Wunmi Mosaku (born 1986) is a Nigerian-born British actress and
singer. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries
Moses Jones (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series Vera
(2011â€"12). She won the 2017 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting
Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film Damilola, Our
Loved Boy (2016). In 2019, she starred in the fifth series of
Luther.Mosaku was born in Nigeria, and subsequently emigrated to
Manchester, England, when she was one year old. She attended Trinity
Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College. She
also sang for eleven years in the Manchester Girls Choir. Her parents
were both professors in Nigeria but were unable to do the same jobs in
the UK. Her mother started a business and her father ended up
returning to Nigeria.Mosaku graduated from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art in 2007 and made her stage debut at the Arcola Theatre in
a production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's The Great Theatre of the
World. Since then she has also appeared in Rough Crossings, directed
by Rupert Goold and based on the book by Simon Schama, at the Lyric
Hammersmith; The Vertical Hour by David Hare and Truth and
Reconciliation, both at the Royal Court Theatre and Mules at the Young
Vic. In 2009 she appeared in Katrina, a verbatim play which told six
people's stories of their struggles of survival when Hurricane Katrina
devastated New Orleans August 2005. Mosaku was originally cast as
Sophie in the UK premiere of Ruined by Lynn Nottage at the Almeida
Theatre but had to pull out due to an injury.
singer. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries
Moses Jones (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series Vera
(2011â€"12). She won the 2017 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting
Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film Damilola, Our
Loved Boy (2016). In 2019, she starred in the fifth series of
Luther.Mosaku was born in Nigeria, and subsequently emigrated to
Manchester, England, when she was one year old. She attended Trinity
Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College. She
also sang for eleven years in the Manchester Girls Choir. Her parents
were both professors in Nigeria but were unable to do the same jobs in
the UK. Her mother started a business and her father ended up
returning to Nigeria.Mosaku graduated from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art in 2007 and made her stage debut at the Arcola Theatre in
a production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's The Great Theatre of the
World. Since then she has also appeared in Rough Crossings, directed
by Rupert Goold and based on the book by Simon Schama, at the Lyric
Hammersmith; The Vertical Hour by David Hare and Truth and
Reconciliation, both at the Royal Court Theatre and Mules at the Young
Vic. In 2009 she appeared in Katrina, a verbatim play which told six
people's stories of their struggles of survival when Hurricane Katrina
devastated New Orleans August 2005. Mosaku was originally cast as
Sophie in the UK premiere of Ruined by Lynn Nottage at the Almeida
Theatre but had to pull out due to an injury.
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