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
Murderbot
Mensah · (10 episodes)
2025
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Narrator (voice)
2025
The Friend
Barbara
2025
ReEntry
Alicia
2024
Presumed Innocent
Judge Laryn Lyttle · (6 episodes)
2024
Retribution
Angela Brickmann
2023
Best Interests
Samantha · (4 episodes)
2023
The Little Mermaid
The Queen
2023
Soul of the Ocean
Narrator (voice)
2023
The Same Storm
Dionne Davis
2022
The Watcher
Theodora Birch · (7 episodes)
2022
Only Murders in the Building
Maxine Spear · (2 episodes)
2021
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
Narrator
2021
Made for Love
Dr. Fiffany Hodeck · (16 episodes)
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
(voiceover)
2021
The Undoing
Hayley Fitzgerald · (4 episodes)
2020
Normal People
Gillian · (1 episode)
2020
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Edith Sikelo
2019
The Kid Who Would Be King
Mrs. Lee
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Miss Penny Farthing
2018
Black Earth Rising
Alice Munezero · (8 episodes)
2018
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Senior Agent Okhile · (1 episode)
2017
The Roof
Another Fan
2016
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
2015
Out of Darkness
2013
Teeth
Mrs. Taylor
2012
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Capt Magambo
2009
Fallout
Joyce Abena
2008
The Colour of Magic
Marchessa · (1 episode)
2008
Fallen Angel
Carla · (3 episodes)
2007
The Grey Man
Sergeant
2007
Mysterious Creatures
Chanelle Pinkerton
2006
Doctor Who
Captain Magambo · (1 episode)
2005
New Tricks
(1 episode)
2004
Dirty Pretty Things
Celia
2002
Macbeth
Weird Sister
2001
Midsomer Murders
Ailsa Probert · (1 episode)
1997
Silent Witness
(2 episodes)
1996
Nature
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1982