Antonia Okonma is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress of Nigerian descent. She is best known for playing the role of Darlene Cake in the ITV1

ITV1

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 series Bad Girls from 2004–2006.

In 2004, Okonma won a Gathering of Africa's Best (GAB) award for Best Newcomer and a Screen Nation

Screen Nation

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 award for Best Emerging Talent for her work in Bad Girls

Bad Girls (TV series)

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Her other work includes roles in the British feature films Screaming Blue Murder and Rabbit Fever and an appearance in the short RUF 992m. She once worked as an extra

Extra (actor)

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 on an episode of Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

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On stage, Okonma has acted at the Royal Court

Royal Court Theatre

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 and the Riverside Studios

Riverside Studios

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. She starred in Torn at the Arcola Theatre

Arcola Theatre

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 alongside Brooke Kinsella

Brooke Kinsella

Brooke Kinsella, MBE is an English actress and author. A graduate of the Anna Scher Theatre School, Kinsella has been acting since childhood. She has had various roles on television and in film...

 and Jocelyn Jee Esien

Jocelyn Jee Esien

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. She is currently playing the title role in the production of Iya-Ile - The First Wife at Soho Theatre

Soho Theatre

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She has also taken part in the reality TV programmes Strictly African Dancing. She also performed as Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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 on celebrity Stars in Their Eyes

Stars In Their Eyes

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. In late 2007 she was a contestant on the second series of Cirque de Celebrité

Cirque de Celebrité

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 on Sky One

Sky One

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Okonma is 6' has degrees in Accounting and Finance

Finance

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 and trained with the Royal Court's

Royal Court Theatre

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Young People's Theatre for two years.