Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo is a British actress, currently based in the United States. Born and raised in London, Ejogo is the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Ejogo née Douglas. During her childhood, Ejogo remembers her mother as being "a bit of a hippie". Her younger brother, also named Charles, was the first successful candidate on the British version of the "business reality" television programme Dragons' Den. In the first episode, broadcast on 5 January 2005, his pitch for investment in an umbrella vending-machine business resulted in Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones making a joint... offer of £150,000, which he accepted. She attended the Oratory Primary Roman Catholic primary school in Chelsea until 1984. Ejogo's television career began in the UK in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series Saturday Disney. Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the US. She has appeared in Metro with Eddie Murphy, What's the Worst That Could Happen? with Martin Lawrence, and Love's Labour's Lost with Kenneth Branagh, among other films, and also presented The Carmen Ejogo Video Show — her own video show on BSB's Power Station channel.
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