Jade Anouka | |
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Born | Jade Anouka 12 June 1989 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Guildford School of Acting |
Occupation(s) | Actress, poet |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Grace Savage (m. 2022) |
Children | 2 |
Website | Official website |
Jade Anouka (born 12 June 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her various stage roles and for her appearances in His Dark Materials on BBC One and the ITV dramas Trauma and Cleaning Up . [2]
Anouka was born in London, the second of three children born to a maths teacher mother from Trinidad and a mortgage advisor father from Jamaica. [3] She has a brother and a sister who pursued careers in science. [2] [4] She grew up in Slade Green and attended school in Bexley, London, but transferred to a school in Lewisham for sixth form. [2] She ran track prior to transferring to Lewisham, as she did not want to compete against her old teammates. [4]
Anouka took her first steps into acting while attending a Saturday morning drama club in Dartford, Kent. [5] While at sixth form, Anouka received a scholarship to the National Youth Theatre [3] and then attended the Guildford School of Acting. She was hired immediately after graduation by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she earned a postgraduate award in teaching Shakespeare. [1]
Anouka made her stage debut in 2007 with a role in Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad . [3] In 2011, she received a commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 2010 performance as Ophelia in Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe. [6] [7]
Anouka had small television roles in Doctor Who (2013), Chewing Gum (2015), and Stan Lee's Lucky Man before getting a supporting role in the 2018 miniseries Trauma . [3] She appeared in a 2020 episode (S9:E3) of Death in Paradise .
In 2014, she received the Stage Award for Acting Excellence for her one-woman show, Sabrina Mahfouz's Chef, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [8] [9] In 2015, she brought the show to London for a week of special performances. [10]
Anouka took part in Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Shakespeare trilogy, starring as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse, Hotspur in Henry IV at the Donmar Theatre, and Ariel in The Tempest at the King's Cross Theatre, and at Off-Broadway's St. Ann's Warehouse. She earned rave reviews for her roles in the three plays, which were broadcast on the BBC in 2018. [11] In 2018, she also played Margaret of Anjou in Jeanie O'Hare's Queen Margaret, at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. [2] [1] She was named among the InStyle BAFTA Breakout Stars for 2018. [3]
In 2019, Anouka appeared in Cleaning Up , a six-part drama on ITV [12] and the Netflix series Turn Up Charlie . [4]
In August 2020, she confirmed that she was to appear as Ruta Skadi in series two of the BBC/HBO fantasy drama His Dark Materials . [13]
Anouka performs her poetry on stage, [14] and in 2016, she published a volume of her poetry called Eggs on Toast. [5]
In 2021, it was announced that Anouka will star alongside Jonathan Bailey, Taron Egerton and Phil Daniels in a production of Mike Bartlett's Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 2022. [15] [16]
Anouka identifies as queer [17] and/or bi. [18] On 14 December 2021, Anouka announced that she had given birth to a daughter. [19] In May 2022, Anouka married musician Grace Savage. [20] On 25 February 2024, Anouka announced she and her wife had had another baby. [21]
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | That Serious Face | Kellie | Short film |
2010 | Love's Labour's Lost | Maria | Direct-to-video |
2012 | A Running Jump | Jody's Friend | Short film |
2013 | T-Police Field | Police Officer | Short film |
2015 | The Vote | Chika Devan | TV film |
2017 | Baby Gravy | Alex | Short film |
2019 | Fisherman's Friends | Leah Jordan | |
Last Christmas | Alba | ||
2020 | 6:23 AM | Short film | |
The Rhythm Section | Laura Fuller | ||
Her & Her | Her | Short film | |
Morbid Curiosity | Newsreader | Short film | |
2021 | Zebra Girl | Anita | |
Ear for Eye | UK Woman | ||
2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Leah Jordan | Post-production |
The Bower | Terri (1991) | Short film | |
TBA | The Dark Channel† | Mia | Post-production |
TBA | Shaun† | Beth | Pre-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom | Conjo's Mother | TV special |
2010 | Law & Order: UK | Carla | Episode: "Skeletons" |
2012 | Secrets and Words | Ashley | Episode: "Mightier Than the Sword" |
2013 | Doctor Who | Waitress | Episode: "The Bells of Saint John" |
2016 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Ekua Nkomo | Episode: "A Twist of Fate" |
2017 | Chewing Gum | Danny | Episode: "WTF Happened?" |
2017–2018 | The Donmar Warehouse's All-Female Shakespeare Trilogy | Mark Antony/Hotspur/Ariel | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
2018 | Trauma | Alana Allerton | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
2019 | Cleaning Up | Jess | Series regular, 6 episodes |
Turn Up Charlie | Tommi | Series regular, 6 episodes | |
Great Performances | Marcus Antonius | Episode: "Julius Caesar" | |
2020 | Death in Paradise | Inez Farah | Episode: "Tour De Murder" |
Small Axe | Mrs. Morrison | Episode: "Education" | |
2020–2022 | His Dark Materials | Ruta Skadi | Series regular, 5 episodes |
2021 | The Drowning | Yasmin | Mini-series, 4 episodes |
Angela Black | Dr. Cath Bradford | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" | |
Beforeigners | Adepero | Recurring role, 3 episodes | |
2024 | Dune: Prophecy | Sister Theodosia | Main role |
Year | Title | Voice role |
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2019 | Control | Helen Marshall |
2020 | Control: The Foundation | Helen Marshall |
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