Noma Dumezweni

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Noma Dumezweni
Born 1969 (age 54–55)
Swaziland
Occupation Actress

Noma Dumezweni (born 1969)[1] is an English actress. In 2006, she won an Olivier Award for her role in A Raisin in the Sun, beating Benedict Cumberbatch for the award.[2] In December 2015 it was announced that she had been cast as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.[3] On the announcement, theatre critic Kate Maltby described her as "an actress who consistently engages and enthrals."[4]

Personal life

Born in Swaziland, of South African parents, Dumezweni 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[5] at the National Theatre, London;[6] Breakfast with Mugabe,[7] Antony and Cleopatra[8] and Much Ado About Nothing[9] for the RSC; A Raisin in the Sun for the Young Vic at the Lyric Hammersmith, London[10] (for which she won her Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role[11]); A Midsummer Night's Dream,[12] The Master and Margarita,[13] Nathan the Wise[14] and The Coffee House at Chichester Festival Theatre, Six Characters in Search of an Author in the Chichester Festival production at the Gielgud Theatre[15][16] and The Bogus Woman[17] at the Traverse and the Bush. In spring of 2009 she appeared in the RSC's The Winter's Tale.[18][19][20] In 2013-2014 she appeared in A Human Being Died That Night at the Fugard Theater in Cape Town, the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, which later transferred to the Hampstead Theatre in London.[21]

In November 2015, she starred in Linda at London's Royal Court Theatre, stepping into the role vacated by Kim Cattrall with a few days notice before press night. Awarding the production five stars, the Daily Telegraph's Chief Theatre Critic Dominic Cavendish wrote "If they can bottle and mass-produce whatever it is that Noma Dumezweni has got then, please, I want to order a life-time’s supply."[22]

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"
2013 Frankie TV series Angie Rascoe
2015 Midsomer Murders TV series Ailsa Probert Episode 17.2 "Murder by Magic"

Radio

In radio, she has appeared in Jambula Tree, Seven Wonders of the Divided World, From Fact to Fiction,[23] From Freedom to the Future, Handprint,[24] Jane's Story,[25] Sagila, Shylock,[26] The Farming of Bones,[27] The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,[28][29] The Seven Ages of Car, The Bogus Woman[30] and Breakfast with Mugabe.[31]

References

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  5. ↑ National Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other[dead link]
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  9. ↑ Royal Shakespeare Company : Archived releases[dead link]
  10. ↑ Lyric Hammersmith | A Raisin in the Sun[dead link]
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