The Old Republic. Writing and directing Okuma made her directorial debut with the short film, Cookie, on which she was also a writer, actor, and executive producer. Okuma co-wrote the episode "Best Man" on Rookie Blue. Awards For her role in Madison, she was nominated for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 1995 Gemini awards. The following year, also for Madison, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. Okuma won a Women In Film award at the 1999 Vancouver International Film Festival for her role in Daydrift. For her role on Rookie Blue, Okuma was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series at the 2011 Gemini awards and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series in 2013. Personal life On July 2, 2011, she married musician Joe Gasparik in Toronto, the city where they first met while working on a television show together. Gasparik proposed to Okuma on a beach in Vancouver after three years of dating. Filmography Film Television References External links 1976 births Actresses from Vancouver Black Canadian actresses Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Nigerian descent Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people Simon Fraser University alumni 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian people of Igbo descent Igbo actresses