Early life[edit]

Naomi Ackie was born on 2 November 1992^[2] in Walthamstow, London,^[3] the daughter of second-generation immigrants from Grenada.^[4] Her father was a Transport for London employee and her mother worked for the National Health Service.^[3] She is one of three children and has an older brother and sister.^[3] She went to Walthamstow School for Girls.


Her first role was at the age of 11, playing the angel Gabriel in a school nativity play.^[4] She studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2012.^[3][5]