Yonah Odoom appeared in Coronation Street in two roles: in November 2013 as Mrs Piper, the mother of troublesome teen Grace Piper, and she returned to the programme in June 2018 as a Make-Up Artist at Television Centre in London when Rosie Webster, Craig Tinker and Gemma Winter appeared on This Morning.
She trained at the University of Luton and has also appeared in The Slammer, Echoes, Breach and Hollyoaks. Stage roles include parts in Back to the 80s, The Winterling, Allen Heart, Handa's Hen and Teddy Bear's Picnic.