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Adjoa Andoh
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<p>Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">MBE</a> is a British actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the <a href="/facts/Royal_Shakespeare_Company/CK2wrr7h">Royal Shakespeare Company</a>, the <a href="/facts/Royal_National_Theatre/UUVKxXLE">National Theatre</a>, the <a href="/facts/Royal_Court_Theatre/xmu6xu4R">Royal Court Theatre</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Almeida_Theatre/M5K8c40q">Almeida Theatre</a>. On television, she appeared in two series of <i><a href="/facts/Doctor_Who/R7X9rdLc">Doctor Who</a></i> as <a href="/facts/Francine_Jones/hjYXzD55">Francine Jones</a>, 90 episodes of the BBC's long-running medical drama <i><a href="/facts/Casualty_(TV_series)/HCpvdxUa">Casualty</a>,</i> and BBC's <i><a href="/facts/EastEnders/z6g4tebu">EastEnders</a>.</i> Andoh made her <a href="/facts/Hollywood_(film_industry)/1HpkUBfd">Hollywood</a> debut in autumn 2009, starring as <a href="/facts/Nelson_Mandela/FeD1aGFC">Nelson Mandela</a>'s <a href="/facts/Chief_of_staff/Pg6Hkyuf">chief of staff</a> Brenda Mazibuko alongside <a href="/facts/Morgan_Freeman/3lRKa6Nj">Morgan Freeman</a> as Mandela in <a href="/facts/Clint_Eastwood/I4Vx322b">Clint Eastwood</a>'s drama film <i><a href="/facts/Invictus_(film)/Ql2wd10p">Invictus</a></i>. From 2020, she portrays Lady Danbury in the <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> Regency romance series <i><a href="/facts/Bridgerton/4ApJQNrY">Bridgerton</a></i>. In July 2022, Andoh became an honorary fellow of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Society_of_Literature/kPaMqF3R">Royal Society of Literature</a>. </p>