Susan Wokoma
Biography
Susan Wokoma is a British actress, writer and director who made her television debut as a teenager on CBBC's Serious Jungle and later trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2010. Born in Southwark in 1987, she performed with the National Youth Theatre and made her professional acting debut in That Summer Day before taking screen roles in Crashing and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014). She became known for playing Edith in the Enola Holmes films (2020 and 2022), Cynthia in Chewing Gum, Raquel in Crazyhead and Fola in Cheaters, and won an RTS award for Crazyhead. Her stage work has taken in the Royal Court, the National Theatre and a 2017 West End debut in Labour of Love, and she wrote and associate produced the short Love The Sinner, in which she also starred.
38years old
Turns 39 on December 31in 88 days
- Born Southwark
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 12 years2014 to 2026
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First role
Wokoma made her television debut at 14 as a participant on CBBC's Serious Jungle in 2002, before she had trained as an actress.
Behind the camera
Wokoma co-wrote an episode of Romesh Ranganathan's sitcom The Reluctant Landlord for its second series, working alongside Shaun Pye. The show was made for Sky.
Beyond film
Wokoma played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2019, a performance The Daily Telegraph singled out.
Behind the camera
In May 2022, Wokoma started directing Three Weeks, her first feature film. She wrote the film as well and is starring in it.
A first
Wokoma made her West End debut in 2017 in the premiere of James Graham's Olivier Award-winning comedy Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Susan Wokoma movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Harry Bradbeer directed two of these films. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Harry BradbeerDirector, 2 films, 2020 to 2022
All films by Harry Bradbeer
Also two films together4 more actors
- Hattie MorahanEnola Holmes 3 (2026) and Enola Holmes (2020)
- Sharon Duncan-BrewsterEnola Holmes 3 (2026) and Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
- Simon BirdBeauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2021) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
- Mitchell ZhangazhaThe Beautiful Game (2024) and The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.