Fola Evans-Akingbola
Birthday: Born in 1994-10-26 in London, England
Deathday: Alive
Fola Evans-Akingbola is a British actress and model. She portrays Maddie Bishop in Freeform's TV series, Siren. She was born in London and grew up in Bermondsey and Honor Oak Park. Her parents are British or Nigerian. She majored in her philosophy studies but left in favor of her modeling career. She attended, according to her own statement "just for fun", the National Youth Theatre and the Identity School of Acting. Fola is a London-based actress. She trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Identity Drama School and the Actors' Temple in London. Since entering into the industry in 2014, Fola has gone on to work on internationally acclaimed shows such as Game of Thrones (HBO) and Death in Paradise (BBC). February 2017 saw Fola perform at the Southwark Playhouse in the theatre production School Play written by Alex MacKeith. Her latest on-screen project VS. is a British film produced in association with BBC films, Wildgaze and Silvertown Films, which is out in 2018. She is filming SIREN - a new TV show for Freeform/Disney ABC which premieres summer 2018. She is represented by IAG in London, William Morris Endeavour (WME) and Luber Roklin Entertainment in Los Angeles.
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Game of Thrones
Character: Khal Moro's Wife #2
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond....
The Night Agent
Character: Chelsea Arrington
Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies....
Siren
Character: Maddie Bishop
The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean....
Death in Paradise
Character: Rosey Fabrice
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie....
Ten Percent
Character: Zoe Spencer
A London talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder....
Black Mirror
Character: Mariella
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence....
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Dawn
Character: Pakalan
Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. At the intersection of evolution and genocide, Dawn asks the fundamental question, what does it mean to be human?...
Back in Action
Character: Wendy
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown....
Upgraded
Character: Renee
Ana is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss Claire. When she's upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, who mistakes Ana for her boss– a white lie that sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance and opportunity, until her fib threatens to surface....
VS.
Character: Makayla
VS. is an urban rites of passage drama set in the hostile and exciting UK rap battle scene....