Chizzy Akudolu
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Chizzy will next be seen joining the cast of Britbox’s modern reimagining of Agatha Christie’s detective stories, TOMMY & TUPPENCE, as Detective Marriot. She also stepped up to host the hit ITV panel show SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW for it’s sixth season and has been an original Team Captain in all past seasons.
She has appeared across screens in multiple dramas including LITTLE DISASTERS for Paramount+, THE WOMAN IN THE WALL for BBC1, alongside Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack, CRIMINAL RECORD for Apple alongside Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi and BEST INTERESTS for BBC1 alongside Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen.
Chizzy will next be seen joining the cast of Britbox’s modern reimagining of Agatha Christie’s detective stories, TOMMY & TUPPENCE, as Detective Marriot. She also stepped up to host the hit ITV panel show SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW for it’s sixth season and has been an original Team Captain in all past seasons.
She has appeared across screens in multiple dramas including LITTLE DISASTERS for Paramount+, THE WOMAN IN THE WALL for BBC1, alongside Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack, CRIMINAL RECORD for Apple alongside Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi and BEST INTERESTS for BBC1 alongside Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen.
Screen credits include; BEYOND PARADISE (BBC1), MAN VS BEE (Netflix), HITMEN (Sky), KATE & KOJI, TOO CLOSE (ITV), THE JEWISH ENQUIRER (Netflix), HETTY FEATHER, COUNTY LINES, DEATH IN PARADISE, SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY, TWENTY TWELVE, MONGRELS and THE INBETWEENERS.
Theatre credits include; Josie in Frantic Assembly’s UK Tour of I THINK WE ARE ALONE, Maria in the UK Tour of EDMOND DE BERGERAC for The Birmingham Rep.
Chizzy is known and loved for playing series regular Mo Effanga in HOLBY CITY for BBC1 and was also a contestant in 2017’s Strictly Come Dancing, 2018’s Masterchef and a regular Loose Women panellist. In 2020 she made her hosting debut for the new Channel 4 series CHEF VS CORNER SHOP.