Actor info
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Name :
Noma Dumezweni
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Born :
July 28, 1969 in Swaziland, South Africa (57 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
25 films (2001–2026)
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Biography
Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 2017, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Hermione Granger in the original West End run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; she reprised the role for the show's original Broadway run and, in 2018, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Notable films
- Retribution (2023) as Angela Brickmann
- The Little Mermaid (2023) as The Queen
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) as Edith Sikelo
- The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) as Mrs. Lee
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Miss Penny Farthing
