Deborah Ayorinde signs with Range Media Partners
Actor Deborah Ayorinde has signed with Range Media Partners.
The British-Nigerian actress recently starred in the Lyric Hammersmith theater production of ‘Wedding Band’, directed by Monique Touko, which earned her a Stage Debut Award nomination for her performance. Set in the Deep South of the US in 1918, when interracial marriage was illegal, Julia (Ayorinde), a black seamstress, and Herman, a white baker, defy all odds with their secret love.
Next, Ayorinde will star in the limited series “Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue” for MGM+, created and executive produced by Anthony Horowitz.
Last spring, Ayorinde helmed the second installment of Little Marvin’s limited anthology series for Prime Video, “Them: The Scare.” She also helmed the first episode “Them: Covenant,” which was released in April 2021 and premiered at SXSW, where it won an audience award for “Best Episodic Premiere.” The series explores terror in America with an intersection between physical and paranormal forces. For her performance, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series.
Ayorinde also led the cast of the six-part Amazon Studio and ITV drama series ‘Riches’ alongside Hugh Quarshie. Written by Abby Ajayi, the series follows the exploits of the brash and wealthy Richards family after their patriarch suffers a sudden medical emergency.
She also starred in the second season of the Apple TV+ drama series “Truth Be Told” alongside Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson, HBO’s “True Detective” with Mahershala Ali and Netflix’s “Luke Cage.”
Film credits include Kasi Lemmon’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Harriet’, ‘Girls Trip’ and ‘Fatherhood’.
Ayorinde is still represented by Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman and 42West.
