Cast & creator
Noma Dumezweni
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Midsomer Murders
Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 2017, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Hermione Granger in the original West End run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; she reprised the role for the show's original Broadway run and, in 2018, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
26
film credits
22
television credits
48
1982–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kathryn Tynan
1999
Law & Order
Chief Kathryn Tynan
1990
Midsomer Murders
Ailsa Probert
1997
Doctor Who
Captain Magambo
2005
Silent Witness
1996
Only Murders in the Building
Maxine Spear
2021
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Shameless
Mrs. Newman
2004
New Tricks
2004
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Senior Agent Okhile
2017
The Little Mermaid
The Queen
2023
Presumed Innocent
Judge Laryn Lyttle
2024
The Shards
Teacher
2026
Murderbot
Mensah
2025
Normal People
Gillian
2020
The Watcher
Theodora Birch
2022
Made for Love
Dr. Fiffany Hodeck
2021
The Undoing
Hayley Fitzgerald
2020
Mary Poppins Returns
Miss Penny Farthing
2018
Black Earth Rising
Alice Munezero
2018
The Kid Who Would Be King
Mrs. Lee
2019
The Colour of Magic
Marchessa
2008
Retribution
Angela Brickmann
2023
The Friend
Barbara
2025
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Edith Sikelo
2019
Best Interests
Samantha
2023
The Last Enemy
Valerie
2008
Dirty Pretty Things
Celia
2002
Fallen Angel
Carla
2007
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Capt Magambo
2009
Soul of the Ocean
Self - Narrator
2022
The Same Storm
Dionne Davis
2022
The Color of Magic 2in1
Marchessa
2010
Mysterious Creatures
Chanelle Pinkerton
2006
The Roof
Another Fan
2016Teeth
Mrs. Taylor
2012
ReEntry
Alicia
2024
Fallout
Joyce Abena
2008
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
(voiceover)
2021
Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants
Self - Narrator
2026
Prima Facie
2026
Macbeth
Weird Sister
2001The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
2015
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol
Narrator
2021
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Self - Narrator
2025Magpie Sings the Blues
Dr. Marcia Hammond
2012
The Grey Man
Sergeant
2007