Jeillo Edwards (23 Satumba 1942- 2 Yuli 2004) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce 'yar Saliyo, wacce ta yi fice a tarihin 'yan wasan bakar fata a Biritaniya.[1] Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar asalin Afirka da ta fara karatun wasan kwaikwayo a Makarantar Kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo ta Guildhall ta London. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan baƙar fata na farko da aka jefa a cikin jerin wasan kwaikwayo na gidan talabijin na UK-Dixon na Dock Green,[2] kuma fiye da shekaru arba'in da aka yi a gidan talabijin na Birtaniya, rediyo, mataki da fina-finai.[3]
Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards[4] an haife ta a Freetown, Saliyo, ɗaya daga cikin yara shida, kuma ta halarci Makarantar Annie Walsh Memorial School.
Edwards ta koma Ingila a ƙarshen 1950s kuma ta yi karatu a Makarantar Kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo ta Guildhall. Ta soma yin wasa sa’ad da take shekara huɗu, tana karanta Littafi Mai Tsarki a cocinta. An san ta sosai don muryarta na musamman da kuma zazzagewar magana. Ta yi fice a sashen Afirka na BBC, wanda aka watsa a Burtaniya. Ta samu karɓuwa a ƙasar Burtaniya, inda ta fito a gidan talabijin, inda ta kasance bakar fata ta farko da ta fito a gidan talabijin na Burtaniya sannan kuma ta kasance 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta fara fitowa a The Bill, rediyo da kuma kan dandamali.[5]
Edwards ta bayyana a cikin rawar da ta taka a cikin shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo na gidan talabijin na Birtaniya da yawa, ciki har da The Professionals, The League of Gentlemen, Absolutely Fabulous, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Spaced da Little Britain, wanda aka shirya ta fito a cikin jerin na biyu kafin mutuwarta.
Kazalika ta kasance gwamnan makaranta kuma ta mallaki gidan abinci mai suna Auntie J's a Brixton.
A farkon shekarun 1970, ta auri wani ɗan Ghana, Edmund Clottey, kuma sun haifi 'ya mace da 'ya'ya maza biyu.[6]
Jeillo Edwards ta mutu a London a ranar 2 ga watan Yuli 2004, tana da shekaru 61. Ta sha fama da matsalar koda.