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Weruche Opia

1987-04-11 (37 years old) in Nigeria

Reanne Weruche Opia (/wəˈruːtʃeɪ ˈoʊpiə/) (born April 11, 1987) is a British-Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing. She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You (2020). Born in Lagos, Opia moved to South East London at the age of 13. Her father is an author and professor of social sciences and her mother is veteran Nigerian broadcaster and television host Ruth Benamaisia-Opia. Opia holds a degree in drama and sociology from the University of the West of England, Bristol. After making her television debut with a guest appearance in a 2010 episode of The Bill, Opia spent a year with the Renegade Theatre Company in Nigeria. Upon returning to England in 2012, she appeared in the Channel 4 crime drama Top Boy and the Channel 5 procedural Suspects. Opia gained prominence through her role as Cleopatra Ofoedo in the third series of the BBC comedy Bad Education and its 2015 spinoff film. Opia was nominated in 2015 in the Nollywood Actress of the Year category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for her role in the film When Love Happens. From 2019 to 2020, Opia was in the main cast of the Dave sitcom Sliced as Naomi. Opia starred as Terry Pratchard in Michaela Coel's BBC series I May Destroy You, which first aired in June 2020. For her performance, Opia was nominated for a British Academy Television Award and won a Black Reel Award. In 2022, she appeared in the ITV thriller Our House.

Movies

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Slumberland
73 %|Nov 18, 2022
Family, Fantasy, Comedy
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Haircut
0 %|Jan 3, 2019
Drama
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The Bad Education Movie
57 %|Aug 21, 2015
Comedy
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When Love Happens
50 %|Oct 24, 2014
Romance
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Ladies First
0 %|Invalid Date
Comedy

Series

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The Jetty
66 %|Jul 15, 2024
Drama, Crime
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Iwájú
72 %|Feb 28, 2024
Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family
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High Desert
68 %|May 16, 2023
Comedy
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Our House
65.96000000000001 %|Mar 7, 2022
Mystery, Drama
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I May Destroy You
74 %|Jun 7, 2020
Drama
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Sliced
75 %|May 15, 2019
Comedy
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Dérè: An African Tale
20 %|Jul 2, 2017
Drama
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Genius
78 %|Apr 25, 2017
Drama
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Just a Couple
0 %|Mar 9, 2017
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Inside No. 9
80 %|Feb 5, 2014
Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Black Mirror
83 %|Dec 4, 2011
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery