Gbemisola Ikumelo is a British actress, comedian and writer. She has won a BAFTA award for her short ''Brain in Gear'' and best female comedy performance from the Royal Television Society for her role in her show '' Famalam''.

Life and career

Ikumelo aspired to be a serious actress and at fifteen she was in the

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. She went on to study in Scotland at the

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in Edinburgh. Her break came when she was cast in ''Sunny D'' in 2015 playing the main character (

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)'s twin sister. She came to notice when her sketch show '' Famalam'' appeared on the

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. In 2021 she received an award for best female comedy performance in ''Famalam'' from the Royal Television Society. Ikumelo was awarded a TV BAFTA for her short film, titled ''Brain in Gear'' in July 2020. Ikumelo is a main cast member on the

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. It was announced in 2022 that Ikumelo would be starring in a new BBC series titled ''

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'' with actor Hammed Animashaun and ''Famalam'''s producer Akemnji Ndifornyen. Ikumelo plays a woman who signs up to be a community police officer to improve her community, but she and her partner get involved in complication over six episodes. The series is destined for terrestrial channel BBC1 and streaming via the BBC's iplayer. Ikumelo was also named in 2022 for the cast of a remake of the 1989 film Road House with

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikumelo, Gbemisola Living people 20th-century British actresses 21st-century British actresses 20th-century British comedians 21st-century British comedians Black British actresses Alumni of Queen Margaret University Year of birth missing (living people)