
Actor
Noma Dumezweni
Born 1969 · Swaziland, South Africa
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.
Acting

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

Only Murders in the Building
Maxine Spear · 2021

Doctor Who
Captain Magambo · 2005

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Edith Sikelo · 2019

Normal People
Gillian · 2020

Mary Poppins Returns
Miss Penny Farthing · 2018

The Little Mermaid
The Queen · 2023

Presumed Innocent
Judge Laryn Lyttle · 2024

The Undoing
Hayley Fitzgerald · 2020

Law & Order
Chief Kathryn Tynan · 1990

The Watcher
Theodora Birch · 2022

Retribution
Angela Brickmann · 2023

Murderbot
Mensah · 2025

Midsomer Murders
Ailsa Probert · 1997

Dirty Pretty Things
Celia · 2002

The Kid Who Would Be King
Mrs. Lee · 2019

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

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Capt Magambo · 2009

Shameless
Mrs. Newman · 2004

The Colour of Magic
Marchessa · 2008

Made for Love
Dr. Fiffany Hodeck · 2021

The Friend
Barbara · 2025

Nature
Narrator (voice) · 1982

Black Earth Rising
Alice Munezero · 2018