---
name: "Jessica Oyelowo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-oyelowo"
fi1m_id: "jessica-oyelowo"
imdb_id: "nm0654649"
tmdb_id: 208507
wikidata_id: "Q5929749"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:00.327480+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jessica Oyelowo

## Identity

Jessica Oyelowo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-oyelowo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-oyelowo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0654649
- **TMDB ID:** 208507
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5929749
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Oyelowo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5929749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208507

Actor. Born 1 January 1978 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1978, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2010
- **Also known as:** Jessica Watson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 63 (1), 2010s 48 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Fantasy 2, Mystery 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,232m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Oyelowo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5929749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208507

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Murphy's Law*](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) (63)

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## Biography

Jessica Oyelowo, also credited as Jessica Watson, is a British-American actress and singer. She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Woodbridge, Suffolk. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where she met her husband, actor David Oyelowo, and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre.

Oyelowo has appeared in television series including *Murphy's Law* (2007) as DC Jackie Cole, *Mayo* (2006) as DS Alex Jones, *Hex* (2004) as Rachel McBain, *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023) as Rachel Reeves, and *Childrens Hospital* (2012). Her film roles include *Sleepy Hollow* (1999) as Sarah, *Don Quixote* (2000) as 1st Handmaiden, *Alice in Wonderland* (2010), *Captive* (2015) as Meredith MacKenzie, *A United Kingdom* (2016) as Lady Lilly Canning, and *The Water Man* (2020) as Missus Bakemeyer. She has also worked as a producer and director, often in collaboration with her husband.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Alice in Wonderland* (2010), Fi1m 48, as Woman with Large Poitrine in Red Queen Court — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland-2010.md)
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), Fi1m 63, as DC Jackie Cole — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), Fi1m 78, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Becoming King* (2024), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023), series, as Rachel Reeves · Executive Producer
- *Ferguson Rises* (2021), Producer
- *The Water Man* (2020), as Missus Bakemeyer
- *Sorry, Not Sorry* (2019), as Abby
- *Sleepwalker* (2017), Actor
- *After the Storm* (2017), Producer, Director, Writer
- *A United Kingdom* (2016), as Lady Lilly Canning
- *Captive* (2015), as Meredith MacKenzie
- *Rahab* (2012), as Rahab
- *Alice in Wonderland* (2010), as Woman with Large Poitrine in Red Queen Court — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland-2010.md)
- *Big Guy* (2009), as Bear Vendor · Music, Producer
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Mother
- *Hitler: The Comedy Years* (2007), as Princess Margaret (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Mayo* (2006), series, as DS Alex Jones
- *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (2004), as Princess Margaret
- *Hex* (2004), series, as Rachel McBain
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as DC Jackie Cole — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *The Sight* (2000), as Isobel
- *Don Quixote* (2000), as 1st Handmaiden
- *Madame Bovary* (2000), series, as Felicite
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), as Sarah — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *People Like Us* (1999), series, as Emma 'The Lodger'
- *Rock a Bye Baby*, as Mrs. X · Producer
- *Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Jessica Oyelowo](https://film.one/media/person/4160363/gallery-eb208c8fc839.jpg) Jessica Oyelowo — David_&_Jessica_Oyelowo.jpg: lukeford.net
derivative work: ukexpat (talk), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Jessica_Oyelowo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jessica Oyelowo at the premiere of Queen of Katwe, 2016 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/4160363/gallery-362e91a69e1f.jpg) Jessica Oyelowo at the premiere of Queen of Katwe, 2016 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Queen_of_Katwe_02_%2829798202065%29.jpg/1280px-Queen_of_Katwe_02_%2829798202065%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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