# List of roles and awards of Adjoa Andoh
**Adjoa Andoh** (Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh; born 1963 in Bristol, England) is a British actor, writer, and director whose screen and stage credits span four decades, and whose honors include four NAACP Image Award nominations, a [Screen Actors Guild](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-actors-guild) ensemble nomination, and appointment as a Member of the [Order of the British Empire](https://www.edgepedia.org/order-of-the-british-empire) (MBE).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/) • [3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) She is best known internationally as Lady Agatha Danbury in Netflix's *Bridgerton* and its prequel *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story*.[4](https://www.whatsonstage.com/stage-names/adjoa-andoh/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name / birth | Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh, born 1963, Bristol, England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/) • [5](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adjoa-andoh/bio/3030044079/) |
| Signature role | Lady Agatha Danbury in *Bridgerton* (31 episodes, 2020–2026) and *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story*[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/fullcredits) |
| Award totals | 2 wins and 13 nominations per IMDb, including four NAACP Image Award nominations (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/) • [4](https://www.whatsonstage.com/stage-names/adjoa-andoh/) |
| SAG nomination | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, *Bridgerton*, 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2025)[7](https://www.actorawards.org/sites/default/files/31st%20SAG%20Awards%20Nominations%20Announced.pdf) |
| Landmark stage work | Conceived, co-directed, and played the lead in *Richard II* at Shakespeare's Globe (2019), the UK's first all-women-of-color production of a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [9](https://cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2019/04/richard_ii_casting_announcement_formatted.pdf) |
| Honor | MBE for services to drama, presented by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on 10 December 2025[10](https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/adjoa-andoh-mbe-windsor-castle/) |
| Audio work | BBC radio actor for more than 30 years; award-winning audiobook narrator, with over 150 titles credited by Penguin Random House and over 250 by the Folger Shakespeare Library[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) |
## Screen roles
**Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte.** From 2020 Andoh has played Lady Agatha Danbury in *Bridgerton*, credited for 31 episodes covering 2020–2026, and repeated the role in the 2023 prequel *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story*.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/fullcredits) The role brought her to a global streaming audience and generated her NAACP Image Award nominations.[11](https://betaarchive.org/adjoa-andoh.html) In the first season Lady Danbury guided her godson Simon Basset through his courtship with Daphne, and in the second she sponsored the Sharma family; she has remained a fixture of the series through its fourth season.[12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/bridgerton-cast/)
**Earlier television.** Andoh's early television work included long-running BBC roles in *EastEnders* and *Casualty*, followed by an extended run as Francine Jones, mother of companion [Martha Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/martha-jones), across two series of *Doctor Who* from 2007.[11](https://betaarchive.org/adjoa-andoh.html) Her other television appearances include series regular work on *Law & Order: UK* and, in 2020, guest lead DI Nina Rosen in BBC1's *Silent Witness* and Dr Isaacs in the psychological thriller *Fractured*.[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [13](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh) In 2024 she starred as Lady Heather Nancarrow in the six-part thriller *The Red King* for ALIBI/ITV.[4](https://www.whatsonstage.com/stage-names/adjoa-andoh/)
**The Witcher and film.** In 2021 she joined Netflix's fantasy drama *The Witcher* as Nenneke, a priestess and magic teacher, appearing from season 2.[13](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh) • [12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/bridgerton-cast/) Her film work includes a Hollywood debut in 2009 as Brenda Mazibuko, Nelson Mandela's Chief of Staff, opposite [Morgan Freeman](https://www.edgepedia.org/morgan-freeman) in [Clint Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/clint-eastwood)'s *Invictus*, and the mother of Sam Peel in [Noel Clarke](https://www.edgepedia.org/noel-clarke)'s *Adulthood* (2008) and its 2016 sequel *Brotherhood*.[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [14](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Adjoa-Andoh/)
## Stage career
Andoh's stage work centers on Britain's major classical companies. She has held lead roles at the National Theatre, including [Condoleezza Rice](https://www.edgepedia.org/condoleezza-rice) in *Stuff Happens* and Serafina Pekkala in *His Dark Materials*, and at the [Royal Shakespeare Company](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-shakespeare-company), where her roles include Portia in *Julius Caesar*, Ulysses in *Troilus and Cressida*, and [Helen of Troy](https://www.edgepedia.org/helen-of-troy) in *The Odyssey*.[13](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh) Her broader stage credits compiled by BroadwayWorld include *The Revenger's Tragedy* and *A Streetcar Named Desire* (National Theatre), *Tamburlaine* (RSC), *Sugar Mummies* and *Breath Boom* (Royal Court), *Les Liaisons Dangereuses* (Donmar Warehouse), *Great Expectations* (Bristol Old Vic), *Blood Wedding* (Almeida), *Pericles* (Lyric Hammersmith), *Purgatorio* (Arcola), *The Vagina Monologues* (Criterion), and *In The Red and Brown Water* (Young Vic), among others.[14](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Adjoa-Andoh/)
**Richard II, 2019.** At Shakespeare's Globe in 2019 Andoh conceived, co-directed, and played the title role in *Richard II*, the UK's first all-women-of-color production of a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage.[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [9](https://cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2019/04/richard_ii_casting_announcement_formatted.pdf)
**Richard III, 2023.** In 2023 she directed, co-produced, and played the lead in a new production of *Richard III* for Liverpool Playhouse and The Rose Theatre Kingston, which was also made into a film.[3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) • [4](https://www.whatsonstage.com/stage-names/adjoa-andoh/)
## Awards and nominations
IMDb lists Andoh with 2 wins and 13 nominations.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/) The NAACP Image Award nominations, all for the *Bridgerton* franchise, fall in 2021, 2023, and 2025 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for *Bridgerton*, and 2024 for *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story*; IMDb prints the 2024 category as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/) • [15](https://rsliterature.org/fellows/adjoa-andoh/) Her other recorded nominations are:
- **Screen Actors Guild Awards**, 31st ceremony (2025): Outstanding [Performance](https://www.edgepedia.org/performance) by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, *Bridgerton*, as Lady Danbury.[7](https://www.actorawards.org/sites/default/files/31st%20SAG%20Awards%20Nominations%20Announced.pdf)
- **People's Choice Awards, USA** (2021): Actor, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, *Bridgerton*.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/)
- **Indie Series Awards** (2023): Best Actress, Audio Fiction, for *Don't Mind: Cruxmont*.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/)
- **Behind the Voice Actors Awards** (2018): Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game for *Horizon Zero Dawn*, shared with [Ashly Burch](https://www.edgepedia.org/ashly-burch), JB Blanc, and other cast members.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/)
**MBE.** On 10 December 2025 Andoh was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama, receiving the medal from the [Prince of Wales](https://www.edgepedia.org/prince-of-wales) at an investiture ceremony at [Windsor Castle](https://www.edgepedia.org/windsor-castle).[10](https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/adjoa-andoh-mbe-windsor-castle/)
## Audio, radio, and judging work
Andoh has worked as an actor, writer, and mentor in BBC radio drama since the 1980s, and is an award-winning audiobook narrator; [Penguin Random House](https://www.edgepedia.org/penguin-random-house) credits her with more than 150 audiobooks, while the Folger Shakespeare Library puts the total above 250.[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) Her narrated titles include *Americanah* by [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://www.edgepedia.org/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie), Naomi Alderman's *The Power*, Lauren Groff's *Matrix*, and Vanessa Riley's *Island Queen*.[13](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh) • [12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/bridgerton-cast/)
She was a judge for the 2023 Booker Prize.[13](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh)
## Appointments and fellowships
Andoh is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company and a Senior Associate Artist at The Bush Theatre, and has served as a RADA audition panel member and director for over 20 years.[8](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/) • [3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) She is an Emeritus Fellow of St Catherine's College Oxford, was the Cameron Mackintosh visiting professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University 2022–2023, and held a joint professorship there with Sir Greg Doran in 2024–2025.[3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/) She is an honorary fellow of the Shakespeare Association of America, the British Shakespeare Association, and the Royal Society of Literature, and co-director of the production company SwingingTheLens.[3](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/)
## References
1. [Adjoa Andoh, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/)
2. [Adjoa Andoh – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/awards/)
3. [Adjoa Andoh MBE, Folger Shakespeare Library](https://www.folger.edu/bio/adjoa-andoh-mbe/)
4. [Adjoa Andoh Biography, WhatsOnStage](https://www.whatsonstage.com/stage-names/adjoa-andoh/)
5. [Adjoa Andoh Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adjoa-andoh/bio/3030044079/)
6. [Adjoa Andoh – Full Credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027957/fullcredits)
7. [Nominations Announced for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (PDF)](https://www.actorawards.org/sites/default/files/31st%20SAG%20Awards%20Nominations%20Announced.pdf)
8. [Adjoa Andoh, Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78789/adjoa-andoh/)
9. [Richard II casting announcement, Shakespeare's Globe (PDF)](https://cdn.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/2019/04/richard_ii_casting_announcement_formatted.pdf)
10. [Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh presented with MBE by Prince William, Woman & Home](https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/adjoa-andoh-mbe-windsor-castle/)
11. [Adjoa Andoh, BETA Archive](https://betaarchive.org/adjoa-andoh.html)
12. [The 'Bridgerton' Cast: Your Guide to the New Characters and Old Favorites of Season 4, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/bridgerton-cast/)
13. [Adjoa Andoh | The Booker Prizes](https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/judges/adjoa-andoh)
14. [Adjoa Andoh, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Adjoa-Andoh/)
15. [Andoh, Adjoa, Royal Society of Literature](https://rsliterature.org/fellows/adjoa-andoh/)
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