Portrait of Noma Dumezweni

Noma Dumezweni

Acting

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.

Born: July 28, 1969

Place of Birth: Swaziland, South Africa

Filmography

2025
Murderbot

as Mensah

2025
Lions of the Skeleton Coast

as Narrator (voice)

2025
The Friend

as Barbara

2024
ReEntry

as Alicia

2024
Presumed Innocent

as Judge Laryn Lyttle

2023
Retribution

as Angela Brickmann

2023
Best Interests

as Samantha

2023
The Little Mermaid

as The Queen

2023
Soul of the Ocean

as Narrator (voice)

2022
The Same Storm

as Dionne Davis

2022
The Watcher

as Theodora Birch

2021
2021
Made for Love

as Dr. Fiffany Hodeck

2020
The Undoing

as Hayley Fitzgerald

2020
Normal People

as Gillian

2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Miss Penny Farthing

2018
Black Earth Rising

as Alice Munezero

2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as Senior Agent Okhile

2016
The Roof

as Another Fan

2008
Fallout

as Joyce Abena

2008
2007
Fallen Angel

as Carla

2007
The Grey Man

as Sergeant

2006
Mysterious Creatures

as Chanelle Pinkerton

2005
Doctor Who

as Captain Magambo

2004
Shameless

as Mrs. Newman

2001
Macbeth

as Weird Sister

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Chief Kathryn Tynan

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Ailsa Probert

1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)