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Bunmi Mojekwu
Born
Oluwabunmi Adaeze Mojekwu

(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989 (age 35)
Brixton, London, England
Alma mater Kingston University
Occupation Actress
Years active 2008–present

Bunmi Adaeze Mojekwu (born 10 February 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Mercy Olubunmi in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2010–2011).

Early life and education

Mojekwu was born in Brixton, South London, to Nigerian parents. She is the eldest of four children. In 2006, her family moved to Strood, Kent, while Mojekwu attended St Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone. She had a small role in a school production of The Wizard of Oz.

Also in 2006, Mojekwu joined Identity Drama School in Kent and won the school's Actress of the Year award. She graduated from Kingston University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Media Studies.

Career

Mojekwu went on to play Paris in Bola Agbaje's award-winning play Gone Too Far!. In 2008, she played Ronnie Kiffin in the Channel 4 crime drama television film Fallout.

In 2009, Mojekwu was cast as Mercy Olubunmi in the Internet teen drama EastEnders: E20, a spin-off of the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders, which was broadcast in January 2010. Following this, she was contracted for six months to reprise her role as Mercy Olubunmi in the main EastEnders show. She left EastEnders on-screen on 12 July 2011.

Mojekwu made her feature film debut in MJ Delaney's 2013 comedy Powder Room. In 2016, Mojekwu founded Bam Film Productions.

Mojekwu featured in a 2022 BBC Two documentary about colourism with reality star Tan France titled Beauty and the Bleach.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Bill Isabel Prentice 1 episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2008 Fallout Ronnie Kiffin Television film
2009 Misfits Jodi Series 1, episode 3
2009 Coming Up Aleysha 1 episode: "Apples and Oranges"
2010 EastEnders: E20 Mercy Olubunmi Main role; web series
2010–2011 EastEnders Series regular
2013 Powder Room Louise Film
2016 Hush Odera Short film
2017 Quacks Working Girl 1 episode
2021 In Case of Incasity Gloria Short film
2022 Beauty and the Bleach Herself Television documentary
2022 Castle in the Sky Margaret Short film
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