Fola Evans-Akingbola


Fola Evans-Akingbola is a British actress. She currently stars as Maddie Bishop in the Freeform series Siren.

Early life

Evans-Akingbola was born in London, to an English anthropologist mother, Dr Gillian Evans, and Nigerian musician father Sola Akingbola. She was raised in Bermondsey with her sister while educated in Dulwich. She received acting training at the National Youth Theatre.

Career

Before acting professionally, Evans-Akingbola worked as a model.
Her first acting credits were for the BBC series Youngers and Holby City. While appearing on a third BBC series, Death in Paradise, Evans-Akingbola was cast in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones as the second wife of Khal Moro during series 6. For Netflix's Black Mirror, she appeared in a 2019 episode called "Striking Vipers" as Mariella, a younger Millennial woman dating Karl, who is the co-protagonist of the episode. Since 2018, she has been a main character on Siren, playing marine biologist Madelyn Bishop. She has also directed, co-wrote, and produced a short film called Grandma's 80th Surprise and done voiceover work for Assassin's Creed video games.

Filmography