Actor · Stage and screen · Chicago

Marguerite Okoro

Classical training, a decade of new plays, and a soft spot for difficult mothers. Casting directors: my agent has my calendar and conflicts.

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A cast in colorful costumes gathered around a figure lying on a blue-lit stage
The Lantern Wives, Harrow Street Theatre, 2025
Union member, stage and screenMFA Acting, 2014Height 5'7"Playing range 35–50

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Two actors facing each other in a single white spotlight on a dark stage
Salt Year, the kitchen scene
Actors in rehearsal clothes stretching and reaching in a bare studio
In rehearsal for The Lantern Wives

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Theater

The Lantern WivesOdile (lead)Harrow Street Theatre
Salt YearBetteNorthpoint Ensemble
A Fever in PelhamMrs. ArdenLakeshore Rep

Film and television

Low Tide MotelSupportingShort film, dir. R. Ivey
Precinct NineGuest starNetwork drama

Special skills

Stage combat (sword, unarmed)Yoruba and FrenchAlto, sight-readsDialects: RP, Southern, NigerianLicensed driver, stick shift

Booked directly

Union film, TV and stage work goes through my agent. These I book myself:

Corporate roleplay$85/hr
Medical school patient sims$40/hr
Self-tape reader$30 / 30 min

Where I work

Based in Chicago (Andersonville). Local hire in Milwaukee, Detroit and Indianapolis.

Happy to travel for a full run with housing. Valid passport.

What I pass on

  • Unpaid projects, except film-school thesis shoots
  • Nudity
  • Booked out Jun 8 to Aug 30 for a summer season

From directors

"She found the joke in the grief scene and we kept it for every show."Hal · Evanston
"Off book on day two. Every director in town should know that."Priya · Oak Park
"Her self-tape came in before lunch and it was the take we cast."Owen · Milwaukee
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