Jeillo Edwards who began performing at the age of four was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
She began performing at the age of four, reading from the Bible at her church. Jeillo Angela Doris Edwards was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, one of six children, and she attended the Annie Walsh Memorial School. She moved to England in the late 1950s and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 
