Actress & Filmmaker

Fola is an actress and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker. She stars in Netflix’s No. 1 show The Night Agent and was named as one of The Guardian’s new TV stars to watch following her role as Zoe Spencer in the Amazon show, Ten Percent. Recent projects also include hit rom-com, Upgraded, and the 2025 Netflix film Back in Action starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz.

Fola wrote, produced, co-directed, and presented her documentary Untold Stories: Hair on Set which premiered on Sky in 2023. It earned Fola and her co-director, Jordan Pitt, a BAFTA nomination in the category of Emerging Talent: Factual. The film explores the lack of knowledge in the entertainment industry about Afro textured hair.

She is drawn to the art of storytelling and its power to change lives and make people think, and feel deeply. Through her work, she hopes to explore what it means to be human and to tell stories that empower others. Fola is passionate about seeing the true diversity of humanity being reflected and represented in the arts both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.