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= Amaka Okafor = Amaka Okafor is a British actor, best known for her work in theatre, her starring role in the Take That jukebox musical Greatest Days, and for TV appearances in The Responder (2022), and Bodies (2023).

Career
Okafor did not attend drama school but studied theatre devising at Liverpool John Moores University. She began her career touring community theatre in schools, prisons, and churches, and was a member of the Unicorn Theatre ensemble in London for two years. She has appeared in Peter Pan at the National Theatre, I See You at the Royal Court, and Sonia Friedman's Hamlet at the Barbican.

Okafor made her West End theatre debut playing Sofia in Florian Zeller's The Son, which transferred from Kilburn's Kiln Theatre to the Duke of York's theatre in October 2019. Her other theatre credits include Hope Has A Happy Meal (2023), Glasgow Girls , Nora: A Doll's House (2020) , Grimly Handsome (2017) , Bird , and After The End (2022).

Her TV appearances include The Split (2020) and The Responder (2022) for the BBC, and Bodies (2023) for Netflix. Bodies is created by Paul Tomalin, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, and based on the graphic novel by Si Spencer and Dean Ormston.

Okafor is also known for her work in radio drama and audiobooks, portraying Kaz in long-running BBC soap The Archers, Zoe in Mark Ravenhill's adaptation of the Dion Boucicault play, The Octoroon , and appearing in Neil Gaiman's podcast series, The Sandman.

In one of her most prominent roles to date, Okafor stars alongside Aisling Bea, Alice Lowe, and Jayde Adams in Greatest Days, a 2023 cinematic adaptation of Take That's smash-hit stage musical, The Band. Her upcoming film projects include UK indie comedy drama Sweet Sue, directed by Leo Leigh.

In June 2023, Okafor was selected by Screen Daily as one of their 'Stars of Tomorrow'.

Personal Life
Okafor was born in Birmingham to an Indian journalist mother and Nigerian reggae musician father, and grew up all over the UK. She sings and writes music in her spare time.