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== Kehidupan awal ==
Okpokwasili lahir 6 Agustus 1972 di [[Bronx|The Bronx, New York]], Ia merupakan putri [[Orang Igbo|Igbo Nigeria]] imigran [[Nigeria]] yang melarikan diri dari [[Perang Saudara Nigeria]] ke [[Amerika Serikat]] pada akhir tahun 1960-an. <ref name="BOMB">{{Cite web|date=15 September 2016|title="Okwui Okpokwasili by Jenn Joy" (interview), ''Bomb Magazine'', September 15, 2016.|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/okwui-okpokwasili/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320155525/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/okwui-okpokwasili/|archive-date=March 20, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="NYER">Hilton Als, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/okwui-okpokwasili-explores-politics-and-the-body "Okwui Okpokwasili Explores Politics and the Body"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810134221/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/okwui-okpokwasili-explores-politics-and-the-body|date=2017-08-10}}, ''The New Yorker'', April 24, 2017.</ref> Ia sedang berkuliah di [[Universitas Yale]], saat bertemu dengan pembuat film Andrew Rossi, yang membuat film dokumenter berjudul ''Bronx Gothic'' . <ref name="AT">{{Cite web|date=24 September 2017|title=Tori Latham, "The Intimate World of the Performance Artist",''The Atlantic'', September 24, 2017.|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/the-intimate-world-of-the-performance-artist/540282/|website=[[The Atlantic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416013006/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/the-intimate-world-of-the-performance-artist/540282/|archive-date=April 16, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Karir ==
Okpokwasili menjadi tokoh utama dalam bidang tari eksperimental di [[New York]]. Ia dikenal dari beberapa pertunjukan tunggal dan sering berkolaborasi dengan [[Ralph Lemon]] dan suaminya Peter Born. Born sering membantu mengarahkan dan mendesain pencahayaan serta pementasan untuk pertunjukan Okpokwasili. <ref name="BOMB2">{{Cite web|date=15 September 2016|title="Okwui Okpokwasili by Jenn Joy" (interview), ''Bomb Magazine'', September 15, 2016.|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/okwui-okpokwasili/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320155525/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/okwui-okpokwasili/|archive-date=March 20, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ia juga dikenal karena perannya dalam video musik album [[Jay-Z]] ''[[4:44 (album)|4:44]]'' yang dibuat oleh TNEG, sebuah perusahaan produksi yang didirikan oleh Arthur Jafa. <ref>Sameer Rao, [https://www.colorlines.com/articles/4-questions-bronx-gothic-creator-and-star-okwui-okpokwasili "4 Questions for 'Bronx Gothic' Creator and Star Okwui Okpokwa''ili"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416200331/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/4-questions-bronx-gothic-creator-and-star-okwui-okpokwasili|date=2018-04-16}}, ''Color Lines'', July 11, 2017.</ref>
Pada April 2017, ia tampil di [[Mass MOCA]], karya besar [[Nick Cave (performance artist)|Nick Cave]] yang berjudul ''Until'' dengan tarian khusus. Pertunjukan ini disponsori oleh [[Jacob's Pillow Dance]] ; dengan didahuli oleh penampilan koreografer [[Bill T. Jones]]. <ref>[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/mass-moca-installation-embraces-new-solo-dance-work,503427 "Mass MoCA installation embraces new solo dance work"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416012054/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/mass-moca-installation-embraces-new-solo-dance-work,503427|date=2018-04-16}}, ''The Berkshire Eagle'', April 5, 2017.</ref>
Ia memerankan KK dalam film [[Josephine Decker]] tahun 2018, ''[[Madeline's Madeline]]'' .
Dalam teater, Okpokwasili memainkan peran Hippolyta dalam [[Julie Taymor]] tahun 2013 dari ''[[Impian di Tengah Musim|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' karya [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] . <ref name="TO">Jenna Scherer, [https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/coil-festival-an-interview-with-writer-performer-okwui-okpokwasili Coil Festival: An Interview with Writer-Performer Okwui Okpokwasili] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416073509/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/coil-festival-an-interview-with-writer-performer-okwui-okpokwasili|date=2018-04-16}}, ''Time Out New York'', January 6, 2013.</ref>
Pada tahun 2023, Okpokwasili membintangi ''[[The Exorcist: Believer]]'' bersama Leslie Odom, Jr.
Tahun 2024, Okpokwasili memerankan Vertigo dari [[Salem's Seven]] dalam serial ''[[Agatha All Along]]'' .
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