Jessica Oyelowo

Jessica Oyelowo
Jessica Oyelowo at the International Press Academy’s 12th Annual Satellite Awards
Born	Jessica Watson 1978 (age 38–39)
Spouse(s)	David Oyelowo (m. 1998)
Children	4

Jessica Oyelowo (née Watson; 1978) is an English-American actress.

She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich and spent her childhood in Suffolk. She attended Woodbridge School as a child and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre.

In 2006, she starred as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones in Mayo and went on to appear in Murphy's Law alongside James Nesbitt, in 2007. She provided the voice of Mrs. Equiano (alongside her husband as Olaudah Equiano) in Grace Unshackled – The Olaudah Equiano Story, a radio play adapting Equiano's autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. This was first broadcast on BBC 7 on 8 April 2007.

Oyelowo resides in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California with her husband, actor David Oyelowo. They met while attending drama school. They have four children. They formerly resided in Brighton, England.

Both she and her husband are "committed Christians."