Adelayo Adedayo
Adelayo Adedayo (born 18 December 1988) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the TV series Some Girls (2012–2014), Timewasters (2017–2019), and The Responder (2022–2024).
Adelayo Adedayo
- Name
- Adelayo Adedayo
- Born
- 18 December 1988
- Birthplace
- Dagenham, London
- Education
- Brunel University (BA)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English · Nigerian Pidgin
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Adelayo Adedayo (born 18 December 1988) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the TV series Some Girls (2012–2014), Timewasters (2017–2019), and The Responder (2022–2024).
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Adelayo Adedayo (born 1988) is an actor, actress and film actor, of Nigerian nationality. The actor was born in Manchester. Adelayo Adedayo was educated at Identity School of Acting. Languages used include English and Nigerian Pidgin.
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• Name — Adelayo Adedayo • Born — 18 December 1988 • Birthplace — Dagenham, London • Education — Brunel University (BA) • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2007–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Adelayo Adedayo was born in London on 18 December 1988. She is of Yoruba Nigerian descent, and grew up in Dagenham. She trained part-time at Identity School of Acting while studying law at Brunel University.
Career
Career
Adedayo made her feature film debut in Sket (2011). On television, she became known for her roles in the BBC Three sitcom Some Girls (2012–2014) and the ITV2 series Timewasters (2017–2019). She plays a rookie police officer, co-starring with Martin Freeman, in the BBC One series The Responder, with the first series airing in 2022.
Television
Television
• Year — Programme — Character — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2007 — The Bill — Estelle Makobi — 1 episode • 2010 — Skins — Andrea — 1 episode • 2011 — M.I. High — Agent Suki — 1 episode • 2012–2014 — Some Girls — Viva Bennett — Main role; 18 episodes • 2014 — Law & Order: UK — Kayla — Series 8 • 2017–2019 — Timewasters — Lauren — Main role • 2018 — Origin — Agnes "Lee" Lebachi — Recurring role • 2019 — The Capture — Alma Dahmani — Recurring role • 2022–2024 — The Responder — Rachel Hargreaves — Recurring role • 2024 — Supacell — Dionne — Main role
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation actor. Institutional cataloguing adds that adelayo Adedayo is recorded with the occupation film actor. Recorded as a citizen of Nigeria. Recorded with the gender female. It is also recorded that adelayo Adedayo was born on 18 December 1988.
Film
• Year — Film — Character — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2011 — Sket — Kerry • 2013 — Gone Too Far! — Paris • 2017 — Unlocked — Noma
Awards and nominations
In 2023 Adedayo was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in The Responder.
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- 1.Young Vic. Cuttin' It Interview with cast, Adelayo Adedayo & Tsion Habte. 20 May 2016.
- 2.Bombay Times. Adelayo Adedayo. 2022.
- 3.TBB Talks To… BBC's the Responder Star Adelayo Adedayo | the British Blacklist. 18 January 2022.
- 4.Katie Rosseinsky, Stop, police! Meet our new cop drama crush. Evening Standard, London, 14 January 2022, page 15.
- 5.Smith, Anna. Sket Review. Empire. 26 October 2011.
- 6.Gant, Charles. Sket review. Variety. 2 November 2011.
- 7.Aldridge, Dave. Sket – review. Radio Times.
- 8.Metro. Adelayo Adedayo: I love playing a loudmouthed teenager in Some Girls. 15 November 2012.
- 9.Tate, Gabriel. Some Girls Review. Time Out London. 23 September 2013.
- 10.Some Girls cast say they are 'just as funny as boys'. BBC News. 17 November 2014.
- 11.Khaleeli, Homa. Back to black: how ITV2's Timewasters is subverting the time-travel genre. the Guardian. 23 September 2017.
- 12.Timewasters returns to ITV2 this March. ITV Press Centre. 4 February 2019.
- 13.Mitchell, Tamika. TBB talks to … BBC's The Responder star Adelayo Adedayo. The British Blacklist. January 18, 2022.
- 14.Adelayo Adedayo On The Responder, Some Girls And The Traitors Legend Who Left Her Starstruck. Grazia. 28 May 2024.
- 15.'Gone Too Far': Film Review. hollywoodreporter.com. 4 January 2015.
- 16.Bowen, Chuck. Review: Unlocked. Slant Magazine. 28 August 2017.
- 17.Some Girls - Episode 6. BBC.
- 18.Bahr, Robyn. 'Origin': TV Review. hollywoodreporter.com. 14 November 2018.
- 19.Fullerton, Huw. Origin review: YouTube's new sci-fi drama is Passengers meets The Thing. Radio Times. 14 November 2018.
- 20.White, Peter. 'Origin': YouTube Launches Trailer For Tom Felton & Natalia Tena Intergalactic Space Thriller. Deadline. 4 October 2018.
- 21.McKay, Alistair. Fake news and faceless powers pull the strings in The Capture. www.standard.co.uk. 24 September 2019.
- 22.White, Peter. BBC Unveils First-Look At British Spy Thriller 'The Capture' Starring Holliday Grainger & Callum Turner. Deadline. 17 June 2019.
- 23.The Responder: Meet the full cast of Martin Freeman's BBC drama. Netflix. 24 January 2022.
- 24.Netflix: Adelayo Adedayo. Netflix.
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