---
name: "Okwui Okpokwasili"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/okwui-okpokwasili"
fi1m_id: "okwui-okpokwasili"
imdb_id: "nm1854135"
tmdb_id: 60199
wikidata_id: "Q50345169"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 August 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:52:07.858444+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."
---

# Okwui Okpokwasili

## Identity

Okwui Okpokwasili

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/okwui-okpokwasili
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** okwui-okpokwasili
- **IMDb ID:** nm1854135
- **TMDB ID:** 60199
- **Wikidata ID:** Q50345169
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okwui_Okpokwasili, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50345169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1854135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60199

Actor. Born 6 August 1972 in The Bronx, New York, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 August 1972, The Bronx, New York, U.S
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (2), 2020s 42 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 53 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $885m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okwui_Okpokwasili, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50345169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1854135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60199

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Exorcist: Believer*](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md) (42)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Okwui Okpokwasili is a Nigerian-American actress, performer, choreographer and writer. Born on 6 August 1972 in the Bronx, New York, she graduated from Yale University and creates multidisciplinary works that combine theatre, dance and installation.

In film and television she has appeared in *The Interpreter* (2005), *The Hoax* (2006), *I Am Legend* (2007), *Madeline's Madeline* (2018), *Master* (2022), *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023) as Dr. Beehibe, *Agatha All Along* (2024) as Vertigo, and *The Woman in the Yard* (2025). She has also performed in stage productions including Julie Taymor's *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2013).

Okpokwasili is a MacArthur Fellow and has received Bessie Awards for her performance work. She often collaborates with her husband, the visual artist Peter Born.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), Fi1m 42, as Dr. Beehibe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Fi1m 65, as Infected — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)
- *The Interpreter* (2005), Fi1m 62, as Tour Guide — [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Woman in the Yard* (2025), as Woman
- *Agatha All Along* (2024), series, as Salem Seven / Vertigo
- *Keep Looking* (2024), Actor
- *The Exorcist: Believer* (2023), as Dr. Beehibe — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist-believer.md)
- *Remote* (2022), Actor
- *Master* (2022), as Custodial Worker
- *Altostratus: An Allegory* (2020), Director, Writer, Choreographer
- *It's Not About Jimmy Keene* (2019), as Aliza Bethea
- *Madeline's Madeline* (2018), as Nurse, KK
- *4:44* (2017), as Dancer
- *Her Composition* (2015), as Kim
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2014), as Queen Hippolyta
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Gordon Kemp's Lawyer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?* (2010), Actor
- *I Am Legend* (2007), as Infected — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)
- *The Hoax* (2006), as Malika
- *The Interpreter* (2005), as Tour Guide — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-interpreter.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- OkayAfrica 100 Women 2019: OkayAfrica 100 Women (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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