Sophie Okonedo Content type Biography Blog Encyclopedia Article Lesson Plan Oral History Podcast Collection We Remember This Week in History The Feminist Revolution Women Rabbis Women of Valor Power Couples Soviet Jewry Baltimore DC Katrina Seattle Western Pioneers Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo credits her heritage as a “North London, working-class, black, Jewish girl” with giving her the range to act in roles ranging from Hotel Rwanda to Doctor Who. http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/okonedo-sophie Sophie Okonedo wins a Tony Award for “Raisin in the Sun” June 8, 2014 "I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black." Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo http://jwa.org/thisweek/jun/08/2014/this-week-in-history-sophie-okonedo-wins-tony-award-for-raisin-in-sun
