Susan Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987) is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Edith in the '' Enola Holmes'' films'','' Cynthia in ''

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,'' Raquel in the E4/

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show '' Crazyhead'' and Fola in ''

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.'' Wokoma was listed as one of Europe's ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 in 2017 and named a

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Breakthrough Brit by an international jury the same year.

Early life and education

Wokoma was born on 31 December 1987 in

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; her parents are Kalabari from

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in South-South

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. They lived on the now demolished North Peckham Estate. Her mother worked as a cleaner, and her father worked multiple jobs. He died in 2012. Her mother died in 2025. Wokoma made her television debut at the age of 14 as a participant in

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's '' Serious Jungle'' in 2002. She was also a member of The

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, making her professional acting debut in the

-winning '' That Summer Day''. She has a bachelor's degree in acting from the

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, graduating in 2010.

Career

Since graduating, her television appearances have included

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's debut television show '' Crashing'' as well as the film adaptation of ''

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'' and '' The Inbetweeners 2''. Her theatre work includes productions at the

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, The

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and St. Ann's Warehouse in New York. In 2017, she made her West End theatre debut alongside

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and

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in the premiere of the

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-winning comedy ''

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'' by James Graham at the

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in London. In 2017, Wokoma won the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for '' Crazyhead''. In 2016, she won Best Supporting Actor at the

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for her performance in the radio adaptation of Marie NDiaye's '' Three Strong Women''. Wokoma is the voice of Princess Talanji in '' World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth'', the seventh expansion of the popular ''

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'' game. Wokoma wrote, starred and associate produced the

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comedy short ''Love The Sinner''. ''Love The Sinner'' went on in 2019 to be screened at the

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and was longlisted for the

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in the British Short Film category. Wokoma co-wrote (alongside Shaun Pye) an episode of

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’s sitcom '' The Reluctant Landlord'' (Series 2), also for Sky. She was in the writers' room for the second series of the

original series ''

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''. In 2019, she starred in the

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and IFC comedy '' Year of the Rabbit'' alongside

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and Freddie Fox. In June and July 2019, she played Bottom in ''

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'' at

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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." In October 2020, Wokoma starred in the

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comedy '' Truth Seekers'' and joined the cast of the feature film adaptation of ''Enola Holmes'' alongside

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and

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. Wokoma had a leading role in the BBC drama ''

''. In May 2022, Wokoma started directing her first feature film, ''Three Weeks'', which she also wrote and is starring in. Wokoma was a contestant on the 16th series of '' Taskmaster,'' which started airing in September 2023. She came third.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Susan Wokoma , Actress
– BAFTA, October 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wokoma, Susan Living people 1987 births 21st-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Southwark Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Black British actresses English film actresses English people of Nigerian descent English television actresses English video game actresses English voice actresses National Youth Theatre members People from Peckham