Madekwe was raised by an ethnically mixed family. Her mother is English and her father is Nigerian. Her family was in the southern part of London Council Estate, and then went to The Brit School aged 14. It was the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is where she earned an acting BA. She was on stage in numerous productions during her time at school including the role of King Henry V, as Princess Katherine as well as Wuthering Heights, as Catherine Earnshaw. Madekwe got her start in acting by starring in a movie titled Storm Damage. Since then, she's been a guest star on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty as well as Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe's debut film role was Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007), opposite Colin Farrell. In the wake of that film's success her role was Elisha in the one-off BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN, and appeared in six episodes of Trexx as well as Flipside playing Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role as Bambi on the ITV2 drama series Secret Di...
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