Susie Wokoma

Susan Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987 in Southwark, London, England) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead and "Cynthia" in Chewing Gum. Wokoma was listed as one of Europe's Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017 and named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit by an international jury,[1] later that year.

Susan Wokoma
Born
Susan Indiaba Wokoma

(1987-12-31) 31 December 1987
Southwark, London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Early life and education

Wokoma was born on December 31, 1987, in London; her parents were originally from Nigeria. Her mother worked as a cleaner,and her father, an avid workaholic, worked multiple jobs until he died in 2012. Her sister is actress Emi Wokoma, known for her performance as Tina Turner in the jukebox musical Soul Sister.

Career

Wokoma made her television debut at 14 as a participant in CBBC's Serious Jungle in 2002. She was also a member of The National Youth Theatre, making her professional acting debut in the BAFTA-winning That Summer Day before going on to train at RADA aged 19.

Since graduating, her television appearances have included Phoebe Waller-Bridge's debut television show Crashing as well as the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun and The Inbetweeners 2. Her theatre work includes productions at the Royal Court, Bush Theatre, Almeida Theatre, The Royal National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann's Warehouse in New York. In 2017 she made her West End theatre debut alongside Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig in the premiere of the Olivier award-winning comedy Labour of Love by James Graham at the Noël Coward Theatre in London.

In 2017 Wokoma won the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for Crazyhead.[2] In 2016 she won Best Supporting Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for her performance in the radio adaptation of Marie NDiaye's Three Strong Women.

Wokoma is the voice of ‘Princess Talanji’ World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, the seventh expansion of the popular World of Warcraft game.

Wokoma wrote, starred and associate produced the Sky comedy short Love The Sinner which also starred fellow RADA alumna and friend, Daisy May Cooper. Love The Sinner went on in 2019 to be screened at the BFI London Film Festival[3] and was longlisted for the British Independent Film Awards in the British Short Film category.[4]

Wokoma co-wrote an episode (alongside Shaun Pye) of Romesh Ranganathan’s sitcom The Reluctant Landlord (Series 2), also for Sky. She was in the writers' room for the second series of the Netflix original series, Sex Education.[5]

In 2019 she starred in the Channel 4 and IFC comedy Year of the Rabbit alongside Matt Berry and Freddie Fox.

In June and July 2019 she played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. The Daily Telegraph said of her performance "All are terrific and Susan Wokoma sheer bliss, delivering one of the most endearing and effortlessly funny Bottoms I've ever seen".[6]

In October 2020 Wokoma starred in the Amazon Studios comedy Truth Seekers which is co-written, co-starring and executive produced by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost through their production company Stolen Picture. Wokoma also joined the cast of the feature film adaptation of Enola Holmes alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill and Helena Bonham Carter.[7]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2002Serious JungleselfTV mini-series, 6 episodes
2006That Summer DayMarieTV movie
2011Holby CityElsa EzeTV series, 1 episode
DoctorsJen OldhamTV series, 1 episode
Hotel TrubbleDaisyTV series, 5 episodes
2013Half of a Yellow SunAmalafeature film
MisfitsRozTV series, 1 episode
Alpha: OmegaFightershort film
2014The Inbetweeners 2Dellafeature film
2015–2017Brain FreezeMs Hucklebuck (voice)TV series (animation), Series 2 & 3
2015UncleCash Pig CashierTV series, 1 episode
Bluestone 42JasmineTV series, 3 episodes
The Last Hours of Laura KJess ManningTV movie
Burn Burn BurnMeganfeature film
2015–2017Chewing GumCynthiaTV series, 10 episodes
2016CrashingJessicaTV series, 3 episodes
Our Ex-WifeAllisonTV pilot
Kid GlovesLucyshort film
CrazyheadRaquelTV series, 6 episodes
2017ZappedRinaTV series, 1 episode
2017–presentPortersFrankieTV series, 9 episodes
2017Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2Shuri (voice)Video game[8]
2018 (Not yet released) The Ghost and The House of Truth Bola feature film
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Princess Talanji (voice) video game
2018 Susan Wokoma's Sky Comedy Short: ‘Love The Sinner’ Ann/Adult Joannah (plus writer and associate producer) Short Film
2018 The Reluctant Landlord co-writer Episode 2, Series 2
2019 Year of the Rabbit Mabel Series 1, 6 episodes
Dark MoneySabrina StevensTV series
2020 Enola Holmes Edith
2020–present Truth Seekers Helen TV series, 8 episodes
TBA Super Simple Love Story Abby Main role

References
  1. "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-west-england-awards-2017
  3. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=joytotheworld#film3
  4. https://www.bifa.film/news/best-british-short-film-long-list-2019/
  5. https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/sex-education-netflix-eric-ncuti-gatwa.html
  6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/midsummer-nights-dream-open-air-theatre-regents-park-review/
  7. https://deadline.com/2019/07/enola-holmes-chewing-gum-susan-wokoma-legendary-movie-1202641057/
  8. Susan Wokoma [@susan_wokoma] (16 November 2017). "Become a Marvel Super Hero? Bucket list TICK (kind of) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 out NOW! #Shuri @LEGOMarvelGame #LEGOMarvel2" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 December 2017 – via Twitter.

3. http://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough-brits/susan-wokoma-actress – BAFTA, October 2017

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