| Belinda Owusu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belinda Ruth Owusu 19 April 1989 Hackney, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Belinda Ruth Owusu (born 19 April 1989) is a British actress, who rose to prominence in 2006, aged 17, when she won the role of Libby Fox in BBC's EastEnders.
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She became a student at the Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School school, opened in Hackney in 2001, after graduating from The College of Richard Collyer, Horsham. She won sponsorship for a place at the school, which helped her to get a role in the BBC soap EastEnders, in 2006. She has played Libby Fox in EastEnders since 22 May 2006. Prior to getting this role, she had appeared in a pizza advert and had a short part in a Catherine Tate sketch in Comic Relief 2005.[1] Owusu has also been a contestant in an EastEnders special of The Weakest Link, in 2008. She was the fourth one voted off.
In April 2010 it was announced that she would be leaving EastEnders.[2]
Belinda is now working for the Nuffeild Theatre and working as Desdemona in their version of William Shakespeare's Othello, they are touring and going to schools to show their twist to the play.
Owusu is of Ghanaian and English descent. She has an older brother, Jermaine Jake Owusu, born October 1987.[3][4]
Belinda went to Clapton girls technology college.