âThe Undoingâ Star Noma Dumezweni on the Most Pivotal Year of Her Career
The highly decorated British stage actor crossed over to American screens with HBOâs âThe Undoing.â Itâs the start of a very big year
âAt 51, Iâm a newbie again,â says actor Noma Dumezweni, shown in Proenza Schouler. Photo: ILLUSTRATION BY BRITT BERGER By
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âs series â12 for â21,â we highlight a dozen of the most creative artists and entertainers working todayâall poised to have a breakout 2021.
In November, the actor Noma Dumezweni became an overnight success. It took only about three decades of professional acting, two Olivier Awards, one Tony Award nominationâand a scene-stealing turn opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in the HBO limited-series thriller
The cast of the upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s
Grown-ish – had been cast as Ariel, it was a pleasant surprise that the rest of the first-billed cast was also quite diverse. Months before the casting, we also learned that Puerto Rican actor/playwright/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (
Moana, In the Heights, Hamilton) is one of the film’s producers and had written four brand-new songs for the film’s soundtrack. It was just announced that British actress from Swaziland in southern African Noma Dumezweni, who played Miss Penny Farthing in Disney’s
Mary Poppins Returns and Haley Fitzgerald in HBO’s
Disney is getting ready to go back Under the Sea with
The Little Mermaid. The studio is adding to its growing list of live-action remakes with a new take on the beloved 1989 animated classic. Now, the principal cast for the new movie is officially set, with Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Javier Bardem as King Triton and more. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Meet the cast of Disney s The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem. Directed by Rob Marshall, featuring music from the animated original & new music by Alan Menken & Lin-Manuel Miranda. pic.twitter.com/yJLjNs4GEa Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) December 11, 2020
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Based on Jean Hanff Korelitz s 2014 novel You Should Have Known, this tale of betrayal written for television by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier follows successful New York therapist Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman), whose life begins to unravel after her husband, pediatric oncologist Jonathan Fraser (Hugh Grant), is accused of murdering Elena Alves (Matilda De Angelis), the mother of one of Jonathan s young cancer patients, Miguel (Edan Alexander), who happens to be a classmate of Jonathan and Grace s son, Henry (Noah Jupe). With Detective Joe Mendoza (Edgar Ramírez) in hot pursuit, and the other potential suspect Elena s mercurial husband, Fernando (Ismael Cruz Cordova) with an alibi, Jonathan s only hope is his astute attorney, Hailey Fitzgerald (Noma Dumezweni), hired under the largess of Grace s wealthy father, Franklin Reinhardt (Donald Sutherland), who doesn t think well of Jonathan.