Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jack Starbright in the

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spy thriller '' Alex Rider'' (2020–) and Yvonne in the

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musical film ''

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'' (2018). She also guest-starred in two episodes of ''

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'' (2017). On stage, her work includes '' Three Sisters'' at the National Theatre, (2020), ''Lava'' at

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, (2021), and ''Blues for an Alabama Sky'' (2022).

Early life

Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo is an English actress of Nigerian ancestry, from

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, England. Adékoluẹjo studied acting for three years from 2010 at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), in London, graduating in 2013 with a

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degree in Acting (H Level).

Theatre

Adékoluẹjo crafted her acting skills on the theatre stage, in productions such as ''Pride and Prejudice'', at the

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(2015), ''The Mountain Top'' at the

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(2016), ''

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'' at the

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(2016). In 2020, Adékoluẹjo appeared on stage in the role of Abosede in the live-streaming theatre play '' Three Sisters'' at National Theatre Live, and was nominated for best classical stage performances by actors under the age of 30 at the Ian Charleson Awards. However, the event was postponed due to the

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. In August 2021, Adékoluẹjo performed "solo" on stage, live-streamed worldwide, in the Benedict Lombe-directed play ''Lava'' at the

. She won ' Best perfomance Piece' for this work, at

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in 2022. In 2022, she starred as Delia in the all-black American tragicomedy,''Blues for an Alabama Sky'', written by Pearl Cleage, and based on the Harlem Renaissance in 1930s New York. Her performance earned a nomination at the ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards for Best Actress

Film and television

From 2014, Adékoluẹjo had some single-episode appearances in TV series until starring in ''

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'', when she played Penny in both ''

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'', alongside Peter Capaldi (the Twelfth Doctor) and his companions

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. Adékoluẹjo starred as Demi-Lea Sadler in the "Nadia Cavelle" short film ''Lascivious Grace'', which premiered at the Underwire Film festival 2017 and was an official film selection for the Bermuda International Film Festival 2018. Adékoluẹjo was nominated for best actor at

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2017 for her performance in the short film ''Lascivious Grace.'' In 2018, Ronke starred in the Tinge Krishnan-directed

musical ''

'', as the character Yvonne, best friend of Simone, played by lead actress

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. The film was shown at the 2018

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. In 2019, Adékoluẹjo landed a main role in the

teenage spy thriller television series '' Alex Rider'' as Jack Starbright, Alex Rider's American primary carer and mentor. In 2021, Adékoluẹjo played Ṣadé in the pilot of the

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television production ''Big Age''.

Filmography

Film

Live streaming theatre

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Scott Marshall profile - Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo

Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo twitter
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