Oyin Oladejo

Oyin Oladejo (born ) is a Nigerian actress, known for portraying Joann Owosekun on the television series Star Trek: Discovery.

Life Oladejo was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and grew up in Lagos. She originally planned to study law, rejected it, and got a job as a ticket seller for the Canadian Opera Company, 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. 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.

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. She starred as Abiona Maina in the sci-fi children’s series Endlings and was aired on Hulu platform.

Theater (selection) In This World Roseneath Theatre, Toronto 2013 Happy Place, Soulpepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2015 Marat/Sade, Soulpepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2015 Hamlet, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. 2018 The Father (Florian Zeller), Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto 2019

Filmography 2017: Pond (short film by Tochi Osuji) 2017–2024: Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series) 2020: Endlings (TV Series) 2021: Six Guns for Hire (Film) 2023: Orah 2024: Village Keeper

Awards Edna Khubyar Acting Award (Humber College)