Susan Wokoma

Susan Wokoma
Susan Wokoma
Born	Susan Indiaba Wokoma; 31 December 1987 (age 36); Southwark, London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

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.

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 [1] 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 [2] and was longlisted for the British Independent Film Awards in the British Short Film [3] category.

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 [4].

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".

Also in 2019 Wokoma joined the cast of new 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. [5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Serious Jungle	self	TV mini-series, 6 episodes
2006	That Summer Day	Marie	TV movie
2011	Holby City	Elsa Eze	TV series, 1 episode
	Doctors	Jen Oldham	TV series, 1 episode
	Hotel Trubble	Daisy	TV series, 5 episodes
2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Amala	feature film
	Misfits	Roz	TV series, 1 episode
	Alpha: Omega	Fighter	short film
2014	The Inbetweeners 2	Della	feature film
2015–2017	Brain Freeze	Ms Hucklebuck (voice)	TV series (animation), Series 2 & 3
2015	Uncle	Cash Pig Cashier	TV series, 1 episode
	Bluestone 42	Jasmine	TV series, 3 episodes
	The Last Hours of Laura K	Jess Manning	TV movie
	Burn Burn Burn	Megan	feature film
2015–2017	Chewing Gum	Cynthia	TV series, 10 episodes
2016	Crashing	Jessica	TV series, 3 episodes
	Our Ex-Wife	Allison	TV pilot
	Kid Gloves	Lucy	short film
	Crazyhead	Raquel	TV series, 6 episodes
2017	Zapped	Rina	TV series, 1 episode
2017–present	Porters	Frankie	TV series, 9 episodes
2017	Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2	Shuri (voice)	Video game^[2]
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
2019	Dark Money	Sabrina Stevens	TV series
2020	Enola Holmes		Post-production
2020	Truth Seekers	Helen	TV series, 8 episodes
TBA	Super Simple Love Story	Abby	Main role

References

^ "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ 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

External links

Susan Wokoma at IMDb

[bafta201710-1] "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] 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.

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