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Actress · 2022
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Biography
Susan "Susie" Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987 in Southwark, London, England) is a British actress of Nigerian descent and an award winner. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the E4/Netflix series "Crazyhead" and "Cynthia" in "Chewing Gum". As a child, Wokoma took part in the CBBC programme "Serious Jungle" in 2002. She was also a member of the National Youth Theatre, making her professional acting debut in the BAFTA-nominated film "That Summer Day", and then trained at RADA at the age of 19.
Her television work includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge's show "Crashing", "BlueStone 42", "Uncle", "Misfits", as well as adaptations of "Half of a Yellow Sun" and "The Inbetweeners 2". Her theatre work includes productions at the Royal Court, the Bush Theatre, the Royal Exchange in Manchester, the Almeida Theatre, the Crucible Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. Wokoma also took part in the New York transfers of Phyllida Lloyd's all-female productions at the Donmar Warehouse — "Henry IV" and "Julius Caesar" at St Ann's Warehouse.
In 2016 she won the award for Best Supporting Role at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for her performance in a radio adaptation of Mari NDiaye's novel "Three Strong Women".
Later that same year it was announced that she would star in the original E4/Netflix television series "Crazyhead" alongside Cara Theobold. In 2017 she won the RTS Award for Best On-Screen Performance for "Crazyhead". Wokoma is also a screenwriter.
Filmography
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