Student & graduate profiles

Afi Okaidja

BA in Acting Degree (H Level)

Year of graduation 2026

Margaret
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare for Young Audiences 2025) directed by Robbie Bowman
Judge
The Government Inspector (course project) directed by Sinéad Rushe
Emily
Our Town (course project) directed by Gbolahan Obisesan
Coryphaeus
Hippolytus (course project) directed by John Baxter

The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi (course project) directed by Sinéad Rushe
Polena
The Seagull (course project) directed by Mel Jessop
Harper
American Scene Study: Angels in America (course project) directed by Anastasia Velikorodnaya

Accents and dialects: French, Leeds, General American, RP, NY, Glasgow

Singing: Mezzo Soprano

Dance: AfroFusion, period

Languages: French (intermediate), Lingala (advanced)

Music: Flute (basic)

Film
Yawa, Rocks, dir. Sarah Gavron, Fable Pictures/BFI/Film4

Amma, Jitterbug, dir. Ayo Akingbade, Artangel

Nome, Nome and the Worm, dir. Lydia Rui, NFTS

TV
Bebi, Grime Kids, dirs. Abdou Cisse and Ian Aryeh, Mammoth Screen

Training
Next Stage RADA, 2019

RADA Youth Company, 2021/22

Originate, 2022/23

Open Door, 2023/26

Almeida Young Company (Musical Theatre), 2023