Actress Adjoa Andoh HonFRSL is from the United Kingdom. With the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theater and the Almeida Theatre, she has performed on stage in major roles.
She played Francine Jones in 90 episodes of the popular BBC hospital drama Casualty, two seasons of Doctor Who and EastEnders. In the fall of 2009, Andoh made her Hollywood debut playing Brenda Mazibuko, Nelson Mandela’s chief of staff, opposite Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood’s drama film Invictus.
She has played Lady Danbury in the Netflix historical romance series Bridgerton since 2020. Andoh was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in July 2022.
What ethnicity does Adjoa Andoh belong to? The genealogy
Adjoa Andoh is originally from Ghana. Her mother was an English teacher, while her father was a Ghanaian musician and journalist who worked for British Aerospace. Her sister’s younger brother is Yeofi. She and Professor Howard Connel had three children: two daughters, Jesse and Daisy, and a son, Liam (a transgender man), after their marriage in 2001.
Andoh was born in Clifton, Bristol. His mother taught English, while his father was a Ghanaian journalist and musician. He has a brother or brothers. When Andoh’s father was hired by British Aerospace, his family moved to Wickwar, Gloucestershire. He attended Katharine Lady Berkeley School before beginning his legal studies at Bristol Polytechnic. After two years, she left to pursue an acting career.
Who is Adjoa Andoh’s wife?
When Howard Cunnell took over the Battersea Arts Center bookstore, which also housed Andoh’s theater company, Wild Iris, was when the two people first crossed paths. They began dating in late 1995 and became engaged in 2001. They then had two sons, who were born in 1996 and 1997. Andoh also has a daughter born between 1985 and 1986 from a previous union. Cundell has held positions as a lifeguard, diving instructor, speaker and writer.
The couple, who had previously lived in Brixton, moved to Sussex in 2022. Andoh received his Church of England lay preacher’s license in October 2009. Andoh belonged to the BBC’s Radio Drama Company. Several television shows, including Jonathan Creek, EastEnders, Casualty and The Tomorrow People, featured her.
Adjoa Andoh’s professional experience
Adjoa began her acting career as a theater artist at Theatrical Centre, a recent theater group based in Islington, after graduating from university. She has extensive stage experience. Adjoa Andoh has collaborated on projects with a number of theatres, including the National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Lyric Hammersmith, Derby Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Company, Manchester Contact RSC and The Young Vic.
He likes to cook, go to the movies, and organize improvised jazz sessions in neighborhood bars in his free time. He saw David Hare’s Plenty, which gave him the motivation to pursue acting. Adjoa Andoh had just turned sixteen years old. He began working for Lloyds TSB Bank after completing his A levels, but after a year he lost interest and enrolled in Bristol Polytechnic’s legal programme.
She joined a black women’s group while attending law school and began taking acting and theater classes. Ahead of the November 2019 UK general election, she wrote a letter in support of Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labor Party.