Naomi Ackie

Naomi Ackie

Birth : 1992-11-02, Walthamstow, London, England, UK

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Naomi Ackie (born 22 August 1992) is an English actress. She made her television debut as Jen in the Doctor Who episode "Face the Raven" (2015). For her role as Bonnie on the television dark comedy-drama series The End of the F***ing World, she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2020. Ackie is well known for her role as Jannah in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In 2021, she had a main role on the third season of Master of None. She will portray American singer Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, set to be released in late 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Naomi Ackie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Naomi Ackie

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Mickey 17
Nasha
Mickey 17 is an "expendable", a disposable employee, on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of its memories intact.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
The Score
Gloria
Mike and Troy, two small-time crooks, go to a roadside cafe for a meeting they hope to make a big profit from.
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jannah
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
The Corrupted
Grace
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
Yardie
Mona
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.
Lady Macbeth
Anna
Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Council Worker
Drama exploring the story of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, who died on a housing estate in South London in 2000. After leaving Nigeria to embark on a new life in the UK, the young Damilola and his family are full of optimism. Little do they realise that their lives are about to be shattered
I Used to Be Famous
Amber
A culture clash between a washed-up pop star and a musically talented young man with autism. These opposite characters transform each other's worlds through the power of music.
Morning
In the near future, society has developed a pill that does away with the need to sleep. With the added help of an artificial sun, there is no end to morning daylight, living and work. However, as a young generation grows up deprived of the world of sleep, they consider rebelling to reclaim their dreams. The ambitious and driven Cathy was an early advocate of a sleepless world, but as she and her son Danny pick up the pieces of their lives following the death of her husband Frank, she finds the universe she helped to build is starting to crumble around her, whilst memories she fought so hard to repress are bleeding into her waking life. As Danny is further drawn into a subversive underworld of dreamers, Cathy must confront her nightmares and fight hard not to lose her son.
Pussy Island
Frida
Frida, a young and clever waitress, has her eyes set on tech mogul Slater King. After skilfully manoeuvring her way into King's inner circle, she is invited to a intimate gathering on his private island. Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something terrifying hiding beneath the island’s lush facade.