Biography
Chizzy Akudolu is a British actress. Born Andrea Chizoba Akudolu on 7 October 1973 in Harlesden, London, she began her career in 2002 after winning a place in the BBC Talent Initiative's Urban Sketch Showcase, which led to her first television appearances.
Her early credits include roles in 15 Storeys High, EastEnders, Green Wing and the 2008 series Dead Set, in which she played Angel. She gained wider recognition as the lead in the CBBC series Jinx (2009) and as Mo Effanga in the BBC medical drama Holby City (2012–2022).
Akudolu has appeared in The Inbetweeners, Man vs Bee (2022), The Woman in the Wall (2023), Best Interests (2023) as Mercy, Beyond Paradise and Criminal Record (2024). She has also worked as a presenter and team captain on Sorry I Didn't Know, and competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017.
