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Noma Dumezweni Born 1969 (age 41–42)
SwazilandOccupation Actress Noma Dumezweni is a Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress based in London.
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Personal life
Born in Swaziland, of South African parents, Dumenzweni came to England with her family as a child, first living in Suffolk, where she was educated, before moving to London.
Career
Theatre
Dumezweni's work in theatre includes: President of an Empty Room and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other[1] at the National Theatre, London;[2] Breakfast with Mugabe,[3] Antony and Cleopatra[4] and Much Ado About Nothing[5] for the RSC; A Raisin in the Sun for the Young Vic at the Lyric Hammersmith, London[6] (for which she won her Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role); A Midsummer Night's Dream,[7] The Master and Margarita,[8] Nathan the Wise and The Coffee House at Chichester Festival Theatre, 6 Characters Searching for an Author at the Gielgud Theatre and The Bogus Woman[9] at the Traverse and the Bush. In spring of 2009 she is appearing in the RSC's "A Winter's Tale".[10]
Film and Television
Year Title Format Role Notes 2001 Macbeth TV Film Witch 2002 Dirty Pretty Things Film Celia 2003 Holby City TV Series Hannah Keelan Episode: "The One You Love: Part 2" 2005 Silent Witness TV Series DS Erin Jacobs Episodes: "Ghosts: Part 1" and "Ghosts: Part 2" The Bill TV Series Building Society Manager Episode: 403 2006 Mysterious Creatures TV Film Chanelle Pinkerton Holby City TV Series Hesta Mukaka Episode: "Fly Me to the Moon" After Thomas TV Film Paula Murray 2006-8 Little Miss Jocelyn TV Series Episodes: Series 1, Episode 5 and Series 2, Episode 2 2007 Shameless TV Series Mrs. Newman Episode: Series 4, Episode 5 The Grey Man TV Film Sergeant Fallen Angel TV Series Carla New Tricks TV Series Sophie Oyekambi Episode: "Casualty" EastEnders TV Series D.C. Wright Episode: 17 August 2007 2008 The Last Enemy TV Series Valerie Episode: Series 1, Episode 1 The Colour of Magic TV Film Marchessa Fallout TV Film Joyce Abena 2008-9 Doctor Who TV Series Captain Erisa Magambo Episodes: "Turn Left" and "Planet of the Dead" Radio
In radio, she has appeared in Jambula Tree, Seven Wonders of the Divided World, From Fact to Fiction,[11] From Freedom to the Future, Handprint,[12] Jane's Story,[13] Sagila, Shylock,[14] The Farming of Bones,[15] The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,[16][17] The Seven Ages of Car, The Bogus Woman[18] and Breakfast with Mugabe.[19]
References
- ^ National Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
- ^ The Stage / Reviews / President of an Empty Room
- ^ Breakfast With Mugabe | | guardian.co.uk Arts
- ^ BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Stage - Antony and Cleopatra
- ^ Royal Shakespeare Company : Archived releases
- ^ Lyric Hammersmith | A Raisin in the Sun
- ^ The Stage / Reviews / A Midsummer Night's Dream
- ^ The Stage / Reviews / The Master and Margarita
- ^ Out of Africa, into a refugee's nightmare - Telegraph
- ^ [1]
- ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - From Fact to Fiction, Series 2, Episode 1
- ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Handprint
- ^ Jane's Story
- ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Shylock
- ^ BBC - Radio 4 - The Farming of Bones - 7 November 2006
- ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Play, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 4, A Very Rude Woman
- ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Play, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 4, Talking Shoes
- ^ The Bogus Woman
- ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Breakfast With Mugabe
External links
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role Warren Mitchell (2004) · Amanda Harris (2005) · Noma Dumezweni (2006) · Jim Norton (2007) · Rory Kinnear (2008) · Patrick Stewart (2009) · Eddie Redmayne/Ruth Wilson (2010) · Adrian Scarborough (2011)
Categories:- British actors
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Living people
- Black British actors
- 1969 births
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