Susan Wokoma

Susan Wokoma

Born: December 31, 1987
in Southwark, London, England
Susan "Susie" Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987 in Southwark, London, England) is an award-winning British actress of Nigerian descent. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead and "Cynthia" in Chewing Gum. Wokoma was a child participant in CBBC's Serious Jungle in 2002. She was also a member of The National Youth Theatre, making her professional acting debut in the BAFTA-winning That Summer Day before going on to train at RADA aged 19.

Her television appearances have included Phoebe Waller-Bridge's show Crashing, Bluestone 42, Uncle, Misfits, as well as the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun and The Inbetweeners 2. Her theatre work includes productions at the Royal Court, Bush Theatre, Royal Exchange, Manchester, Almeida Theatre, Crucible Theatre, and The Royal National Theatre. Wokoma also joined the New York transfers of Phyllida Lloyd's all female Donmar Warehouse productions of Henry IV and Julius Caesar at St. Ann's Warehouse.

In 2016 she won Best Supporting Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for her performance in the radio adaptation of Marie NDiaye's Three Strong Women.

Later the same year it was announced that she would star in the E4/ Netflix original television series Crazyhead alongside Cara Theobold. She went on to win the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for Crazyhead in 2017. Wokoma is also a writer.

Movies for Susan Wokoma...

The Beautiful Game
Title: The Beautiful Game
Character: Protasia
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Advocates to end homelessness, organize an annual tournament for Homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.
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Tabby McTat
Title: Tabby McTat
Character: Sock (voice)
Released: December 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Set in London's streets, follows a musical cat and Fred, a gifted busker, and their warm, amazing friendship.
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Bonus Track
Title: Bonus Track
Released: October 5, 2023
Type: Movie
It’s 2006, and George is a 16-year-old who believes he is a future star musician, even when no-one else in his small town does. The arrival of Max, the son of a famous musical duo who helps him rehearse for a talent show leads both boys to learn from each other and grow closer.
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Enola Holmes 2
Title: Enola Holmes 2
Character: Edith
Released: November 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.
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The Loneliest Boy in the World
Title: The Loneliest Boy in the World
Character: Susanne
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
After losing his mother, a lonely boy decides to (literally) dig up some new friends, but when they mysteriously come back to life, he’s launched into a series of misadventures as he tries to keep their secret safe from neighbors, classmates and social workers alike.
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Lilith & Eve
Title: Lilith & Eve
Character: Lilith
Released: June 12, 2022
Type: Movie
This adult comedy animation is a feminist re-imagining of the Adam and Eve story, in which Eve bumps into Adam's first wife and equal, Lilith.
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Title: Peacock
Character: Liz
Released: April 25, 2022
Type: TV
A trainer tries to make his way as an instructor at a gym where the clientele doesn't take physical fitness very seriously.
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Title: Cheaters
Character: Fola
Released: February 8, 2022
Type: TV
A chance meeting after a cancelled flight leads to an unlikely night of drunken airport-hotel sex between two strangers in their late twenties, Fola and Josh. Both are already in relationships and unknowingly soon to be neighbours.
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Save the Cinema
Title: Save the Cinema
Character: Dolly
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.
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The House
Title: The House
Character: Rosa (voice)
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
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Title: Rules of the Game
Character: DI Eve Preston
Released: January 11, 2022
Type: TV
Sam is a hard-headed manager at a family-run business in the North West. However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception she is forced to reckon with not only murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well.
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Title: Toast of Tinseltown
Character: Nina Armenian
Released: January 4, 2022
Type: TV
Tortured thespian Steven Toast relocates to the ultimate actor's playground - Hollywood. Surely this time he will get the adulation he so richly deserves.
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Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Title: Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Character: Amelie
Released: December 19, 2021
Type: Movie
The world’s funniest and most star-studded pantomime is back! Lily James heads the cast as famous names from theatre, film, comedy and music gather together online to bring you a unique and hilarious adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, all to raise money for some very good causes. Joining Lily are Guz Khan, Sian Gibson, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Miranda Hart and many others. A follow-up to last year’s hugely successful stay-at-home retelling of Cinderella, which raised nearly £900,000 for Comic Relief, some of the original stars return alongside an exciting new stellar cast for a production that promises to be bigger, brighter and funnier than ever.
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Title: Teenage Euthanasia
Released: September 6, 2021
Type: TV
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.
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A Response to Your Message
Title: A Response to Your Message
Character: Narrator
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
A personal reflection on 2020's Black Lives Matter protests.
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Title: Truth Seekers
Character: Helen
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: TV
A ghost-hunting duo team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. and share their adventures on an online channel. Their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, terrifying, and even deadly as the pair begin to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the entire human race.
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Enola Holmes
Title: Enola Holmes
Character: Edith
Released: September 23, 2020
Type: Movie
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
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Night Bus
Title: Night Bus
Character: Natasha
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Driving through the nocturnal streets of London on the eve of her 30th birthday, a night bus driver discovers a supernatural entity who has boarded her vehicle, and threatens to stay.
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The Ghost And The House Of Truth
Title: The Ghost And The House Of Truth
Character: Bola
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Bola Ogun is a dedicated counselor who facilitates reconciliation sessions between convicts and the victims of their crimes. When her own daughter goes missing, her belief in forgiveness is tested, and she decides to take matters into her own hands. This powerful film demonstrates the strength and determination of a mother's love.
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Love the Sinner
Title: Love the Sinner
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
11-year-old Joanna tries to understand grief through her mother’s reaction to Princess Diana’s death.
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Title: Dark Money
Character: Sabrina
Released: July 8, 2019
Type: TV
13 year old British film star Isaac Mensah was sexually abused by a producer on the set of a Hollywood film, the family decide to take action after learning the truth and Deal with US Lawyers who offer the family 3 million to stay silent.
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Title: Year of the Rabbit
Character: Mabel Wisbech
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: TV
Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.
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Title: There's Something About Movies
Character: Self - Guest
Released: May 2, 2019
Type: TV
Alan Carr hosts this movie game-show where comedians team up with famous actors to answer classic film trivia, spoof famous film scenes, and poke fun at their own work.
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To Provide All People
Title: To Provide All People
Character: Junior Doctor
Released: June 28, 2018
Type: Movie
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today.
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Title: Porters
Character: Frankie
Released: September 20, 2017
Type: TV
Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.
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Burn Burn Burn
Title: Burn Burn Burn
Character: Megan
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
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Title: Crazyhead
Character: Raquel
Released: October 19, 2016
Type: TV
Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?
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Title: Zapped
Character: Rina
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: TV
Brian Weaver, an online data marketing assistant (even he doesn't know what that is), finds himself abruptly transported to a parallel world, a place of bizarre creatures, magical forces and psychopathic fairies.
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Title: Crashing
Character: Jessica
Released: January 11, 2016
Type: TV
A comedy drama that crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital.
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Title: Chewing Gum
Character: Cynthia Gordon
Released: October 6, 2015
Type: TV
The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!
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Title: Taskmaster
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: July 28, 2015
Type: TV
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
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The Inbetweeners 2
Title: The Inbetweeners 2
Character: Della
Released: August 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an offer they can’t refuse. Once again, they put growing up temporarily on-hold, and embark on a backpacking holiday of a lifetime in an awful car, inspired by Peter Andre’s ‘Mysterious Girl’. Will soon finds himself battling with the lads to do something cultural, whilst they focus their attention on drinking, girls, and annoying fellow travelers.
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Alpha: Omega
Title: Alpha: Omega
Character: Fighter
Released: May 14, 2014
Type: Movie
A ravaged London is in the midst of a century-long civil war in which the battle-line isn't race or religion: it's gender. And the resource at stake isn't land or wealth: it's reproduction. The film follows the journey of the youngest member of an underground female resistance group, and her relationship with her biological mother.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Cleo
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Title: Half of a Yellow Sun
Character: Amala
Released: September 8, 2013
Type: Movie
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
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Title: Bluestone 42
Character: Jasmine
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: TV
Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork? Wind up your fellow employees? Flirt with the new girl on the team? Or deal with an unseen enemy who’s trying to blow you up? Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a bunch of soldiers who just happen to be risking their lives diffusing hidden bombs. But who says they can’t have some fun alongside the serious professional stuff? This hilarious and often surprising series follows the adventures of a bunch of diverse characters living and working together at an army base in Afghanistan. This is a show about something easily forgotten; soldiers really enjoy being soldiers, but it’s not just a show for soldiers and it’s not just about the Army: it’s also a show for anybody who has ever fallen in love, experienced status battles at work or had a fear of failure. It is packed with the lively workmate banter and relationship minefields that most people will recognise. Even if they don’t face danger on a daily basis...
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And Mrs
Title: And Mrs
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiance drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway - much to the bewilderment of her friends and family.