Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh is a British film, television, stage and radio actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. On British television, she appeared in two series of Doctor Who as Francine Jones; 90 episodes of the BBC’s long-running medical drama Casualty as Staff Nurse (later Sister) Colette Griffiths (née Kierney); and in the BBC’s EastEnders and she also plays Lady Danbury in the Netflix limited series Bridgerton.

She made her Hollywood debut in autumn 2009, starring as Nelson Mandela’s Chief of Staff Brenda Mazibuko alongside Morgan Freeman as Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s drama film Invictus.