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name: "Weruche Opia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/weruche-opia"
fi1m_id: "weruche-opia"
imdb_id: "nm4030255"
tmdb_id: 1948465
wikidata_id: "Q24262794"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:12:22.633090+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."
---

# Weruche Opia

## Identity

Weruche Opia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/weruche-opia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** weruche-opia
- **IMDb ID:** nm4030255
- **TMDB ID:** 1948465
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24262794
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weruche_Opia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24262794, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4030255/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1948465

Actor. Born 11 April 1987 in Nigeria.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1987, Nigeria
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Reanne Weruche Opia, Reanne Opia, Reanne Weruche, ウェルシュ・オピア, ウェルチェ・オピア, 薇魯希・歐皮雅, 薇魯希 歐皮雅
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weruche_Opia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24262794, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4030255/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1948465

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*I May Destroy You*](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bait*](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Weruche Opia is a British-Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. Born Reanne Weruche Opia on 11 April 1987 in Lagos, Nigeria, she moved to South East London at the age of 13. She holds a degree in drama and sociology from the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Opia began her career with a guest role in *The Bill* in 2010. She gained prominence as Cleopatra Ofoedo in the BBC comedy *Bad Education* (2014) and its 2015 film spin-off. She is known for her role as Terry Pratchard in the BBC miniseries *I May Destroy You* (2020), for which she received a British Academy Television Award nomination and a Black Reel Award. Other credits include *Top Boy*, *Sliced* (2019–2020), *High Desert* (2023), *The Jetty* (2024), the voice of Otin in *Iwájú* (2024) and Coretta Scott King in *Genius* (2024). She appears as Felicia in the series *Bait* (2026).

She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bait* (2026), Fi1m 81, as Felicia — [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Terry Pratchard — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Ladies First* (2026), as Ruby
- *Bait* (2026), series, as Felicia — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *The Jetty* (2024), series, as Riz
- *Iwájú* (2024), series, as Otin (voice)
- *High Desert* (2023), series, as Carol
- *Bad Education: Reunion* (2022), as Cleopatra 'Cleo' Ofoedo
- *Slumberland* (2022), as Agent Green
- *Our House* (2022), series, as Merle
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), series, as Terry Pratchard — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Sliced* (2019), series, as Naomi
- *Haircut* (2019), as Funmi
- *Dérè: An African Tale* (2017), series, as Dérè
- *Genius* (2017), series, as Coretta Scott King
- *Just a Couple* (2017), series, Actor
- *The Bad Education Movie* (2015), as Cleopatra 'Cleo' Ofoedo
- *When Love Happens* (2014), as Mo
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Maz — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Actress — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Gallery

- ![Weruche Opia](https://film.one/media/person/22757/gallery-1255a012f912.jpg) Weruche Opia — ITSO FILMS (Tahirah Sharif and Osy Ikhile), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Weruche_Opia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Weruche Opia](https://film.one/media/person/22757/gallery-5d3bfd045e76.jpg) Weruche Opia — Image via TMDB
- ![Weruche Opia](https://film.one/media/person/22757/gallery-416f252924bf.jpg) Weruche Opia — Image via TMDB

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