Fi Akinyemi

Education

About me

Fi has lived in the UAE, Nigeria and England, and is very adaptable. She is confident, assertive and charismatic. Her stage presence is strong, as is her sense of comedy and dramatic tension. Her written works specializes in comedy, romance and drama.

Conversational Languages: French, Yoruba
Can travel to: Dubai, UAE/Lagos, Nigeria

Fi's most recent stage credit is from William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (Abridged) where she played Chorus & Beatrice. This was performed completely online via Zoom. Her most recent film credit is a short film called UnEvEn where she played Ore. She wrote, starred and directed this short piece.
Acting experience:
Screen
2021 | UnEvEn| Dir. Fi Akinyemi| Ore
2020 | Calamity | Dir. Jessica Puriza | Ashley
2020 | More British Than You | Dir. Stephen North | Joy
2019 | Light and Dark | Dir. Zara Ali | Adeola
2019 | The Singing Bone | Dir. Richard Kirk | Jess & Maggie
2018 | Swipe Right | Dir. Fi Akinyemi | Margot

2021 | William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (Abridged)| Dir. Marieke Audsley| Chorus & Beatrice
2020 | August Osage County | Dir. Annelies Lovell | Barbara
2019 | Violence and Revenge | Dir. Mike Sherman | Lady Macbeth
2019 | Little Red Riding Hood* (adpt for stage) | Dir. Little Bulb | Little Red
2018 | Platanov | Dir. Simon Money | Sofia Yegrovona
2018 | Bugsy Malone | Dir. Charlene Soan | Blousey
2017 | Wizard of Oz | Dir. Charlene Soan | Dorothy Gale
2016 | Billy | Dir. Amy Luders | Bandleader
2015 | Guys and Dolls | Dir. Leigh Ruff | Arvide Abernathy
Additional skills:
Directing
Film Producing
Writing
Video Editing
Additional information:
removed Acting & Performance BA(Hons)
Stage Combat (Punches, Kicks, Falls, Knife Work, Grabs) with Bethan Clark
2018 Dubai Performing Arts Academy (Musical Theatre) with Lisa Scott-Lee
removed Gordon Craig Theatre Senior Drama Academy (Musical Theatre)
Voice Training with Laura Woodward, Daniel MacAlistair & Simon Money
Devising with Little Bulb Theatre Company
Scriptwriting with Mike Sherman
Improvisation Matt Rudkin and Dimtrios Loukakis

Skills

Languages Spoken	English, Yoruba
Accents/Dialects	American - General, English - England East (East Anglia, Cambridge, Hertfordshire), English - General, English - London, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, US West Coast (California, Portland), West African, West African (Nigerian)
Dance Styles	African dance styles, Country Dancing, Swing Dance
Vocal Types	Alto
Additional Skills	Acting, Modeling
Athletics	Cycling, Stage Combat, Swimming