Noma Dumezweni

Acting

Noma Dumezweni

Born July 28, 1969Swaziland, South Africa45 credits

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

Filmography

Murderbot
2025Murderbot
as MensahTV
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
2025Lions of the Skeleton Coast
as Narrator (voice)Movie
The Friend
2025The Friend
as BarbaraMovie
ReEntry
2024ReEntry
as AliciaMovie
Presumed Innocent
2024Presumed Innocent
as Judge Laryn LyttleTV
Retribution
2023Retribution
as Angela BrickmannMovie
Best Interests
2023Best Interests
as SamanthaTV
The Little Mermaid
2023The Little Mermaid
as The QueenMovie
Soul of the Ocean
2023Soul of the Ocean
as Narrator (voice)Movie
The Same Storm
2022The Same Storm
as Dionne DavisMovie
The Watcher
2022The Watcher
as Theodora BirchTV
Made for Love
2021Made for Love
as Dr. Fiffany HodeckTV
The Undoing
2020The Undoing
as Hayley FitzgeraldTV
Normal People
2020Normal People
as GillianTV
Mary Poppins Returns
2018Mary Poppins Returns
as Miss Penny FarthingMovie
Black Earth Rising
2018Black Earth Rising
as Alice MunezeroTV
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Senior Agent OkhileTV
The Roof
2016The Roof
as Another FanMovie
M
2012Magpie Sings the Blues
as Dr. Marcia HammondMovie
T
2012Teeth
as Mrs. TaylorMovie
Fallout
2008Fallout
as Joyce AbenaMovie
The Grey Man
2007The Grey Man
as SergeantMovie
Mysterious Creatures
2006Mysterious Creatures
as Chanelle PinkertonMovie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who
as Captain MagamboTV
Shameless
2004Shameless
as Mrs. NewmanTV
Macbeth
2001Macbeth
as Weird SisterMovie
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murders
as Ailsa ProbertTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Chief Kathryn TynanTV
Nature
1982Nature
as Narrator (voice)TV