Education
Born in Swaziland, of South African parents, Dumezweni came to England with her family as a child, first living in Suffolk, where she was educated, before moving to London.
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In December 2015 it was announced that she had been cast as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. On the announcement, theatre critic Kate Maltby described her as "an actress who consistently engages and enthrals." Theatre Radio In radio, she has appeared in Jambula Tree, Seven Wonders of the Divided World, From Fact to Fiction, From Freedom to the Future, Handprint, Jane"s Story, Sagila, Shylock, The Farming of Bones, The Number. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, The Seven Ages of Carolina, The Bogus Woman and Breakfast with Mugabe.
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In 2006, she won an Olivier Award for her role in A Raisin in the Sun, beating Benedict Cumberbatch for the award. Dumezweni"s work in theatre includes: President of an Empty Room and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other at the National Theatre, London. Breakfast with Mugabe, Antony and Cleopatra and Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Society of Chemistry . A Raisin in the Sun for the Young Vic at the Lyric Hammersmith, London (for which she won her Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role). A Midsummer Night"s Dream, The Master and Margarita, Nathan the Wise and The Coffee House at Chichester Festival Theatre, Six Characters in Search of an Author in the Chichester Festival production at the Gielgud Theatre and The Bogus Woman at the Traverse and the Bush.
