Born:
October 22, 1973
in
Kensington, London
Best Known For:
Playing Seraphina Picquery in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Early-life:
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born on October 22, 1973 in Kensington, London. Her brother, Charles, is an entrepreneur. She was educated at the Oratory Primary Roman Catholic primary school and then Godolphin and Latymer School. Carmen's career started during her teen years, when she was a host of the Saturday Disney morning TV show from 1993 to 1995.
Career:
Ejogo has appeared in a number of feature films, including Metro (1997), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Sparkle (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Alien: Covenant (2017). She also played civil rights activist Coretta Scott King in two films; Boycott (2001) and Selma (2014). Ejogo has done some work in the music industry too, singing on DJ Alex Reece's song Candles, Tricky's song Slowly, the film Love's Labour's Lost and on four songs for the soundtrack to the film Sparkle.
Quote:
"Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that."
Trivia:
She insisted her character in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was left-handed because left-handedness has long been associated with dark magic and sorcery.