Weruche Opia

Born: 1987-04-11

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.


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Slumberland

as Agent Green
Released: 2022-11-18

A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an...

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The Bad Education Movie

as Cleopatra 'Cleo' Ofoedo
Released: 2015-08-21

Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.

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When Love Happens

as Mo
Released: 2014-10-24

Fed up with coordinating weddings for everyone else, unlucky-in-love event planner Mo turns to...

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Haircut

as Funmi
Released: 2019-01-03

A middle-aged barber has to calm the situation when a desperate teenage drug dealer holds up the...

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Inside No. 9

as Maz
First aired: 2014-02-05

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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Genius

as Coretta Scott King
First aired: 2017-04-25

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final...

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Black Mirror

as Actress
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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I May Destroy You

as Terry Pratchard
First aired: 2020-06-07

Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a...

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High Desert

as Carol
First aired: 2023-05-16

Peggy Newman, a woman with a checkered past, makes the life-changing decision to become a...

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Iwájú

as Otin (voice)
First aired: 2024-02-28

Two friends in a futuristic Nigeria discover secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.

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Our House

as Merle
First aired: 2022-03-07

Fi Lawson arrives home one day to find a family of strangers moving into her house and her...

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Dérè: An African Tale

as Dérè
First aired: 2017-07-02

After experiencing a tragic loss, a woman must resist a new family dynamic that could control...

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Just a Couple

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-03-09

Just A Couple is about Mark and Shavon. They have a modern relationship, by which we mean they...

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Sliced

as Naomi
First aired: 2019-05-15

Joshua and Ricky, two mates who are pizza delivery drivers in South London, just want to make...

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