Age: 37
female
Adelayo Adedayo was born in London on 18 December 1988. She is of Yoruba Nigerian descent, and grew up in Dagenham. She trained part-time at Identity School of Acting while studying law at Brunel University. Adedayo made her feature film debut in Sket (2011). On television, she became known for her roles in the BBC Three sitcom Some Girls (2012–2014)and the ITV2 series Timewasters (2017–2019). She plays a rookie police officer, co-starring with Martin Freeman, in the BBC One series The Responder, with the first series airing in 2022. In 2023 Adedayo was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in The Responder.
The show opens with the murder of maid Fleur Hegazi on a summer night of June 2023, and a man by the name of Eddie Sultan is arrested for the crime, which he allegedly did not commit it. His mother, Maryam takes a job as a local Cannes maid for Thérèse and Michael Sylvestre in order to befriend three other local maids that were once friends with Fleur. These include Rose Fula, a sweet and kindhearted maid who works for movie actors Perrine and Stéphane Soyer, and ends up having an affair with the latter; Chaima Libi, an aspiring singer who works for italian popstar Alessandro Ruffo, and eventually falls for her co-worker, Samuel Alexandre; and Zoelle Diaw, longtime housekeeper for Genevieve Delatour. Zoelle's daughter, Valentine Diaw, also stars; a 19 year old wannabe fashion designer who has the 'hots' for Genevieve's son, Remy. The season wraps up with Maryam discovering who killed Fleur, and her son getting out of jail; Perrine finds out about Rose and Stéphane's affair and gets revenge by calling immigration; Chaima agrees to marry Alessandro in order to make the press believe he is not a homosexual, but this leads to the end of her romance with Samuel; and Zoelle has to wish her daughter a farewell as Valentine flies to Asia to be with Remy for the next year.
