Acting
Oct 6, 1973
England, UK
Chizzy Akudolu
Acting
Biography
Chizzy Akudolu (7 October 1973) is a British actress. In 2002, she was one of eight, new, comedy performers who won the BBC Talent Initiative, The Urban Sketch Showcase. All eight performed a comedy sketch show in front of BBC casting directors and producers at the Tabernacle Theatre, Notting Hill. Her first television appearance was in the BBC sitcom, 15 Storeys High. This was followed by a small role in Eastenders. She continued to work for the BBC in her first children's series called Stupid! and Roman's Empire. Credits also include Green Wing, International Emmy award winning children's drama, Dustbin Baby for Kindle Entertainment and as a charicature of herself in the mockumentary, The Most Unromantic Man in the World. Chizzy also played series regular, Miss Kanouti in The Complete Guide to Parenting. She has continued to work for CBBC in programs such as Nuzzle and Scratch, Scoop and Gigglebiz. In 2007, she toured with The Vagina Monologues for 3 months. In 2008, Chizzy played the housemate, Angel in Dead Set, a satirical cross between Big Brother and zombies. The same year, she played a UN cleaner in BBC Films, In the Loop directed by Armando Iannucci, but was uncredited. In 2009, she had a guest role in Hollyoaks Later and starred in the CBBC show Jinx in the lead role as the unconventional, Fairy Godmother, Cookie. 2010 has so far seen roles in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, London 2012 (BBC), Scoop Series 3(CBBC), The Inbetweeners (Ch4), and as semi regular in the upcoming Channel 4 comedy, Campus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chizzy Akudolu licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Feature Films (10)
In the year 2000AD, a world-wide search was conducted to find The Most Unromantic Man in the World....
The Most Unromantic Man in the World
We all make mistakes. But what if you could go back to make things better? When love is involved an argument between two old friends can escalate quickly, with painful consequences.
Rwd/Fwd
Actor, writer and producer Chizzy Akudolu presents a collection of dramatic short films from the best of new British film-makers. Reflecting modern Britain, subjects range from speed dating, the climate emergency and school friendships to spotting UFOs. Aisle 17; Swiped; Muriid; A Conversation with My Enemy; Money Up; Blue Corridor 15; Desert Town Landings; Pub Kid; Cardiff, I Love You; Dinah; This Camera Is Broken
Creating a Scene: BBC Introducing Arts
Fran is waiting for her partner to join her for therapy. Consumed by her internal voice, the waiting room becomes transformed.
Dope Fiend
A young British man reluctantly travels to India for a sports fellowship and ends up coaching football to a team of underprivileged children.
A Game of Two Halves
Visiting the owners of these mischievous troublemakers, we learn first-hand what it’s like to live with a viral superstar.
Cats Do the Naughtiest Things
Television & Series (41)
Two teams of three familiar faces from the world of telly do battle in the ultimate TV trivia quiz.
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown
A dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie Mortensen, a “yummy mummy” accused of a despicable crime.
Too Close
Comedy drama about a girl with a magical cookbook. It feels to Lulu as if her life cannot get any worse, when a visitor takes her on a magical adventure.
Jinx
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a panel show that sees Harry Hill presiding over two teams tasked with saving planet earth from alien invasion! Each team must find clips, people, basically anything that is fun or funny enough for Harry to place in a capsule which, in the event that we're invaded by aliens, we can present to them to demonstrate earthlings are good fun and therefore worthy of saving. Over a series of rounds, the two teams of two present Harry with fun stuff which Harry must adjudicate on and ultimately decide what's in and what's out of the Fun Capsule with the triumphant team winning bragging rights. Along the way there will be sketches, studio items and special guests. And the occasional appearance of an alien.
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
