Adelayo Adedayo

Adelayo Adedayo was born in London on 18 December 1988 She is of Yoruba Nigerian descent and grew up in Dagenham She trained parttime at Identity School of Acting while studying law at Brunel University Adedayo made her feature film debut in Sket 2011 On television she became known for her roles in the BBC Three sitcom Some Girls 20122014and the ITV2 series Timewasters 20172019 She plays a rookie police officer costarring with Martin Freeman in the BBC One series The Responder with the first series airing in 2022 In 2023 Adedayo was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in The Responder