayo, then went on to appear in Murphy's Law alongside James Nesbitt, in 2007. She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as Olaudah Equiano) in Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story (a radio play adapting Equiano's 1789 autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano), first broadcast on BBC 7 on 8 April 2007.

Personal life

Oyelowo resides in Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, US with her husband, actor David Oyelowo. They met while attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. They formerly resided in Brighton, England.

As the wife of a Yoruba tribal prince, Oyelowo is entitled to the honorific style Olori. She currently does not use it.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage work Cyrano de Bergerac (as Roxanne) at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2006 Ana in Love (play) at Hackney Empire for Inside Intelligence 2007 As You Like It (Rosalind) for Inside Intelligence 1997, her professional debut