Meet The Cast Of Netflix’s Chilling New Crime Drama, Baby Farm

Ebonylife Studios’ Baby Farm gained popularity on Netflix, and the cast of the Nigerian drama is almost as important as its mission to bring awareness to a real-life problem. Baby Farm is one of the best new shows on Netflix, and it’s partially because it has such an important goal. The series takes a realistic but fictionalized view of baby farming, an illegal practice that manipulates or outright kidnaps pregnant women, typically in African countries like Nigeria, and holds them against their will until they give birth (via DW). The babies are then taken from their mothers and sold, often to wealthy parents in foreign countries.

While Baby Farm isn’t necessarily one of Netflix’s best true-crime shows, as its characters are all fictional stand-ins for real people, it’s still a deeply moving show. As with any story about real-life tragedies, Baby Farm ran the risk of being overly depressing, but its talented cast instead made it a riveting and important look at an issue that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. Baby farming in general is worth knowing more about, but the cast of Baby Farm is also worth learning about. With any luck, some of Baby Farm‘s African actors will even start showing up in more American content in the future.

Onyinye Odokoro as Adanna

Date of Birth: Unknown

Actor: Onyinye Odokoro was born in Enugu, Nigeria. Odokoro had her breakthrough role early on in her career, in 2021’s Miss Bamadele’s Girls, where she played Ebube. Odokoro has mostly gained prominence primarily in Nigerian films and television, though her leading role in Baby Farm will likely help her gain traction in the United States. Certain media outlets, like the Cultural Custodian, have also hailed Odokoro as a shining star in Nollywood and praised her acting abilities in a media landscape that is mostly dominated by plot-driven stories rather than character-focused ones.

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Character: Onyinye Odokoro plays Adanna in Baby Farm. Adanna is a young woman who gets pregnant before she is married. Adanna is then manipulated into joining a baby farm that is masquerading as a non-profit organization, and her nightmare truly begins.

Folu Storms as Joy

Date of Birth: November 25, 1986

Actor: Folu Storms was born in Lagos State, Nigeria. Storms actually had her breakthrough not as an actor, but as a radio personality when she began working for 92.3 Inspiration FM in 2012. Previously, she had worked as a lawyer, but she then became a radio host, journalist, emcee, and documentary filmmaker. As an actor, Storms has starred in a number of Nollywood movies and shows, perhaps most prominently in crime genre productions like Crime and Justice Lagos and Charge and Bail.

Character: Folu Storms plays Joy in Baby Farm. Joy is a gossip blogger who is investigating the baby farm, though she’s doing so more for her own content and personal gain than she is to expose the crimes and help the victims.

Jenny Stead as Sister Barb

Date of Birth: Unknown

Actor: Jenny Stead attended Stellenbosch University in South Africa, where she graduated with honors. Stead had her breakthrough role in 2017, when she played Domi in Blood Drive. While that may be her most prominent role to date, Stead has also garnered multiple awards: she’s a four-time Fleur du Cap nominee and onetime winner, and she’s also secured nominations and wins for a variety of stage plays. Stead has mostly made a name for herself in Nollywood and other African film industries, but she’s also worked with the History Channel and the BBC in the past.

Character: Jenny Stead plays Sister Barb in Baby Farm. Alongside Dr. Evans, Barb is responsible for many of the atrocities and manipulation the baby farm uses to coerce young women into what amounts to slavery. While she’s certainly compliant in the operation, there’s more to Barb, and she’s at least partially a victim herself.

Langley Kirkwood as Doctor Evans

Date of Birth: April 14

Actor: Langley Kirkwood was born in Bromley, Kent, England, though he moved to South Africa at a young age. Kirkwood had his breakthrough role in 2008, when he starred in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. Since then, Kirkwood has mainly taken on supporting roles in American movies and shows, though he has become more of a star in African film industries. Some of Kirkwood’s most iconic roles to date have been as one of the nine judges in 2012’s Dredd and, most recently, in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the hit anime series One Piece.

Character: Langley Kirkwood plays Doctor Evans in Baby Farm. Evans is essentially the main villain of the show, and he runs the baby farm that has kidnapped Adanna and the other women. Though he runs a massive criminal conspiracy, Evans has also leveraged his charm and race to garner international acclaim and a reputation as a philanthropist.

Uzoamaka Onuoha as Comfort

Date of Birth: Unknown

Actor: Uzoamaka Onuoha was born in Lagos State, Nigeria. Onuoha had her breakthrough role with her first professional appearance, in 2018’s If I Am President. Onuoha has had a successful career in Nollywood since then, and she even won the Africa International Film Festival award for Best Female Performance for her work on 2024’s Agemo after being nominated in 2023. Onuoha has also had a long career performing live stage plays in addition to her work on films and in television.

Character: Uzoamaka Onuoha plays Comfort in Baby Farm. Comfort is another young mother at the same baby farm as Adanna, and she’s one of the few women who is kind to Adanna upon her arrival. Comfort is mostly used to show other sides of the facility from outside of Adann’s perspective.

Baby Farm Supporting Cast & Characters

Rita Dominic as Cherise: Rita Dominic plays Cherise in Baby Farm. Cherise is a wealthy woman who desperately wants to adopt a baby, and she looks the other way at the baby farm’s questionable practices. Dominic is known for movies like La Femme Anjola, where she played Anjola.

Joseph Benjamin as Akin: Joseph Benjamin plays Akin in Baby Farm. Akin is in a relationship with Cherise, and he also wants to adopt a child from the baby farm. Benjamin is known for playing Joseph Obi on Greenleaf.