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Naomie Harris

Naomie Melanie Harris OBE (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress. She started her career when she was a child, appearing in the television series Simon and the Witch in 1987. She portrayed Selena in the zombie 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 Frances Barrison / Shriek in Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). She portrayed Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).

Naomie Harris

Naomie Melanie Harris

(1976-09-06) 6 September 1976

Actress

1987–present

Peter Legler (2012–present)

In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed 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.

Early life and education[edit]

Naomie Harris was born and raised in Islington, London. Her mother Carmen Harris (sometimes credited as Lisselle Kayla),[1][2] having emigrated from Jamaica to London as a child with her parents, has worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders and as a healer.[3] Harris' fashion designer father Brian Clarke emigrated from Trinidad to the UK, and has British, Grenadian, and Guyanese ancestors.[4][5] They separated before Harris was born, and she was raised by her mother in a council flat in Finsbury Park.[6] Her mother later remarried, and Harris has two younger half-siblings.[3]


Harris attended St Marylebone School in London.[7] During childhood she studied acting at the Anna Scher Theatre[8][9] before attending Woodhouse College as a sixth-form student. She graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1998 with a degree in social and political sciences. Harris trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[10][11][12]

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Naomie Harris

2002 interview with The Guardian Unlimited

(PBS)

2016 interview with Tavis Smiley