Roli Okorodudu

Roli Okorodudu is an English actress and playwright.

Early life Okorodudu was born in Epsom, Surrey, on June 17, 1964.

Career Okorodudu has had minor roles in various TV series, including as a primary school teacher in one episode of One Foot In The Grave and an AA Chairperson in two episodes of Slow Horses.

Since 2019 Okorodudu has worked as a playwright, two of which won London playwright awards. Her first full-length play, Holiday, was performed by Fish and Bicycle Theatre at the Drayton Arms in 2025, Holiday is about three mums at a 2009 holiday camp, and was praised for its wit, but also criticised for its turn into absurdity. Personal life Okorodudu's husband, Graeme Edler, who was also an actor, died unexpectedly on February 10, 2004. Together they had two daughters, named Celeste and Joni-Lulu.

Filmography Slow Horses (2022) Big Boys Don't Cry (2020) Trauma (2018) Drifters (2016) Trying Again (2014) My Life in Film (2004) Casualty (2005) The Bill (1999-2001) Doctors (2001) Stayling Alive (1997) Family Money (1996) One Foot In The Grave (1996) Cardiac Arrest (1996) The Demon Headmaster (1996) Class Act (1995)