Lashana Lynch

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Lashana Lynch
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Lynch in 2019
Born (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 36)
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater Arts Educational School
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Lashana Lynch (born 27 November 1987) [1] is a British actress. She has played Rosaline Capulet in the ABC period drama series Still Star-Crossed (2017), Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel (2019), MI6 agent Nomi in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), and Dahomey warrior Izogie in The Woman King (2022) . [2] [3] She won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022.

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Early life

Lynch was born on 27 November 1987 [1] in Hammersmith, London. [2] [4] She is of Jamaican descent. [5] She attended Twyford CofE High School and ArtsEd drama school in London. [6]

Career

2010s: Early work

Lynch made her film debut in the 2012 drama film Fast Girls , a production presented at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [7] [8] In it, she plays a runner from a British team nominated for the World Athletics Championships. [9] She later co-starred in the BBC television film The 7.39 with David Morrissey, Olivia Colman and Sheridan Smith. [10] On television, she has appeared in Silent Witness and Death in Paradise , and was a regular cast member on the short-lived BBC comedy Crims in 2015.

Also in 2015, she starred opposite Lenny Henry in the title role of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Educating Rita by Willy Russell, which played in the Minerva Theatre from 18 June to 25 July. The Guardian 's review described her as "dazzlingly fresh". [11] In 2016, Lynch was cast as leading character Rosaline Capulet in the American period drama series Still Star-Crossed , produced by Shonda Rhimes. [12] [13] In 2018, she joined the cast of the pilot episode of Y: The Last Man as Agent 355, but was replaced by Ashley Romans in the main series. [14]

In 2019, she played Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain Marvel . [15] [16] Her character is an Air Force pilot, and the single mother of Monica Rambeau, who grows into an important character in the MCU in her own right. [9] At the same time, she also appeared in the British science fiction comedy The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud with Scott Adkins and John Hannah. [17]

2020s: Breakthrough

In 2020, during the Black Women in Hollywood Awards, she won an award of distinction along with Niecy Nash and Melina Matsoukas. [18] In 2021, Lynch played Nomi, the new 007 agent, alongside Daniel Craig as the retired 007 agent James Bond, in the James Bond film franchise entry No Time to Die ; the change to a woman holding the 007 designation in the franchise drew international headlines. [2] [3] [19]

In 2022, Lynch portrayed an Earth-838 variant of her Maria Rambeau character from Captain Marvel in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . On this Earth, Rambeau became Captain Marvel. [20] The same year, Lynch also played veteran warrior, Izogie, in the historical epic, The Woman King , about the Agojie, the all-female military unit of the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. [21] [22] Also in 2022, Lynch was cast in the upcoming Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love , along with Kingsley Ben-Adir and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. [23] [24]

In 2024, Lynch was revealed to be the voice actress and likeness for the main character of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 , Brianna Young, marking her first work on a video game project. [25]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Fast Girls Belle Newman
2013 Powder Room Laura
2016 Brotherhood Ashanti
2019 Captain Marvel Maria Rambeau
2020The Intergalactic Adventures of Max CloudShee
2021 No Time to Die Nomi
Ear for Eye US Female
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Maria Rambeau / Captain Marvel
The Woman King Izogie
Matilda the Musical Miss Honey
2023 The Marvels Maria Rambeau / Binary Cameo; mid-credits scene
2024 Bob Marley: One Love Rita Marley

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Bill Precious MillerEpisode: "Man Down"
2013 Silent Witness Shona BensonEpisodes: "Trust: Part 1", "Trust: Part 2"
2014 The 7.39 Kerry WrightTelevision film
Atlantis AretoEpisode: "Telemon"
2015 Death in Paradise Jasmine LaymonEpisode: "The Perfect Murder"
Crims Gemma5 episodes
2016 Doctors Leah GattisEpisodes: "Nighthawks: Part One", "Nighthawks: Part Two"
2017 Still Star-Crossed Rosaline Capulet7 episodes
2018–2021 Bulletproof Arjana Pike6 episodes
TBA Day of the Jackal TBA

Video game

YearTitleRoleNotes
2025 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 Brianna YoungLikeness
Voice

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