
Noma Dumezweni
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1969-07-28 (age 56)
- 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
TV Shows (21)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Chief Kathryn Tynan

Law & Order
1990
as Chief Kathryn Tynan

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ailsa Probert

Doctor Who
2005
as Captain Magambo

Silent Witness
1996

Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)

Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Maxine Spear

Shameless
2004
as Mrs. Newman

New Tricks
2004

Murderbot
2025
as Mensah

Presumed Innocent
2024
as Judge Laryn Lyttle

Normal People
2020
as Gillian

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Senior Agent Okhile

The Watcher
2022
as Theodora Birch

The Undoing
2020
as Hayley Fitzgerald

Black Earth Rising
2018
as Alice Munezero

Made for Love
2021
as Dr. Fiffany Hodeck

The Colour of Magic
2008
as Marchessa

The Last Enemy
2008
as Valerie

Fallen Angel
2007
as Carla

Best Interests
2023
as Samantha
Movies (25)

The Little Mermaid
2023
as The Queen

Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Miss Penny Farthing

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
as Edith Sikelo

Retribution
2023
as Angela Brickmann

The Friend
2025
as Barbara

The Kid Who Would Be King
2019
as Mrs. Lee

Dirty Pretty Things
2002
as Celia

Fallout
2008
as Joyce Abena

The Same Storm
2022
as Dionne Davis

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
as Capt Magambo

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as (voiceover)

Prima Facie

The Roof
2016
as Another Fan

Macbeth
2001
as Weird Sister

ReEntry
2024
as Alicia

Mysterious Creatures
2006
as Chanelle Pinkerton

The Grey Man
2007
as Sergeant
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
2015

Soul of the Ocean
2023
as Narrator (voice)

Lions of the Skeleton Coast
2025
as Narrator (voice)

Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
2021
as Narrator
Teeth
2012
as Mrs. Taylor
Magpie Sings the Blues
2012
as Dr. Marcia Hammond

Out of Darkness
2013

Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants
2026
as Narrator
About Noma Dumezweni
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… With 46 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, Noma Dumezweni has appeared in 25 films and 21 TV shows.
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- The Little Mermaid (2023) — as The Queen
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018) — as Miss Penny Farthing
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) — as Edith Sikelo
- Retribution (2023) — as Angela Brickmann
- The Friend (2025) — as Barbara
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