Naomi Ackie

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Naomi Ackie
Born (1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 (age 31)
Walthamstow, London, England
Education Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (BA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2015–present

Naomi Ackie (born 22 August 1992)[1] is an English actress. She made her television debut as Jen in the Doctor Who episode "Face the Raven" (2015). For her role as Bonnie on the television dark comedy-drama series The End of the F***ing World, she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2020. Ackie is well known for her role as Jannah in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In 2021, she had a main role on the third season of Master of None. She will portray American singer Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, set to be released in late 2022.

Early life

Naomi Ackie was born and raised in Walthamstow, London,[2] the daughter of second-generation immigrants from Grenada.[3] Her father was a Transport for London employee and her mother worked for the National Health Service.[2] She is one of three children and has an older brother and sister.[2] She went to Walthamstow School for Girls.

Her first role was at the age of 11, playing the angel Gabriel in a school nativity play.[3] She studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2014.[2][4]

Career

Ackie's breakthrough film role was in Lady Macbeth (2016),[5] for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2017.[6] She subsequently appeared in Idris Elba's directorial debut Yardie (2018) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).[7][8] She also portrayed Bonnie in the second season of Netflix's black comedy series The End of the F***ing World,[9] and a school inspector in Education, an hour-long drama part of Steve McQueen's anthology film series Small Axe.[10]

Upcoming projects

Ackie will portray American singer Whitney Houston in the upcoming biographical film I Wanna Dance with Somebody.[11] She is also committed to star in Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut Pussy Island, co-starring Channing Tatum,[12] and in Bong Joon-ho's upcoming untitled film based on Edward Ashton's science-fiction novel Mickey7, alongside Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 I Used to Be Famous Amber Short film
2016 Lady Macbeth Anna
2018 Yardie Mona
2019 The Corrupted Grace
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Jannah
2021 The Score Gloria
2022 I Wanna Dance with Somebody dagger Whitney Houston Post-production
TBA Pussy Island dagger Filming
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Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Doctor Who Jen Episode: "Face the Raven"
2016 The Five Gemma Morgan Miniseries (2 episodes)
Damilola, Our Loved Boy Council Worker Television film
2018 Vera Louise Everitt Episode: "Black Ice"
The Bisexual Ruby 5 episodes
2019 Cleaning Up Beth 2 episodes
The End of the F***ing World Bonnie Main role (season 2)
2020 Small Axe Hazel Episode: "Education"
2021 Master of None Alicia Main role (season 3)

Stage

Year Title Role Venue Notes
2009 Success Lucy National Theatre, London with Islington Youth Theatre
2012 The Day the Waters Came Esther UK Tour with Theatre Centre
2013 The Snow Queen Gowrie Greenwich Theatre, London
Life Mould Rita Canada Water Library, London as part of "Write Lines Conference" by Theatre Centre
Missing Kevin Godsen Engineer Theatre, Edinburgh as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Billy the Girl Amber Soho Theatre, London
2015 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Mama Unicorn Theatre, London
Walking the Tightrope Mercedes Theatre Delicatessen
Solace of the Road Grace Gibson Derby Theatre, Derby

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2017 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actress Lady Macbeth Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer Won
Evening Standard British Film Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2017 Actors N/A Won
2020 British Academy Television Award Best Supporting Actress The End of the F***ing World Won

References

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