Naomie Harris Biography

Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is a British actress. She is best known for her starring role as Selena in 28 Days Later, her supporting turn as Tia Dalma/Calypso in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, and as Eve Moneypenny in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall.

Early life

Harris was born and brought up in London, and educated there at St Marylebone School. Her mother, Lisselle Kayla, is originally from Jamaica, and her father Winston is from Trinidad. They separated when she was a child, and she was raised by her mother. Her mother worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders. After graduating in 1998 from Pembroke College, Cambridge, with a degree in Social and Political Sciences, Harris trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Harris has appeared in television and film since she was nine, including a stint on the remake of the science fiction series The Tomorrow People. She became internationally well known in 2002 with her lead performance in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later, opposite Cillian Murphy. In the same year, she starred in the television adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth.

Since then, Harris has been cast in supporting roles in big budget films, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Michael Mann's Miami Vice. She also did a comic turn in Michael Winterbottom's well-regarded indie ensemble piece, A Cock and Bull Story, and appeared with Josh Hartnett in the 2008 release of August. She starred in Channel 4's adaptation of the novel Poppy Shakespeare, which was first shown on 31 March 2008. She also appeared in BBC's historical drama Small Island in December 2009.

She played Elizabeth Lavenza in Danny Boyle's stage production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the National Theatre from 22 February to 2 May 2011. She plays the lead role in The First Grader, directed by Justin Chadwick, which premiered on 18 May 2011 in the Seattle International Film Festival.

Harris co-starred in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, playing Eve Moneypenny. She is the first black actress to play Moneypenny. In 2012, Harris was the voiceover for the Boss Nuit Pour Femme advert starring actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Harris will portray Winnie Mandela in the upcoming biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, based on the book of the same name, opposite actor Idris Elba. The film will be released on 29 November 2013.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2001	Crust	Receptionist
2002	Living In Hope	Ginny
	Anansi	Carla
	28 Days Later	Selena
2004	Trauma	Elisa
	After the Sunset	Sophie
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Tia Dalma
	Miami Vice	Det. Trudy Joplin
	A Cock and Bull Story	Jennie
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Tia Dalma/Calypso
2008	Street Kings	Linda Washington
	Explicit Ills	Jill
	August	Sarah
2009	Morris: A Life with Bells On	Sonja
	Ninja Assassin	Mika Coretti
	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Denise
	My Last Five Girlfriends	Gemma
2010	The First Grader	Jane Obinchu
2012	Skyfall	Eve Moneypenny
2013	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Winnie Mandela
2015	Bond 24	Eve Moneypenny

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
1987"88	Simon and the Witch	Joyce	1 episode
1989	Erasmus Microman	Millie	1 episode
1992"93	Runaway Bay	Shuku	17 episodes
1992"95	The Tomorrow People	Ami Jackson	16 episodes
2000	Dream Team	Lola Olokwe	1 episode
2002	Trial & Retribution V	Tara Gray	1 episode
	White Teeth	Clara	4 episodes
	The Project	Maggie Dunn
2002"03	Dinotopia	Romana	2 episodes
2008	Poppy Shakespeare	Poppy Shakespeare
2009	Small Island	Hortense Roberts
	Blood and Oil	Alice Omuka
2010	Accused	Alison Wade	1 episode

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Fable III	Page
2012	007 Legends	Eve Moneypenny

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
2011	Frankenstein	Elizabeth Lavenza

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	Golden Nymph	Best Performance by an Actress	White Teeth
2004	Black Reel Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	28 Days Later
2004	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Supporting Actress	28 Days Later
2007	BAFTA Awards	Rising Star
2010	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries	Small Island
2010	RTS Television Award	Best Actress	Small Island
2012	Black Reel Awards	Best Actress	The First Grader