Born in Hanover, Jamaica, and raised in Britain after moving at age five, she honed her craft at a drama school in Birmingham before embarking on an acting career. On stage she broke new ground as the first black Cleopatra in a Talawa Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, later earning praise for her portrayals of Kate Keller in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (2013, revive…
