Person
Noma Dumezweni
Acting · Born 1969-07-28 · 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
Law & Order
Chief Kathryn Tynan
Midsomer Murders
Ailsa Probert
Doctor Who
Captain Magambo
Silent Witness
1996
Only Murders in the Building
Maxine Spear
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Shameless
Mrs. Newman
Presumed Innocent
Judge Laryn Lyttle
New Tricks
2004
Filmography
- 2026Prima Facie
- 2026Tusker: Brotherhood of ElephantsSelf - Narrator
- 2025MurderbotMensah
- 2025Lions of the Skeleton CoastSelf - Narrator
- 2025The FriendBarbara
- 2024ReEntryAlicia
- 2024Presumed InnocentJudge Laryn Lyttle
- 2023RetributionAngela Brickmann
- 2023Best InterestsSamantha
- 2023The Little MermaidThe Queen
- 2022The Same StormDionne Davis
- 2022The WatcherTheodora Birch
- 2022Soul of the OceanSelf - Narrator
- 2021Only Murders in the BuildingMaxine Spear
- 2021Statue Wars: One Summer in BristolNarrator
- 2021Made for LoveDr. Fiffany Hodeck
- 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel(voiceover)
- 2020The UndoingHayley Fitzgerald
- 2020Normal PeopleGillian
- 2019The Boy Who Harnessed the WindEdith Sikelo
- 2019The Kid Who Would Be KingMrs. Lee
- 2018Mary Poppins ReturnsMiss Penny Farthing
- 2018Black Earth RisingAlice Munezero
- 2017Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsSenior Agent Okhile
- 2016Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Original West End)Hermione Granger
- 2016The RoofAnother Fan
- 2015The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
- 2013Out of Darkness
- 2012Magpie Sings the BluesDr. Marcia Hammond
- 2012TeethMrs. Taylor
- 2009Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadCapt Magambo
- 2008FalloutJoyce Abena
- 2008The Colour of MagicMarchessa
- 2008The Last EnemyValerie
- 2007Fallen AngelCarla
- 2007The Grey ManSergeant
- 2006Mysterious CreaturesChanelle Pinkerton
- 2005Doctor WhoCaptain Magambo
- 2004ShamelessMrs. Newman
- 2004New Tricks
- 2002Dirty Pretty ThingsCelia
- 2001MacbethWeird Sister
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitChief Kathryn Tynan
- 1997Midsomer MurdersAilsa Probert
- 1996Silent Witness
- 1990Law & OrderChief Kathryn Tynan
- 1982NatureNarrator (voice)
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