Lashana Lynch
Biography
Lashana Lynch is a British actress who was born in London and attended ArtsEd drama school. She began on screen with a minor role on The Bill in 2007, made her film debut in Fast Girls (2012), and later appeared in Ear for Eye (2021) and The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud (2020). She gained international recognition as Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with Captain Marvel (2019), a role she returned to in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and The Marvels (2023). She played the first Black female 007 agent in No Time to Die (2021) and in 2022 she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Her other films include The Woman King (2022), Matilda the Musical (2022), and Bob Marley: One Love (2024). On television, she starred in Still Star-Crossed and The Day of the Jackal (2024), earning a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in an Action Series.
38years old
Turns 39 on November 27in 44 days
- Born London
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Lashana Rasheda Lynch
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 12 years2012 to 2024
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Big break
Lynch took on the role of Nomi, the new 007 agent, in the 2021 James Bond film No Time to Die, appearing with Daniel Craig as the retired James Bond. The franchise's move to a Black woman as 007 made international headlines.
Beyond film
In 2015, Lynch took the title role in Willy Russell's Educating Rita at the Chichester Festival Theatre, acting alongside Lenny Henry. The production ran at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester from 18 June to 25 July.
A role that slipped away
In 2018, Lynch was cast as Agent 355 in the pilot episode of Y: The Last Man, but Ashley Romans later took over the role in the main series.
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