Naomie Harris
British actress (born 1976)
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- Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is a British actress.
- In 2016, she starred in the film Moonlight , a performance that earned her a number of accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Harris also portrayed Selena in the post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later (2002), the witch Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), and Shriek in Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
- Early life and education Naomie Melanie Harris was born on 6 September 1976 in Islington, London.
- Harris' fashion designer father Brian Clarke emigrated from Trinidad to the UK, and has British, Grenadian, and Guyanese ancestors.
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WikipediaNaomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is a British actress. She started her career when she was a child, appearing in the television series Simon and the Witch in 1987. In 2016, she starred in the film Moonlight, a performance that earned her a number of accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Harris was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama.
Harris also portrayed Selena in the post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later (2002), the witch Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), and Shriek in Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). She starred as Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films: Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).
Naomie Melanie Harris was born on 6 September 1976 in Islington, London. Her mother Carmen Harris (sometimes credited as Lisselle Kayla), having emigrated from Jamaica to London as a child with her parents, has worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders and as a healer. Harris' fashion designer father Brian Clarke emigrated from Trinidad to the UK, and has British, Grenadian, and Guyanese ancestors. They separated before Harris was born, and she was raised by her mother in a council flat in Finsbury Park. Her mother later remarried, and Harris has two younger half-siblings.
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