Susan Wokoma

Susan Wokoma
Born	Susan Indiaba Wokoma (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 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 an award-winning British actress and writer of Nigerian descent. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the cult 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, later that same year.

Susan 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 show Crashing, Bluestone 42, Misfits, 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, and The Royal National Theatre. Wokoma also joined the New York transfers of Phyllida Lloyd's all female Donmar Warehouse productions of Henry IV and Julius Caesar at St. Ann's Warehouse. 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 (playwright) at The Noel Coward Theatre in London. That same year Susan joined the cast of the comedy "Porters" on Dave (TV channel) alongside Rutger Hauer, Edward Easton and Claudia Jessie. Series 2 was announced the following year.

In 2017 Susan won the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for Crazyhead. 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’ in 2018’s World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth - the seventh expansion of the popular World of Warcraft game. In 2019 Susan will star in the new Channel 4 and IFC (U.S. TV channel) comedy ‘Year of the Rabbit’ alongside Matt Berry and Freddie Fox (actor).

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
2011	Doctors	Jen Oldham	TV series, 1 episode
2011	Hotel Trubble	Daisy	TV series, 5 episodes
2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Amala	feature film
2013	Misfits	Roz	TV series, 1 episode
2013	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
2015	Bluestone 42	Jasmine	TV series, 3 episodes
2015	The Last Hours of Laura K	Jess Manning	TV movie
2015	Burn Burn Burn	Megan	feature film
2015 -2017	Chewing Gum	Cynthia	TV series, 10 episodes
2016	Crashing	Jessica	TV series, 3 episodes
2016	Our Ex-Wife	Allison	TV pilot
2016	Kid Gloves	Lucy	short film
2016	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
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
Forthcoming 2019	Year of the Rabbit	Not known	Series 1, 6 episodes

External links

• Susan Wokoma on X