Noma Dumezweni

Personal Info

Birthday

July 28, 1969

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Swaziland, South Africa

Noma Dumezweni

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Nature

Murderbot

Only Murders in the Building

Presumed Innocent

Made for Love

The Colour of Magic

Filmography

2025
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
as Narrator (voice)
The Friend
as Barbara
2024
ReEntry
as Alicia
2023
Retribution
as Angela Brickmann
The Little Mermaid
as The Queen
Soul of the Ocean
as Narrator (voice)
2022
The Same Storm
as Dionne Davis
2021
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
as Narrator
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as (voiceover)
2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
as Edith Sikelo
The Kid Who Would Be King
as Mrs. Lee
2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Miss Penny Farthing
2016
The Roof
as Another Fan
2012
Magpie Sings the Blues
as Dr. Marcia Hammond
Teeth
as Mrs. Taylor
2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as Capt Magambo
2008
Fallout
as Joyce Abena
2007
The Grey Man
as Sergeant
2006
Mysterious Creatures
as Chanelle Pinkerton
2002
Dirty Pretty Things
as Celia
2001
Macbeth
as Weird Sister