[5] In 2012, Okereke made her debut in the West End as a child actress, playing Cassie in 13 at the Apollo Theatre.
[6] Upon graduating from ArtsEd in 2018, she returned to the West End and joined the cast of Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre.
[7] For her performance as Cosette, Okereke won Best Actress in a Musical at The Stage Debut Awards.
[12] In 2022, Okereke became the first black actress to star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady in its West End revival at the London Coliseum, alongside Harry Hadden-Paton and Vanessa Redgrave.
[15][16] That same year, she made her television debut as Becky Fox in the BBC Three horror series Red Rose and appeared in The Light in the Piazza at Alexandra Palace.