Akagha attended
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where she majored in theatre. In the early 2010s, she acted in theatrical productions in California. In 2010, she played
Tiger Lily in the
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts's production of
Peter Pan. In 2011, she acted alongside Brendan Cataldo in Leo Cortez's play,
Acting Out, at the Alisal Center for the Fine Arts. In 2012, Akagha began playing the leads in various short films and making guest appearances in television series. She appeared in one-off episodes in the series
Men at Work,
Nashville and
2 Broke Girls. Akagha started voice acting in video games around 2016, first voicing the character "Plastic" in the game ''
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst. In 2017, she was a voice actor for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus'', in which she provided voices for characters Barbara Casey, Zena Woodard, and Angela Cummings. In 2018, she began appearing in Marvel's
Runaways television series as Tamar, a recurring, supporting role. She provided the voice for the
superheroine Bumblebee in the animated series
Teen Titans Go!. Bumblebee initially appeared in the show's fifth season in the episode "Forest Pirates", which aired in 2019. Akagha voiced the main character,
Alyx Vance, in the
virtual reality game
Half-Life: Alyx. The character was first introduced in the game
Half-Life 2 in 2004, being originally played by
Merle Dandridge. A new actor was chosen for Alyx Vance partially due to the character's younger age and the "time gap" between this and the previous game. Akagha began recording for the role in September 2019, and the game was released in 2020. In the 2021 video game
Deathloop, Akagha voiced Julianna, one of two main characters and the main
antagonist in the game. She also played Harper Omereoha in the
OWN drama television series,
Delilah, which started airing in 2021. Akagha voiced
Shuri in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe animated series
What If...?, replacing
Letitia Wright. She also voiced the recurring role of Flora Flamingo in the 2021 children's show,
Do, Re & Mi. ==Honors==