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{{short description|British actress}}
{{short description|British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Jessica Oyelowo
| name = Jessica Oyelowo
| image = Jessica Oyelowo Award Show (cropped).jpg
| image = Jessica Oyelowo Award Show (cropped).jpg
| image_upright =
| image_upright =
| caption = Oyelowo in 2015
| caption = Oyelowo in 2015
| birth_name = Jessica Watson
| birth_name = Jessica Watson
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1978}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|24}}
| birth_place = [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]], England
| birth_place = [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]], England
| other_names =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress, singer
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1999–present
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[David Oyelowo]]|1998}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[David Oyelowo]]|1998}}
| domestic_partner =
| domestic_partner =
| children = 4
| children = 4
| parents =
| parents =
| website =
| website =
}}
}}
'''Jessica Oyelowo''' ({{née}} '''Watson'''; born 1978) is a British actress.
'''Jessica Oyelowo''' ({{née}} '''Watson'''; born 1978) is a British-American actress and singer.


==Early life==
==Early life==
She was born '''Jessica Watson''' in [[Ipswich]] and spent her childhood in [[Suffolk]].<ref name= "crime show" /> She attended [[Woodbridge School]] as a child and was a member of the [[National Youth Music Theatre]].<ref name= "crime show" />
She was born '''Jessica Watson''' in [[Ipswich]], and spent her childhood in [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]], Suffolk.<ref name="crime show" /> She attended [[Woodbridge School]] as a child and was a member of the [[National Youth Music Theatre]].<ref name= "crime show" />


==Career==
==Career==
In 2006, she starred as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones<ref name="crime show">{{cite news| url= http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/suffolk_actress_in_crime_show_1_107596| title= Suffolk actress in crime show| work= [[Ipswich Star]]| date= March 31, 2006| access-date= January 6, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153444/http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/suffolk_actress_in_crime_show_1_107596 |archive-date= April 2, 2015| url-status= dead}}</ref> in ''[[Mayo (TV series)|Mayo]]'' and went on to appear in ''[[Murphy's Law (UK TV series)|Murphy's Law]]'' alongside [[James Nesbitt]], in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk40/feature_murphy.shtml| title = Be glad he's on your side| publisher = BBC| accessdate = 4 October 2007}}{{Dead link| date= October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as [[Olaudah Equiano]]) in ''Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story'', a radio play adapting Equiano's 1789 autobiography ''[[The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano]]''. This was first broadcast on [[BBC 7]] on 8 April 2007.<ref>{{cite press release| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/wk15/sun.shtml#sun_grace |title=Network Radio Programme Information Week 15 Easter Sunday 15 April 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref>
In 2006, she starred as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones<ref name="crime show">{{cite news |date=March 31, 2006 |title=Suffolk actress in crime show |url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/suffolk_actress_in_crime_show_1_107596 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153444/http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/suffolk_actress_in_crime_show_1_107596 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=April 27, 2024 |work=[[Ipswich Star]]}}</ref> in ''[[Mayo (TV series)|Mayo]]'', then went on to appear in ''[[Murphy's Law (UK TV series)|Murphy's Law]]'' alongside [[James Nesbitt]], in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk40/feature_murphy.shtml| title = Be glad he's on your side| publisher = BBC| accessdate = 4 October 2007}}{{Dead link| date= October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as [[Olaudah Equiano]]) in ''Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story'' (a radio play adapting Equiano's 1789 autobiography ''[[The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano]]''), first broadcast on [[BBC 7]] on 8 April 2007.<ref>{{cite press release| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/wk15/sun.shtml#sun_grace |title=Network Radio Programme Information Week 15 Easter Sunday 15 April 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:David & Jessica Oyelowo.jpg|thumb|David and Jessica Oyelowo]]
[[File:David & Jessica Oyelowo.jpg|thumb|David and Jessica Oyelowo]]
Oyelowo resides in [[Tarzana, Los Angeles|Tarzana]] in the [[San Fernando Valley]] in [[Southern California]], US with her husband, actor [[David Oyelowo]]. They met while attending the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]].<ref name= mobile>{{cite web| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/upwardly-mobile-david-oyelowo-on-going-from-tooting-bec-to-tom-cruises-jet-8483779.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/upwardly-mobile-david-oyelowo-on-going-from-tooting-bec-to-tom-cruises-jet-8483779.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| first= Gerard| last= Gilbert| date= February 8, 2013|title= Upwardly mobile: David Oyelowo on going from Tooting Bec to Tom Cruise's jet|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate= October 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name= "crime show" /> They have four children.<ref name=mobile /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/01/david-oyelowo-selma-martin-luther-king-benedict-cumberbatch-interview| title= David Oyelowo: 'No one says to Oliver Stone: white characters AGAIN?'|first= Ryan |last= Gilbey|work= [[The Guardian]]|date=1 February 2015| accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.comstoryy/life/people/2012/10/10/david-oyelowo-the-paperboy-and-middle-of-nowhere/1620649/|title=David Oyelowo comes out of 'Nowhere' to become star| date= 10 October 2012|work=[[USA Today]]| first= Andrea |last= Mandell|accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref> <!--the oldest two of which are sons.<ref name= "crime show" />--> They formerly resided in [[Brighton]], England.<ref name= "crime show" />
Oyelowo resides in [[Tarzana, Los Angeles|Tarzana]] in the [[San Fernando Valley]] in [[Southern California]], US with her husband, actor [[David Oyelowo]]. They met while attending the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]].<ref name= mobile>{{cite web| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/upwardly-mobile-david-oyelowo-on-going-from-tooting-bec-to-tom-cruises-jet-8483779.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/upwardly-mobile-david-oyelowo-on-going-from-tooting-bec-to-tom-cruises-jet-8483779.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| first= Gerard| last= Gilbert| date= February 8, 2013|title= Upwardly mobile: David Oyelowo on going from Tooting Bec to Tom Cruise's jet|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate= October 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name= "crime show" /> They have four children.<ref name=mobile /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/01/david-oyelowo-selma-martin-luther-king-benedict-cumberbatch-interview| title= David Oyelowo: 'No one says to Oliver Stone: white characters AGAIN?'|first= Ryan |last= Gilbey|work= [[The Guardian]]|date=1 February 2015| accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.comstoryy/life/people/2012/10/10/david-oyelowo-the-paperboy-and-middle-of-nowhere/1620649/|title=David Oyelowo comes out of 'Nowhere' to become star|date=10 October 2012|work=[[USA Today]]|first=Andrea|last=Mandell|accessdate=16 September 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <!--the oldest two of which are sons.<ref name= "crime show" />--> They formerly resided in [[Brighton]], England.<ref name= "crime show" />


Both she and her husband are committed [[Christianity|Christian]]s.<ref name= mobile />
Both she and her husband are committed [[Christianity|Christian]]s.<ref name= mobile />
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Oyelowo and her husband became [[naturalised]] [[US citizen]]s on 20 July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/09/david_oyelowo_was_inspired_to.html | title=David Oyelowo was inspired to become a citizen after filming Selma |work=The Oregonian|author=WENN.com|date=29 September 2016| access-date=27 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081851/https://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/09/david_oyelowo_was_inspired_to.html | archive-date=18 November 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-oyelowo-on-his-first-thanksgiving-as-an-american-citizen/ | title=David Oyelowo on his first Thanksgiving as an American citizen|first=Andrea|last=Park|publisher=CBS News|date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
Oyelowo and her husband became [[naturalised]] [[US citizen]]s on 20 July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/09/david_oyelowo_was_inspired_to.html | title=David Oyelowo was inspired to become a citizen after filming Selma |work=The Oregonian|author=WENN.com|date=29 September 2016| access-date=27 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081851/https://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/09/david_oyelowo_was_inspired_to.html | archive-date=18 November 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-oyelowo-on-his-first-thanksgiving-as-an-american-citizen/ | title=David Oyelowo on his first Thanksgiving as an American citizen|first=Andrea|last=Park|publisher=CBS News|date=24 November 2016}}</ref>


As the wife of a [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] tribal prince,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/david-oyelowo-interview-selma-actor-being-african-prince-struggling-american-red-tape-and-talking-god-10316538.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/david-oyelowo-interview-selma-actor-being-african-prince-struggling-american-red-tape-and-talking-god-10316538.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Oyelowo interview: The ''Selma'' actor on being an African prince|website=Independent.com|date=13 June 2015 |accessdate=July 27, 2021}}</ref> Oyelowo is entitled to the honorific style ''[[Olori]]''. She currently doesn't make use of it, however.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
As the wife of a [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] tribal prince, Oyelowo is entitled to the honorific style ''[[Olori]]''. She currently does not use it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/david-oyelowo-interview-selma-actor-being-african-prince-struggling-american-red-tape-and-talking-god-10316538.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/david-oyelowo-interview-selma-actor-being-african-prince-struggling-american-red-tape-and-talking-god-10316538.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Oyelowo interview: The ''Selma'' actor on being an African prince|website=Independent.com|date=13 June 2015 |accessdate=July 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/tv/bbc-girl-before-stars-actress-22483061|website=mylondon.news|title=BBC The Girl Before star's actress wife of 23 years and his unusual contract demand to keep the relationship working|date=19 December 2021 |accessdate=June 16, 2023}} </ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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==Stage work==
==Stage work==
* ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (as Roxanne) at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]], 2006 <ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/dec/07/theatre |title= Cyrano de Bergerac | date= 7 December 2006| first= Alfred| last= Hickling| work= [[The Guardian]]| access-date= October 10, 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (as Roxanne) at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]], 2006 <ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/dec/07/theatre |title= Cyrano de Bergerac | date= 7 December 2006| first= Alfred| last= Hickling| work= [[The Guardian]]| access-date= October 10, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Ana in Love'' (play) at [[Hackney Empire]] for Inside Intelligence 2007
* ''Ana in Love'' (play) at [[Hackney Empire]] for Inside Intelligence 2007
* ''[[As You Like It]]'' (Rosalind) for Inside Intelligence 1997, her professional debut
* ''[[As You Like It]]'' (Rosalind) for Inside Intelligence 1997, her professional debut
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==External links ==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0654649}}
* {{IMDb name|0654649}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/mayo/ ''Mayo''] at [[BBC]]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/mayo/ ''Mayo''] at [[BBC]]


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Latest revision as of 13:58, 2 October 2024

Jessica Oyelowo
Oyelowo in 2015
Born
Jessica Watson

(1978-12-24) December 24, 1978 (age 46)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1999–present
Spouse
​
(m. 1998)​
Children4

Jessica Oyelowo (née Watson; born 1978) is a British-American actress and singer.

Early life

[edit]

She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich, and spent her childhood in Woodbridge, Suffolk.[1] She attended Woodbridge School as a child and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre.[1]

Career

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In 2006, she starred as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones[1] in Mayo, then went on to appear in Murphy's Law alongside James Nesbitt, in 2007.[2] She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as Olaudah Equiano) in Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story (a radio play adapting Equiano's 1789 autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano), first broadcast on BBC 7 on 8 April 2007.[3]

Personal life

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David and Jessica Oyelowo

Oyelowo resides in Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, US with her husband, actor David Oyelowo. They met while attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4][1] They have four children.[4][5][6] They formerly resided in Brighton, England.[1]

Both she and her husband are committed Christians.[4]

Oyelowo and her husband became naturalised US citizens on 20 July 2016.[7][8]

As the wife of a Yoruba tribal prince, Oyelowo is entitled to the honorific style Olori. She currently does not use it.[9][10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Sleepy Hollow Sarah
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years Princess Margaret
2005 It's a Boy! Mary Video short
2009 Big Guy Bear Vendor Short
2010 Alice in Wonderland Woman with Large Poitrine in Red Queen Court
2011 Rahab Rahab Short
2015 Captive Meredith MacKenzie
2016 After the Storm None Short; director, writer and producer
Nina Nurse
A United Kingdom Lady Lilly Canning
2019 Sorry, Not Sorry Abby Short
2020 The Water Man Missus Bakemeyer Also composed and performed several songs

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Unfinished Business Flora Episodes: "2.4", "2.6"
1999 People Like Us Emma Episode: "The Photographer"
2000 Madame Bovary Felicite TV miniseries
2000 Reach for the Moon Claire Jones Episode: "This Means Nothing to Me"
2000 Don Quixote 1st Handmaiden TV film
2000 The Sight Isobel TV film
2001 Lee Evans: So What Now? Episode: "Swinger"
2002 Helen West Rose Darvey Episodes: "Deep Sleep", "Shadow Play"
2003 The Deal Make-up Artist TV film
2004 Hex Rachel McBain Episode: "Pilot: The Story Begins"
2006 Mayo Alex Jones Main role
2007 Murphy's Law Jackie Cole Episodes: "Food Chain: Parts 1-3"
2008 Inseparable Camille Hutton TV film
2011 Off the Map Chloe Episode: "Smile. Don't Kill Anyone."
2012 Childrens Hospital Mother Episode: "British Hospital"
2023 Lawmen: Bass Reeves Rachel Reeves Episode: "Part I"; also Executive Producer

Stage work

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Suffolk actress in crime show". Ipswich Star. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Be glad he's on your side". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2007.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Network Radio Programme Information Week 15 Easter Sunday 15 April 2007" (Press release).[dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c Gilbert, Gerard (8 February 2013). "Upwardly mobile: David Oyelowo on going from Tooting Bec to Tom Cruise's jet". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ Gilbey, Ryan (1 February 2015). "David Oyelowo: 'No one says to Oliver Stone: white characters AGAIN?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ^ Mandell, Andrea (10 October 2012). "David Oyelowo comes out of 'Nowhere' to become star". USA Today. Retrieved 16 September 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ WENN.com (29 September 2016). "David Oyelowo was inspired to become a citizen after filming Selma". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ^ Park, Andrea (24 November 2016). "David Oyelowo on his first Thanksgiving as an American citizen". CBS News.
  9. ^ "David Oyelowo interview: The Selma actor on being an African prince". Independent.com. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ "BBC The Girl Before star's actress wife of 23 years and his unusual contract demand to keep the relationship working". mylondon.news. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. ^ Hickling, Alfred (7 December 2006). "Cyrano de Bergerac". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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