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Adelayo Adedayo

ActorBorn December 18, 1988 (36 years)
Adelayo Adedayo was born in London on 18 December 1988. She is of Yoruba Nigerian descent, and grew up in Dagenham.

She trained part-time at Identity School of Acting while studying law at Brunel University.

Adedayo made her feature film debut in Sket (2011). On television, she became known for her roles in the BBC Three sitcom Some Girls (2012–2014)and the ITV2 series Timewasters (2017–2019).

She plays a rookie police officer, co-starring with Martin Freeman, in the BBC One series The Responder, with the first series airing in 2022.

In 2023 Adedayo was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in The Responder.

Known For

  • The Responder
  • Supacell
  • Some Girls
  • Origin
  • Sket
  • Timewasters
  • Unsaid Stories
  • Gone Too Far
  • Jet Trash

Filmography

2024
Supacell (TV Series) · as Dionne Ofori
2022
The Responder (TV Series) · as Rachel Hargreaves
2020
Unsaid Stories (TV Series) · as Thea
2019
The Capture (TV Series) · as Alma Dahmani
2018
Origin (TV Series) · as Lee
2017
In The Long Run (TV Series) · as Cynthia
2017
Timewasters (TV Series) · as Lauren
2017
Unlocked · as Noma
2016
Jet Trash · as Adeze
2016
Houdini & Doyle (TV Series) · as Winnie
2016
Stan Lee's Lucky Man (TV Series) · as Grace
2013
Gone Too Far · as Paris
2012
Some Girls (TV Series) · as Viva Bennett
2011
Sket · as Kerry
2009
Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Kayla
2007
Skins (TV Series) · as Andrea
2007
M.I. High (TV Series) · as Agent Suki
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Estelle Makobi

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