Career
All eight performed a comedy sketch show in front of British Broadcasting Corporation casting directors and producers at the Tabernacle Theatre in Notting Hill. Her first television appearance was in the British Broadcasting Corporation sitcom 15 Storeys High. This was followed by a small role in EastEnders. and Roman"s Empire.
Credits also include Green Wing, Dustbin Baby for Kindle Entertainment and as a caricature of herself in the mockumentary The Most Unromantic Manitoba in the World.
Akudolu also played series regular Mission Kanouti in The Complete Guide to Parenting. In 2007, she toured with The Vagina Monologues for three months.
In 2008, Akudolu played the housemate, Angel, in Dead Secretariat, a satirical cross between Big Brother and zombies. In 2009, she had a guest role in Hollyoaks Later and starred in the CBBC show Jinx in the lead role as the unconventional Fairy Godmother, Cookie.
In 2010 Akudolu appeared in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Twenty Twelve, The Inbetweeners, and as a semi-regular in the Channel 4 comedy Campus.
Since May 2012, Akudolu plays surgeon Mo Effanga in Holby City. She also took home Best Actress in the same year at BEFFTA Awards. She was nominated for "Emerging Talent" at the 8th Annual Screen Nation Awards.
She has a brown belt in Karate and is an experienced Calligrapher.
Her mother was a midwife.