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Noma Dumezweni

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Birthplace
Mbabane, Swaziland (now Eswatini)
Date of birth
28 July, 1969
Date of death
Ethnicity
Swazi/South African
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Place of Birth: Mbabane, Swaziland (now Eswatini)

Date of Birth: 28 July, 1969

Ethnicity: Swazi/South African

Noma Dumezweni is a South African-British actress. Her roles include the shows Doctor Who , Casualty , Frankie , Capital , Black Earth Rising , The Undoing , Made for Love , The Watcher , Best Interests , Only Murders in the Building , Presumed Innocent , Murderbot , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ; the films Mary Poppins Returns , The Kid Who Would Be King , The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind , The Same Storm , The Little Mermaid , Retribution (2023), and The Friend (2024); as well as works on stage and radio, and audiobooks.

Noma was born in Mbabane, Swaziland, now Eswatini, to South African parents. She spent time in Botswana, Kenya, and Uganda, before moving to England as a refugee at age seven, with her mother; living in Felixstowe, Suffolk, and then London. She has one child.

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