Adelayo Adedayo

Adelayo Adedayo (/ˌædəˈlaɪoʊ ˌædəˈdaɪoʊ/;[1] born 18 December 1988)[2] is a British actress. Her first television appearance was in The Bill, and she made her film debut in Sket.[3][4][5] She later starred as Viva Bennett in Some Girls on BBC Three.[6][7][8][9][10]

Early life

Adedayo is from Dagenham. She trained part-time at Identity School of Acting while studying Law at Brunel University.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Character Notes Ref(s)
2011 Sket Kerry [3][4][5]
2013 Gone Too Far! Paris [6][12]
2017 Unlocked Noma [13]

Television
Year Programme Character Notes Ref(s)
2007 The Bill Estelle Makobi 1 episode
2010 Skins Andrea 1 episode
2011 M.I. High Agent Suki 1 episode
2012–2014 Some Girls Viva Bennett Main role; 18 episodes [6][7][8][14]
2014 Law & Order: UK Kayla Series 8
2017–2019 Timewasters Lauren Main role [9][10]
2018 Origin Agnes "Lee" Lebachi Recurring role [15][16][17]
2019 The Capture Alma Dahmani Recurring role [18][19]
2022 The Responder Rachel Hargreaves Recurring role [20]

References
  1. "Cuttin' It | Interview with cast, Adelayo Adedayo & Tsion Habte". Young Vic. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. Bombay Times (2022). "Adelayo Adedayo". Mumbai. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. Smith, Anna (26 October 2011). "Sket Review". Empire. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. Gant, Charles (2 November 2011). "Sket review". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. Aldridge, Dave. "Sket – review". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. "Adelayo Adedayo: I love playing a loudmouthed teenager in Some Girls". Metro. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. Tate, Gabriel (23 September 2013). "Some Girls Review". Time Out London. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. "Some Girls cast say they are 'just as funny as boys'". BBC News. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  9. Khaleeli, Homa (23 September 2017). "Back to black: how ITV2's Timewasters is subverting the time-travel genre". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. "Timewasters returns to ITV2 this March". ITV Press Centre. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. Katie Rosseinsky, Stop, police! Meet our new cop drama crush. Evening Standard, London, 14 January 2022, page 15.
  12. "'Gone Too Far': Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. Bowen, Chuck (28 August 2017). "Review: Unlocked". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  14. "Some Girls - Episode 6". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  15. Bahr, Robyn (14 November 2018). "'Origin': TV Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. Fullerton, Huw (14 November 2018). "Origin review: YouTube's new sci-fi drama is Passengers meets The Thing". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  17. White, Peter (4 October 2018). "'Origin': YouTube Launches Trailer For Tom Felton & Natalia Tena Intergalactic Space Thriller". Deadline. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  18. McKay, Alistair (24 September 2019). "Fake news and faceless powers pull the strings in The Capture". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  19. White, Peter (17 June 2019). "BBC Unveils First-Look At British Spy Thriller 'The Capture' Starring Holliday Grainger & Callum Turner". Deadline. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  20. "The Responder: Meet the full cast of Martin Freeman's BBC drama". 24 January 2022.
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