Adjoa Andoh HonFRSL is a British actress. She has been on stage in prominent roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, and Almeida Theatre. She played Francine Jones in two seasons of Doctor Who, as well as 90 episodes of the renowned BBC medical drama Casualty and EastEnders.
Andoh made her Hollywood debut in Clint Eastwood’s drama picture Invictus in the autumn of 2009, as Brenda Mazibuko, Nelson Mandela’s head of staff, alongside Morgan Freeman as Mandela.
Since 2020, she has portrayed Lady Danbury in the Netflix medieval romance series Bridgerton. In July 2022, Andoh was named an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
What Is the Ethnicity of Adjoa Andoh? The Family Tree
Adjoa Andoh is of Ghanaian origin. Her father was a musician and journalist from Ghana who worked for British Aerospace, while her mother was an English teacher. Yeofi is her sister’s younger brother. She married Professor Howard Connel in 2001, and they had three children: two daughters, Jesse and Daisy, and a boy, Liam (a trans male).
Andoh was born in Clifton, Bristol. Her father was a Ghanaian journalist and musician, while her mother was a teacher of English. She has a brother or sister. Andoh’s family moved to Wickwar, Gloucestershire, when her father obtained a post at British Aerospace. Before commencing her law studies at Bristol Polytechnic, she attended Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School. She left after two years to pursue a career in acting.
Who is Adjoa Andoh Married Too?
Andoh and Howard Cunnell first met in 1994, when Howard took over the Battersea Arts Centre bookstore, which also housed Andoh’s theatrical company, Wild Iris. After dating for most of 1995, they married in 2001 and had two kids (born in 1996 and 1997). Andoh also has a daughter from a previous marriage (born in 1985 or 1986). Cundell has worked as a lifeguard, scuba diving instructor, public speaker, and writer.
After formerly residing in Brixton, the couple relocated to Sussex in 2022. In October 2009, Andoh got his Church of England lay preacher license. Andoh was a member of the BBC’s Radio Drama Company. She was featured in a number of TV programs, including Jonathan Creek, EastEnders, Casualty, and The Tomorrow People.
Adjoa Andoh’s Professional Background
After graduating from college, Adjoa began her performing career as a theatre artist with the Theatre Centre, a new Islington-based theater company. She has vast theatrical experience. She has worked with the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Almeida Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Lyric Hammersmith, Derby Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Manchester Contact RSC, and The Young Vic, among others.
In her spare time, she likes going to the movies, cooking, and holding jazz jam sessions at local pubs. She was inspired to pursue acting after viewing David Hare’s Plenty. She was sixteen at the time. After finishing her A-levels, she started working for Lloyds TSB Bank, but after a year, she became disillusioned and enrolled in Bristol Polytechnic’s law school. While studying law, she joined a group of black women and began taking acting and theater workshops. She sent a letter in favor of Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the UK general election in November 2019.
