---
name: "Rachel Adedeji"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachel-adedeji"
fi1m_id: "rachel-adedeji"
imdb_id: "nm3638183"
tmdb_id: 3968419
wikidata_id: "Q56273808"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 August 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:17:11.923769+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."
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# Rachel Adedeji

## Identity

Rachel Adedeji

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachel-adedeji
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachel-adedeji
- **IMDb ID:** nm3638183
- **TMDB ID:** 3968419
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56273808
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Adedeji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56273808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3638183/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3968419

Actor. Born 22 August 1991 in Barking, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 August 1991, Barking, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Rachel Adedji
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Adedeji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56273808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3638183/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3968419

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dreaming Whilst Black*](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Rachel Adedeji is a Nigerian-British singer and actress. She was born on 22 August 1991 in Barking, London.

Adedeji first came to prominence as a contestant on the fifth and sixth series of *The X Factor* in 2008 and 2009. She later appeared as Lisa Loveday in the Channel 4 soap opera *Hollyoaks* from 2016 to 2020. Her other television credits include *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2023–) as Funmi, *Champion* (2023), *Alice & Jack* (2023–2024), *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), and *Death in Paradise* (2024). She has also worked in film, including *R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned* (2022), and on stage in productions such as *Hadestown*.

Adedeji is also credited as Rachel Adedji.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), Fi1m 81, as Funmi — [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Hard Home* (2024), as Agent Selena Wall
- *Alice & Jack* (2024), series, as Donna
- *Mummies* (2023), as Aida female lead (voice)
- *The Almond and the Seahorse* (2022), as Billie
- *R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned* (2022), as Avatar Roy
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, as Sky Tomlin
- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), series, as Funmi — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Monette Gilbert

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