Biography
Carmen Ejogo (born 22 October 1973) is an English actress. She made her feature film debut in the musical, "Absolute Beginners" (1986), and her big break came when she was cast in the title role of the television movie, "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal" (2000). She has since starred in the “Fantastic Beasts” series, “Alien: Convenant,” and “Selma.”
Known For
Complete Filmography
Fountain of Youth
2025
as Deb McCall
A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even ...
Goodrich
2024
as Lola
Andy Goodrich's life is upended when his wife enters a rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Goodrich leans on his daughter fro...
Forty Winks
2022
as Nina Sherman
Forty Winks follows Fabio Berker, struggling Hypnotist in New York City, as he is blackmailed into being the world's first hypnotist hit man by a myst...
Rattlesnake
2019
as Katrina Ridgeway
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
Rattlesnake
2019
Executive Producer
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
as Seraphina Picquery
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only o...
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
as Maya Alston
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontma...
It Comes at Night
2017
as Sarah
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but t...
Alien: Covenant
2017
as Karine
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but ...
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
2017
as Karine
The official prologue to Alien: Covenant introduces the crew of the mission as they gather for a final meal before entering cryosleep. Set aboard the...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Seraphina Picquery
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of ...
Born to Be Blue
2015
as Jane/Elaine
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Selma
2014
as Coretta Scott King
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
as Eva Sanchez
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of ...
Alex Cross
2012
as Maria Cross
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fir...
Sparkle
2012
as Sister
Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daugh...
Away We Go
2009
as Grace De Tessant
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...
Pride and Glory
2008
as Tasha
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a ...
The Brave One
2007
as Jackie
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Alean
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...
Noel
2004
as Dr. Batiste
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospita...
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
as Amber Belhaven
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his ...
Perfume
2001
as Chloe
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci...
Boycott
2001
as Coretta Scott King
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Maria
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and h...
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Sally Hemings
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, sp...
Tube Tales
1999
as Girl (segment "Steal Away")
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...
The Avengers
1998
as Brenda
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the worl...
I Want You
1998
as Amber
A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.
Metro
1997
as Ronnie Tate
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put hi...
Absolute Beginners
1986
as Carmen
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model C...