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Fola Evans-Akingbola (Listen/ˈɑːkiːnˈboʊlɑː/) is a British actress. She is known for roles such as Maddie Bishop in the Freeform series Siren and American Secret Service agent Chelsea Arrington in the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent.

Early life and education
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 with her sister and educated at Alleyn's School in Dulwich, graduating in 2012.

She received acting training at the National Youth Theatre and Identity School of Acting.

Career
Before acting professionally, Evans-Akingbola worked as a model.

Her first acting credits were for the BBC series Youngers {2014} and Holby City. While appearing on a third BBC series, Death in Paradise, Evans-Akingbola was cast in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones as the (unnamed) second wife of Khal Moro during series 6 in 2016.

Since 2018, she has been a main character on Siren, playing marine biologist Madelyn Bishop. She has also directed, co-wrote, and produced a short film called Grandma's 80th Surprise and done voiceover work for Assassin's Creed video games.

For Netflix's Black Mirror, she appeared in a 2019 episode called "Striking Vipers" as Mariella, a younger Millennial woman dating Karl (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who is the co-protagonist of the episode.

Evans-Akingbola plays US secret agent Chelsea Arrington in the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent.