The daughter of a Nigerian businessman and a Scotch tour guide, exotically beautiful British actress Carmen Ejogo grew up in London and won her first part at age 11, but only broke through to international acclaim in 1997, as Eddie_Murphy's onscreen paramour in the comic actioner Metro. Later, Ejogo disclosed the full extent of her dramatic range with a skilled portrayal of Sally Hemings -- Thomas_Jefferson's mistress -- (a part she inherited from Thandie_Newton and others) in the acclaimed television miniseries Sally_Hemings:_An_American_Scandal (2000). The crime comedy What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), with Danny DeVito and Martin_Lawrence, represented a low point, but Ejogo saved face via exemplary supporting work in such pictures as Lackawanna_Blues (2005) and The_Brave_One (2007). Nathan Southern, Rovi

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