Dujonna Gift

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Dujonna Gift
Born
Dujonna Rhea Gift-Simms

(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27)
Other namesDujonna Gift
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, photographer
Years active2016–present
Website www.shotbydujonna.com

Dujonna Gift (born 16 July 1997) is a British actress, singer and photographer. She has worked in theatre and film. She is set to appear as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of Snow White (2025). [1]

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Early life and education

Gift was born to a Grenadian mother and a British father of Jamaican heritage and grew up in West London and Streatham. Gift took classes at Hammersmith and Fulham's Michelle Bourne Dance Academy from a young age. [2] She attended the BRIT School for sixth form. She then began a degree at Bird College, but left after a year when she was cast in Motown. [3] [4]

Career

Theatre

Gift has performed on London's West End. She was a member of the ensemble cast of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. [5] She performed in Motown: The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where she portrayed Motown artist Anna Gordy. [3]

In 2023, Gift took on a lead role alongside Sam Tutty in the musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) , performed at the Kiln Theatre. [6]

Film

Gift will make her film debut in 2025, as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of Snow White . [1]

Photography

In addition to performing, Gift works as a headshot photographer and portrait photographer. [7]

Filmography

Film

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2025 Snow White MapleLive-action adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1]

Theatre

Theatre
YearProductionRoleVenueNotes
2017 Motown: The Musical Anna Gordy Shaftesbury Theatre
2018 Caroline, or Change Radio 1 Playhouse Theatre
2019 Hamilton Angelica Schuyler/Eliza Hamilton/Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds Victoria Palace Theatre
2023-2024 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Robin Delafosse Kiln Theatre and Criterion Theatre
2024Little Piece Of YouBritt and the Daughters Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rachel Zegler's Snow White Release Date Set for 2025". Variety. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. Rank, Julia (7 August 2024). "Rising Star: Dujonna Gift". Musicals Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 Clark, Nick (1 November 2024). "Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. "Interview with Dujonna Gift, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)". Theatre & Tonic.
  5. Gans, Andrew (27 December 2023). "Watch Dear Evan Hansen's Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift Sing 'If I Believed' From London's Two Strangers… Musical". Playbill.
  6. "Two Strangers Musical Cast". Two Strangers: The Musical. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  7. "Hall of Super Studies". West End Best Friend. May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2025.