Biography
Okwui Okpokwasili (born August 6, 1972) is an Igbo-Nigerian American artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theatre, and she describes her work as at "the intersection of theatre, dance, and the installation." Several of her works relate to historical events in Nigeria. She is especially interested in subjects of cultural and historical memory and how the Western imagination perceives of African bodies. From Wikipedia, the free...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Woman in the Yard
2025
as Woman
In the aftermath of her husband's death, widow Ramona's struggle to raise her two kids is hindered by the arrival of a mysterious woman with supernatu...
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along
2024
as Self - Salem 7 Witch
Join Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, and more as they invite viewers behind-the-scenes of Agatha All Along.
Keep Looking
2024
A young filmmaker named Domino travels from the UK to New York City to hunt down funding for her new film. Harkening back to classic counter-cultural ...
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
as Dr. Beehibe
Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memor...
Remote
2022
Finding new cinematic language to express the desire for physical contact in our increasingly isolated, mediated, and highly consumer-driven environme...
Master
2022
as Custodial Worker
At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and ...
Altostratus: An Allegory
2020
Altostratus clouds are grey or blue grey. The sun or moon may shine through these clouds but it's signaling that a storm is on the way. This is a piec...
Altostratus: An Allegory
2020
Director, Writer, Choreographer
Altostratus clouds are grey or blue grey. The sun or moon may shine through these clouds but it's signaling that a storm is on the way. This is a piec...
It's Not About Jimmy Keene
2019
as Aliza Bethea
The police shooting of an unarmed black teen causes friction within a mixed-race Los Angeles family. Ivan, the youngest sibling, is stalked by visions...
Madeline's Madeline
2018
as Nurse, KK
Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her...
Bronx Gothic
2017
as Herself
From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui...
4:44
2017
as Dancer
Centers on two performances; in the first, dancers Storyboard P and Okwui Okpokwasili twist and twine their bodies in a moving two-part dance of desir...
Her Composition
2015
as Kim
A college music student turns to prostitution to make a little cash and look for inspiration, as she has blocked on a major musical composition that s...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014
as Queen Hippolyta
A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.
How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?
2010
A multimedia performance including film, live narration and dance, How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? explores loss and transc...
I Am Legend
2007
as Infected
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last...
The Hoax
2006
as Malika
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1...
The Interpreter
2005
as Tour Guide
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...