Lolly Adefope is a BAFTA-nominated actress. She was named one of Vanity Fair’s Rising Stars of 2025

Lolly Adefope is best known for her role in the hit BBC series Ghosts. The acclaimed comedy ran for five seasons, earning two BAFTA nominations and winning the Broadcast Press Guild Award for Best Comedy in 2024. She is currently working on the Ghosts film.

She starred opposite Richard E. Grant in HBO’s superhero satire The Franchise, earning her a BAFTA nomination for Female Performance in a Comedy. Her previous TV credits include Horrible Histories (Series 7), Black Mirror, Shrill, This Time with Alan Partridge, Miracle Workers, We Might Regret This, and guest roles in Plebs and Lovesick. On film, she has appeared in Wicked Little Liars and Saltburn.

Her upcoming projects include Will Sharpe’s Apple TV series Prodigies. 

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Lolly Adefope on the Children's Booker Prize 2027

‘I’m so excited to judge the Children’s Booker Prize. I love that the prize recognises the importance of judging children’s books with the same rigour and respect as the adult fiction prizes, and can’t wait to hear the perspectives of my fellow judges, none more so than the child judges whose input matters most of all.   

‘As a child I was a voracious reader; much like film and television the opportunity to be lost within and consumed by a new world is one that should be encouraged for children everywhere. I can’t wait to get started.’  

An illustration with giant books arranged to become skate ramps, with an energetic-looking character on a skateboard doing tricks around the books. The sky is orange and the ground is green. There are trees made of books, too.

The Children’s Booker Prize 2027

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