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Birth Name: Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
Place of Birth: Southwark, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 11 June, 1990
Ethnicity: Akan Ghanaian
Paapa Essiedu is a British actor. His roles include the shows Utopia , The Miniaturist , Kiri , Press , Gangs of London , I May Destroy You , Anne Boleyn , The Lazarus Project , The Capture , Black Mirror: Demon 79 , and Black Doves , the made-for-tv movie A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016), and the films Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Men (2022), Genie (2023), and The Outrun .
His parents are from Ghana. His mother is a fashion and design teacher. He was raised in Walthamstow, East London. He is married to actress and comedian Rosa Robson.