Adelayo Adedayo

Acting

Adelayo Adedayo

Born 1988-12-18 · Dagenham, London, UK

Adelayo Adedayo was born in London on 18 December 1988. She is of Yoruba Nigerian descent, and grew up in Dagenham. She trained part-time at Identity School of Acting while studying law at Brunel University. Adedayo made her feature film debut in Sket (2011). On television, she became known for her roles in the BBC Three sitcom Some Girls (2012–2014)and the ITV2 series Timewasters (2017–2019). She plays a rookie police officer, co-starring with Martin Freeman, in the BBC One series The Responder, with the first series airing in 2022. In 2023 Adedayo was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in The Responder.

Acting credits

Unlocked poster
6.3

After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised...

Unlocked

2017

Jet Trash poster
4.9

Lee and Sol are hiding out on a beach in Southern India living a slacker life of sex, drugs and parties. Trouble comes to paradise when Vix, a beautiful girl from Lee's past, turns up. Things get worse when Lee accidentally kills a holy cow and the gang find themselves up against crooked cops, local hoodlums, gangsters.... and mysticism. How far do you have to go to get away?

Jet Trash

2016

Sket poster
5.1

When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the volatile and damaged man-hating Danielle.

Sket

2011

Tender Thoughts poster
10.0

A whimsical fantasy about a Black woman regaining her sense of self after years of being a corporate cog in the machine.

Tender Thoughts

2024

Gone Too Far! poster
5.2

When London teenager Yemi’s big brother comes to live with him from Nigeria, Ikudayisi’s terrible fashion sense, broad Yoruba accent and misplaced confidence with the opposite sex threaten to destroy Yemi’s already small amount of street cred. When the pair are forced to spend the day together on their Peckham estate Yemi is forced to confront local bullies, the unattainable girl of his dreams and his own African heritage, eventually teaching both of them the values of family and self-respect.

Gone Too Far!

2014

Chance Meeting poster
NR

Short romance about a man and woman who bump into each other outside the BFI

Chance Meeting

2013

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NR

Two siblings wrestle with the decision to give doctors permission to end treatment on their father.

Support

2017

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NR

A young woman goes into shock after assisting with CPR

Stare

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NR

Two women who were sexually abused by their foster father in the past go and visit him on his death bed.

Closure

2015