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Noma Dumezweni

Acting · Born July 28, 1969 · Swaziland, South Africa

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.

Movies with Noma Dumezweni

• The Little Mermaid (2023) — The Queen
• The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) — Mrs. Lee
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018) — Miss Penny Farthing
• Retribution (2023) — Angela Brickmann
• The Friend (2025) — Barbara
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) — Edith Sikelo
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002) — Celia
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009) — Capt Magambo
• The Color of Magic 2in1 (2010) — Marchessa
• The Same Storm (2022) — Dionne Davis
• Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel (2021) — (voiceover)
• The Roof (2016) — Another Fan

TV shows with Noma Dumezweni

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Kathryn Tynan
• Presumed Innocent (2024) — Judge Laryn Lyttle
• Murderbot (2025) — Mensah
• The Watcher (2022) — Theodora Birch
• Made for Love (2021) — Dr. Fiffany Hodeck
• Black Earth Rising (2018) — Alice Munezero