Moyo Akandé is a Scottish actress.

Early life and education

Moyo Akandé grew up in

Bearsden Bearsden ( ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. The Roman Empire, Roman Antonine Wall runs through the town, and the remains of ...

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire (; , ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders Glasgow City Council Area to the south, North Lanarkshire to the east, Stirling (council area), Stirling to the north, and West Dunbartonshire to the west. East ...

, Scotland. Her sister, Morayo Akandé, is a writer and producer. As a teenager, Moyo auditioned for the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School and landed a place. Akandé trained as an actress at

Arts Educational Schools Arts Educational Schools, or ArtsEd, is an independent performing arts school in Chiswick, West London, England. Overview ArtsEd provides specialist vocational training at secondary, further and higher education level in musical theatre an ...

, London, and graduated in 2008.

Career

In 2017, Akandé produced and starred in ''

1745 Events January–March * January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Army, under the command of Field Marshal Károly József Batthyány, makes a surprise attack at Amberg and the winter quarters of the Bav ...

'' alongside her sister. The short film focuses on two sisters torn from their home in Nigeria for slavery, who start a perilous journey from foreign hands through the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...

in search of freedom. ''1745'' won the Best Short Film Award at the

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, Nigeria, 2017. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 in London and

BAFTA Scotland BAFTA in Scotland is the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1986, the branch holds two annual awards ceremonies recognising the achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film, televis ...

in the same year. In 2019, Akandé appeared in four episodes of the Scottish comedy-drama ''

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''. In 2023, Akandé appeared in the biographical film ''

Tetris ''Tetris'' () is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. In ''Tetris'', falling tetromino shapes must be neatly sorted into a pile; once a horizontal line of the game board is filled in, it disa ...

''. In May 2023, she appeared as Shelley in series 8 of the dark comedy series ''

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''; the episode was titled "Paraskevidekatriaphobia", a fear of Friday the 13th.

Acting credits

Film & television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akandé, Moyo Living people 21st-century Scottish actresses Black British actresses Actors educated at the Arts Educational Schools People from Bearsden Scottish film actresses Scottish people of Nigerian descent Scottish stage actresses Scottish television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Glasgow Actresses from East Dunbartonshire