Enuka Okuma is one of the actors of A Million Little Things, portraying the role of Sandra.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Not much is known about Okuma's early life. She was born on September 20, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is Nigerian from the Igbo people.
Career[]
In 1990, Okuma began her career on television, appearing as regular cast member during the first season of the teen soap opera, Hillside. Throughout the 1990s, she also played supporting roles in several made for television films and Canadian television series, such as Madison. For her role in Madison, she was nominated for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 1995 Gemini awards. The following year, also for Madison, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.
Okuma eventually made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Double Jeopardy (1999). She won a Women In Film award at the 1999 Vancouver International Film Festival for her role in Daydrift.
Okuma co-starred in the American crime drama series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye from 2002 to 2005. She guest starred on various hit television series, including Dark Angel, Odyssey 5, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy and NCIS: Los Angeles. She had the recurring role as Marika Donoso on the seventh season of the Fox series 24.
In 2010, Okuma began starring in the Global/ABC police drama series, Rookie Blue as detective Traci Nash. After six seasons, the series was cancelled in 2015. She co-wrote the Season Six's episode "Best Man". For her role on Rookie Blue, Okuma was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series at the 2011 Gemini awards and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series in 2013.
In 2015, Okuma was cast as one of lead characters in the ABC pilot, The Adversaries, before guest starring as Nia Lahey on the hit series How to Get Away with Murder.
Okuma provided the voice of Lady Une in the English dub of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Android 18 on the Canadian version of Dragon Ball Z, Jade on the Canadian animated series Shadow Raiders, and also voiced the gem fusion Rhodonite in 4 episodes of Steven Universe.
Okuma made her directorial debut with the short film, Cookie, on which she was also a writer, actor, and executive producer.
In 2019, Okuma was cast as Sandra on A Million Little Things.
Personal life[]
On July 2, 2011, Okuma married musician Joe Gasparik.
Appearances[]
| A Million Little Things: Season 1 | ||||||||||
| "Pilot": | "Band of Dads": | "Save the Date": | "Friday Night Dinner": | "The Game of Your Life": | "Unexpected": | "I Dare You": | "Fight or Flight": | "Perspective": | ||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||
| "Christmas Wishlist": | "Secrets and Lies": | "The Day Before...": | "Twelve Seconds": | "Someday": | "The Rock": | "The Rosary": | "Goodbye": | |||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | |||
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