Mary Oyaya is a Kenyan

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and model. She is best known for the role of Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in the American blockbuster film, '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''.

Personal life

She was born in

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, Kenya as the eldest child in a family of four siblings. She received her master's degree in International Relations and then completed a second master's degree in International Social Development, both from the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

. After moving to Australia, she continued to appear in television commercials and advertisements. Shoshan Oyaya Krishan 2

Career

She has worked for the United Nations since a young age. She mainly worked with refugees in Australia for several NGOs. While studying, she pursued a modeling career. She featured in several fashion magazines such as 'CAT' and 'S'. In the meantime, she appeared in advertisements with Salvatore Ferragamo and Gucci sunglasses, Chanel and Jan Logan jewelry and footwear with Sergio Rossi. Mary has starred in television commercials for Telstra Communications, Hewlett Packard Bell, and various sports advertisements. In 1999, she acted in the SciFi network TV series, ''

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''. During this period, she ventured into film productions, such as ''Lost Souls'' and ''Down and Under''. In 2002, she appeared as

Jedi Master Jedi (), Jedi Knights, or collectively the Jedi Order are the main heroic protagonists of many works of the '' Star Wars'' franchise. Working symbiotically alongside the Old Galactic Republic, and later supporting the Rebel Alliance, the Jedi ...

Luminara Unduli This incomplete list of characters from the ''Star Wars'' franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official ''Star Wars'' canon, as of the changes made by Lucasfilm in April 2014. Following its acquisition by The Walt Dis ...

in the American blockbuster film '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oyaya, Mary Living people 21st-century Kenyan actresses Kenyan emigrants to Australia Kenyan television actresses People from Mombasa Year of birth missing (living people) University of New South Wales alumni