Susan Wokoma

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Susan Indiaba Wokoma (born on 31 December 1987) is a British actor, writer, and director, perhaps best known for her roles as Edith in Enola Holmes, and Raquel in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead.

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 2002, she made her television debut at the age of 14 as a participant in CBBC's Serious Jungle.

She was a member of The National Youth Theatre, and made her professional acting debut in the BAFTA award-winning That Summer Day in 2006.

She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2010.

Her television appearances have included the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's debut television show Crashing (2016).

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.

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, at the Noël Coward Theatre in London.

Also in 2017, she won the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for her role in Crazyhead, and was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit by an international jury.

In 2018, she wrote, starred in, and associate-produced the Sky comedy short Love The Sinner, which was screened at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, and was long-listed for the British Independent Film Awards.

She was reportedly in the writers' room for the second series of the Netflix original series Sex Education (2020), and co-wrote an episode of series 2 of Romesh Ranganathan’s sitcom The Reluctant Landlord (2019).

In 2019, she starred in the Channel 4 and IFC comedy Year of the Rabbit, alongside Matt Berry and Freddie Fox. That same year, she played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London.

In 2020, she starred in the Amazon Studios comedy Truth Seekers, and joined the cast of the feature film adaptation of Enola Holmes, alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter.

In 2022, she had a leading role in the BBC drama Cheaters, and also began directing her first feature film, Three Weeks, which she also wrote and is starring in.

[Source: Wikipedia, 12/05/2023.]