Noma Dumezweni

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Noma Dumezweni
Occupation Actress

Noma Dumezweni is a Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress based in London.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Career

[edit] 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 and The Bogus Woman[9] at the Traverse and the Bush.

[edit] Film

In film, she has appeared in Dirty Pretty Things[10] and Macbeth.

[edit] Television

Dumezweni's television credits include: Doctor Who, Fallout, The Colour of Magic, Little Miss Jocelyn, Eastenders, Summerhill, The Grey Man, The Last Enemy (TV series)The Last Enemy, After Thomas, Fallen Angel, Holby City, New Tricks, Shameless, Mysterious Creatures and Silent Witness.

[edit] 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].

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
  2. ^ The Stage / Reviews / President of an Empty Room
  3. ^ Breakfast With Mugabe | | guardian.co.uk Arts
  4. ^ BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Stage - Antony and Cleopatra
  5. ^ Royal Shakespeare Company : Archived releases
  6. ^ Lyric Hammersmith | A Raisin in the Sun
  7. ^ The Stage / Reviews / A Midsummer Night's Dream
  8. ^ The Stage / Reviews / The Master and Margarita
  9. ^ Out of Africa, into a refugee's nightmare - Telegraph
  10. ^ Dirty Pretty Things - Cast - New York Times
  11. ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - From Fact to Fiction, Series 2, Episode 1
  12. ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Handprint
  13. ^ Jane's Story
  14. ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Shylock
  15. ^ BBC - Radio 4 - The Farming of Bones - 7 November 2006
  16. ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Play, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 4, A Very Rude Woman
  17. ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Play, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Series 4, Talking Shoes
  18. ^ The Bogus Woman
  19. ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Breakfast With Mugabe