Anne Odeke
Playwright
Anne Odeke is an actor, and emerging playwright.
As actor Anne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and over the course of her career has performed for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, and at theatres such as The Birmingham Rep, The Watermill, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and many more. She has also just finished filming for the new upcoming BBC comedy series ‘Babies’.
As a playwright, Anne has written for Storyhouse Theatre, The Almeida and BBC Radio 4.
Her latest play, ‘Princess Essex‘ (in which Anne also played the lead) was performed on the main stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The play went on to be nominated for ‘Best New Play’ at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025, and Anne was also nominated for ‘Best Performer in a Play’ alongside the likes of David Tennant and Tom Holland