Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in Kensington, London, England, to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her television career began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series _Saturday Disney (1990)_ (qv). Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the United States. She has appeared in _Metro (1997)_ (qv) with 'Eddie Murphy' (qv), _What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)_ (qv) with 'Martin Lawrence' (qv), and _Love's Labour's Lost (2000)_ (qv) with 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv), among other films, and also presented "The 'Carmen Ejogo' (qv) Video Show" - her own video show on BSB's Power Station channel. She starred as Thomas Jefferson's slave concubine in the television drama _Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)_ (qv) as Sally Hemings and also as Sister Anderson in the remake version of the cult classic original film _Sparkle (2012)_ (qv).Ejogo is also a vocalist, having collaborated with several artists in the 1990s. She wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "Candles" by English drum 'n' bass DJ Alex Reece - she appeared in the music video and is listed in the production credits as 'Carmen'. She also sang vocals and duets with British artist 'Tricky' (qv) on a song called "Slowly". Aside from "Candles", Ejogo appears on four songs of the _Sparkle (2012)_ (qv) original soundtrack album from the movie of the same name, singing lead on "Yes I Do" (as a solo), and co-lead vocals with 'Jordin Sparks Thomas' (qv) and 'Tika Sumpter' (qv) on "Jump", "Hooked on Your Love" and "Something He Can Feel". She is also a member of Mensa International, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world.::Biographer