Judi Shekoni


Judith Shekoni is an English actress, from Manchester, England, she is of British and Nigerian heritage.

Career

Judith began her television career with a breakout role as Marjorie "Precious" Hudson in the BBC1 soap EastEnders. She then moved into film with roles including Garfield 2 for Fox, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Renee and Ali G Indahouse
Judith lived and studied in Los Angeles for 10 years where she has appeared on US television shows such as NCIS, All of Us and Damages, Fat Friends and The King of Queens
Whilst in Los Angeles she worked with Oscar-winning director Bill Condon in the worldwide film success Part 2. She joined the cast as a lead in Heroes Reborn in 2015, the NBC reboot of the hugely successful original Heroes TV Show, where she played Joanne Collins opposite Zachary Levi.
Relocating back to the UK in 2016 Judith appeared in the second season of the BBC1 drama Ordinary Lies written by Bafta winning writer Danny Brocklehurst airing in November 2016. She then filmed 2 seasons as the female lead opposite Donald Sutherland and Ray Winston for the American cable series Ice, directed by Antoine Fuqua appearing as Lady Rah, the kingpin of LA Diamond Trade.
She continues to reside in London, England and stars as Shrike in for Disney, with Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfieffer.

Films

Shekoni co-founded with British model Amanda Van Annan Extension Evolution, a company supplying premium hair extensions and is also the founder of two other companies, Make It America and Actors Evolution.