Maimuna Memon | |
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Born | Maimuna Enya Memon 1992 Preston, Lancashire, England |
Alma mater | Oxford School of Drama |
Years active | 2015–present |
Maimuna Enya Memon (born 1992) is a British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2023.
Memon was born in Preston, Lancashire to an Irish mother and a Pakistani father and spent her early childhood in Darwen. [1] [2] As a teen, her family moved to Australia, where they settled in Chuwar, a suburb of Ipswich near Brisbane. [3] Upon returning to England at the age of 18, Memon studied at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2015. [4]
Upon graduating from drama school, Memon made her professional stage debut as Florinda in the Manchester Royal Exchange production of Into the Woods . [5] The following year, she made her television debut in an episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors , [6] and appeared in The Busker's Opera at the Park Theatre and Lazarus at King's Cross Theatre. [7]
In 2017, Memon played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. [8] She wrote the music and lyrics for, and performed in, James Meteyard's Electrolyte in 2019. [9]
Memon originated the role of Nikki in Richard Hawley's musical Standing at the Sky's Edge , which premiered in 2019 at the Sheffield Crucible. Memon reprised her role when the musical returned to Sheffield in 2022, and in 2023 at the National Theatre in London. [10] For her performance, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. [7]
Memon began releasing music in 2022, beginning with the singles "First Born Child" and "Calling". Her one-woman play Manic Street Creature premiered at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it won a Fringe First Award, before having a London run at Southwark Playhouse in 2023. [11] She also composed a score for Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe and, as of 2023, was in the midst of composing a score for Portia Coughlan. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Doctors | PC Kelsey Phillips | Episode: "Grey Area" |
2018 | Unforgotten | Officer | 1 episode |
2022 | Sherwood | Anoushka Aram | 1 episode |
2023 | Time | Tahani | |
TBA | Domino Day | Vedita | Series Regular: 6 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Into the Woods | Florinda | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
2016 | The Busker's Opera | Jenny Diver | Park Theatre, London |
2016–2017 | Lazarus | Teenage Girl | King's Cross Theatre, London |
2017 | Winnie and Wilbur | Various | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
2017 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mary Magdalene | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
2018 | The Assassination of Katie Hopkins | Shayma | Theatr Clwyd, Mold |
2019 | Hobson's Choice | Sunita | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
2019 | Electrolyte | Allie Touch | Music Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2019 | Ghost Quartet | Pearl White/Sheherazade/Soldier/Lady Usher/Camera Shop Owner | Boulevard Theatre, London |
2019, 2022–2023 | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Nikki | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield / National Theatre, London |
2021 | The Band Plays On | Jess | Sheffield Theatres |
2021 | Living Newspaper Edition 6 | C | Royal Court Theatre, London [13] |
2021 | Nine Lessons and Carols | Singer | Almeida Theatre, London |
2022 | Henry VIII | — | Music Globe Theatre, London |
2022–2023 | Manic Street Creature | Ria | Playwright Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Southwark Playhouse, London |
2024 | The Grapes of Wrath | Band vocal, banjo, woman with guitar | Lyttleton theatre |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Fringe First Award | Manic Street Creature | Won | [14] |
2023 | Laurence Olivier Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Nominated | [15] |
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