Yonah Odoom

Of Ghanaian heritage, Yonah Odoom was born and brought up in North London where she still resides. A versatile actress with a penchant for challenging and thought provoking roles, Yonah is equally comfortable on screen and stage. Yonah graduated from the University of Luton in 2004 with a BA Hons' Degree in Media Performance, she began to pursue a career in marketing, (as her heritage dictated that "acting is not a proper job"), however, after seeing an ad in a local paper for the play "Blood Wedding" she decided to audition, and landed the part of Moon. Once she was in the rehearsal room she began to realise that the desire to act was never going to go away; it was then that Yonah decided she would do everything she could to make her childhood dream of acting full time a reality. The renewed journey began with the realisation that she needed to perfect her craft. With that in mind Yonah attended classes for over a year with Identity Drama School. Yonah studied with the likes of Che