Weruche Opia

Weruche Opia

Reanne Weruche Opia (/wəˈruːtʃeɪ ˈoʊpiə/) (born April 11, 1987) is a British-Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing. She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You (2020). Born in Lagos, Opia moved to South East London at the age of 13. Her father is an author and professor of social sciences and her mother is veteran Nigerian broadcaster and television host Ruth Benamaisia-Opia. Opia holds a degree in drama and sociology from the University of the West of England, Bristol. After making her television debut with a guest appearance in a 2010 episode of The Bill, Opia spent a year with the Renegade Theatre Company in Nigeria. Upon returning to England in 2012, she appeared in the Channel 4 crime drama Top Boy and the Channel 5 procedural Suspects. Opia gained prominence through her role as Cleopatra Ofoedo in the third series of the BBC comedy Bad Education and its 2015 spinoff film. Opia was nominated in 2015 in the Nollywood Actress of the Year category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for her role in the film When Love Happens. From 2019 to 2020, Opia was in the main cast of the Dave sitcom Sliced as Naomi. Opia starred as Terry Pratchard in Michaela Coel's BBC series I May Destroy You, which first aired in June 2020. For her performance, Opia was nominated for a British Academy Television Award and won a Black Reel Award. In 2022, she appeared in the ITV thriller Our House.

  • Popularity : 2.543
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1987-04-11
  • Place of Birth : Nigeria
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Weruche Opia Movies

  • 2014
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    When Love Happens

    When Love Happens

    5 2014 HD

    Fed up with coordinating weddings for everyone else, unlucky-in-love event planner Mo turns to the internet to see if she can find her own Mr. Right.

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  • 2022
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    Slumberland

    Slumberland

    7.325 2022 HD

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees...

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  • 2015
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    The Bad Education Movie

    The Bad Education Movie

    5.7 2015 HD

    Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.

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  • 2019
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    Haircut

    Haircut

    1 2019 HD

    A middle-aged barber has to calm the situation when a desperate teenage drug dealer holds up the barbershop at gunpoint.

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  • 1970
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    Ladies First

    Ladies First

    1 1970 HD

    An unrepentant womanizer finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women. A fiery female counterpart makes things even more complicated.

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  • 2011
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.287 2011 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

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  • 2023
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    High Desert

    High Desert

    6.8 2023 HD

    Peggy Newman, a woman with a checkered past, makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator following the death of her beloved...

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  • 2022
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    Our House

    Our House

    6.596 2022 HD

    Fi Lawson arrives home one day to find a family of strangers moving into her house and her husband, Bram, has disappeared. As the nightmare takes...

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  • 2019
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    Sliced

    Sliced

    7.5 2019 HD

    Joshua and Ricky, two mates who are pizza delivery drivers in South London, just want to make some money, move out of their mums' and meet some women...

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  • 2024
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    The Jetty

    The Jetty

    6.6 2024 HD

    Beneath the tranquillity of her home town, a detective uncovers dark secrets that threaten everything she thought she knew about consent – and...

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  • 2017
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    Genius

    Genius

    7.773 2017 HD

    The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships,...

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  • 2024
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    Iwájú

    Iwájú

    7.2 2024 HD

    Two friends in a futuristic Nigeria discover secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.

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  • 2017
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    Dérè: An African Tale

    Dérè: An African Tale

    2 2017 HD

    After experiencing a tragic loss, a woman must resist a new family dynamic that could control the future of her father's company and her life.

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  • 2017
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    Just a Couple

    Just a Couple

    1 2017 HD

    Just A Couple is about Mark and Shavon. They have a modern relationship, by which we mean they count each others Facebook likes, keep tabs on each...

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  • 2014
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    Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

    8 2014 HD

    An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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  • 2020
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    I May Destroy You

    I May Destroy You

    7.407 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

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