
Noma Dumezweni
Born
1969-07-28
Place of birth
Swaziland, South Africa
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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chief Kathryn Tynan

Mary Poppins Returns
Miss Penny Farthing

Doctor Who
Captain Magambo

The Little Mermaid
The Queen

Only Murders in the Building
Maxine Spear

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Edith Sikelo

Retribution
Angela Brickmann

Normal People
Gillian

The Undoing
Hayley Fitzgerald

The Kid Who Would Be King
Mrs. Lee

The Watcher
Theodora Birch

Law & Order
Chief Kathryn Tynan

Presumed Innocent
Judge Laryn Lyttle

Dirty Pretty Things
Celia

Murderbot
Mensah