Noma Dumezweni
Acting • Born 1969-07-28
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.
Filmography
45 credits
Soul of the Ocean
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Dirty Pretty Things
Movie • 2002
Celia
Retribution
Movie • 2023
Angela Brickmann
Teeth
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Taylor
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Movie • 2009
Capt Magambo
The Friend
Movie • 2025
Barbara
Macbeth
Movie • 2001
Weird Sister
Out of Darkness
Movie • 2013
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
Movie • 2015
Fallout
Movie • 2008
Joyce Abena
The Roof
Movie • 2016
Another Fan
ReEntry
Movie • 2024
Alicia
Mysterious Creatures
Movie • 2006
Chanelle Pinkerton
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Movie • 2019
Edith Sikelo
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Miss Penny Farthing
The Kid Who Would Be King
Movie • 2019
Mrs. Lee
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 2023
The Queen
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Movie • 2021
(voiceover)
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
Movie • 2021
Narrator
The Grey Man
Movie • 2007
Sergeant
The Same Storm
Movie • 2022
Dionne Davis
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice)
Magpie Sings the Blues
Movie • 2012
Dr. Marcia Hammond
Prima Facie
Movie
Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants
Movie • 2026
Narrator
Made for Love
TV • 2021
Dr. Fiffany Hodeck
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Fallen Angel
TV • 2007
Carla
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Captain Magambo
Only Murders in the Building
TV • 2021
Maxine Spear
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ailsa Probert
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
Senior Agent Okhile
Black Earth Rising
TV • 2018
Alice Munezero
Murderbot
TV • 2025
Mensah
The Watcher
TV • 2022
Theodora Birch
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Best Interests
TV • 2023
Samantha
Presumed Innocent
TV • 2024
Judge Laryn Lyttle
Normal People
TV • 2020
Gillian
The Undoing
TV • 2020
Hayley Fitzgerald
The Colour of Magic
TV • 2008
Marchessa
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Chief Kathryn Tynan
Shameless
TV • 2004
Mrs. Newman
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Chief Kathryn Tynan