Fola Evans-Akingbola

About

Fola Evans-Akingbola () is a British actress. She is known for roles such as Maddie Bishop in the Freeform series Siren and United States Secret Service Special Agent Chelsea Arrington in the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent. Other credits include Holby City (2014), Death in Paradise (2016), Game of Thrones (2016), Black Mirror, episode “Striking Vipers” (2019), and Ten Percent (2022).

Evans-Akingbola was born in London, to an English anthropologist mother, Gillian Evans, and Nigerian musician father Sola Akingbola (of the band Jamiroquai). She was raised in Bermondsey, and educated at Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, graduating sixth form in 2012.
She received acting training at the National Youth Theatre. She later resumed actor training at the Identity School of Acting.

Before acting professionally, Evans-Akingbola worked as a model.
Her first acting credits were for the BBC series Holby City (2014). While appearing on a BBC series, Death in Paradise, Evans-Akingbola was cast in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, as the second wife of Khal Moro during season 6 in 2016.
Since 2017, she was a main character on Siren, playing marine…