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Enyi Okoronkwo is British stage and television actor.

Early life

From London with Nigerian heritage, he attended Queen Mary University before graduating with an MA from the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Stage

In 2015 he appeared in Arthur's World at the Bush Theatre. He joined the cast of Wonder.land, a musical inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, featuring music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini, at the Royal National Theatre. In 2017, he appeared in Junkyard at the Bristol Old Vic before moving with the production to the Rose Theatre Kingston.

In 2018, he joined a Bristol Old Vic and Royal Exchange Theatre co-production of Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard. That year, he could be seen in a production of Donald Margulies black comedy play The Model Apartment.

He appeared in The Haystack by Al Blyth at the Hampstead Theatre in 2020. In 2022, he was in a Bristol Old Vic production of Dr Semmelweis with Mark Rylance. In 2023, he appeared in The Meaning of Zong at the Barbican Theatre.

Film and television

He appeared in the television series Giri/Haji and The Lazarus Project, both written by Joe Barton.

In 2022, he appeared as Puck in a Sacha Bennett directed adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also made an appeared in the Robert Popper comedy series I Hate You on Channel 4.

In 2024, he plays Rasselas on the Disney+ series Renegade Nell, alongside Adrian Lester and Louisa Harland.

Filmography

References

1. "Ényì Okoronkwo on Renegade Nell: 'I am amazing at riding horses'". The Book of Man. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. Gardner, Lynn (1 February 2015). "Arthur's World review – videogame knights spark violence on an estate". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
3. "Wonder.Land cast announced - Olivier, NT". London Theatre. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
4. Hitchings, Henry (30 November 2017). "Junkyard, theatre review: A hymn to the power of teenagers' imagination". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
5. "Cast Announced for The Cherry Orchard at Bristol Old Vic". Theatre Weekly. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
6. Brennan, Clare (9 December 2018). "The Model Apartment review – outrageously funny and breathtakingly horrifying". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
7. Wild, Stephi (16 January 2020). "Inside Rehearsal For THE HAYSTACK at Hampstead Theatre". Broadway World. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
8. "Review:The Haystack". Whats on Stage. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
9. Mayo, Douglas (18 January 2022). "Gallery, News, Regional". British Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
10. "Review: The Meaning of Zong, Barbican". Ought to be Clowns. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
11. "The Lazarus Project: The Cast & Characters". Sky.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
12. Cline, Rich (13 December 2023). "Rising Stars Announce Nominations for Film Awards". Critics Circle. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
13. "I Hate You". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
14. Moss, Molly (27 March 2024). "Renegade Nell review: A super fun and feisty adventure". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

External links

• Enyi Okoronkwo at IMDb

• Living people
• Black British male actors
• 21st-century English male actors
• English male television actors
• English people of Nigerian descent
• Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
• Alumni of Queen Mary University of London
• Male actors from London