Oyin Oladejo (born in Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born Canadian actress, known for portraying Joann Owosekun on the television series '' Star Trek: Discovery''.

Life

Oladejo was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and grew up in Lagos. She moved to Canada in 2001 at the age of 16. She originally planned to study law, rejected it, and got a job as a ticket seller for the Canadian Opera Company, where she discovered her interest in acting. She then completed a course of study in theatre arts at Humber College in Toronto, and the Soul Pepper Academy in Toronto. In addition to regular theater engagements in Toronto, she played a supporting role in a short film, but otherwise had no film offers; according to her own statement in an interview, she was about to give up the acting profession. Finally, she took on the advice of her agent with a self-made video of a casting part, without knowing what production it was for, and was shortly thereafter selected for the role of bridge officer Joann Owosekun on '' Star Trek: Discovery''. Oladejo has since appeared in every season of the series. In the following years, she was seen in the role of Ophelia in William Shakespeare's '' Hamlet'', and in the male role of Lopakhin in

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Theater (selection)

* '' In This World'' Roseneath Theatre, Toronto 2013 * ''Happy Place'', Soulpepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2015 * ''Marat/Sade'', Soulpepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2015 * '' Noises Off'', Soulpepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2016 * '' A Doll's House'', Soul pepper (Young Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto 2016'''' * ''TomorrowLove'', Outside the March, Toronto 2016 * '' Hamlet'', Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. 2018 * '' The Cherry Orchard'', Crown's Theatre, Toronto 2019 (as Lopakhin) * ''The Father'' (

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), Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto 2019

Filmography

* 2017: ''Pond'' (short film by Tochi Osuji) * 2017–present: '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (TV Series) * 2020: ''

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Awards

* Edna Khubyar Acting Award (Humber College) * Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance – Individual (for ''In This World'')

References

External links

* Living people 1985 births Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Actresses from Ibadan Actresses from Lagos Actresses from Toronto 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses Humber College alumni Nigerian emigrants to Canada Nigerian stage actresses Nigerian television actresses Black Canadian actresses {{Nigeria-actor-stub