Naomi Ackie was born on 2 November 1992 and is an English actress.
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Naomi Ackie made her television debut as Jen in the Doctor Who episode "Face the Raven".
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Naomi Ackie will portray American singer Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, set to be released in late 2022.
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Naomi Ackie was born and raised in Walthamstow, London, the daughter of second-generation immigrants from Grenada.
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Naomi Ackie's father was a Transport for London employee and her mother worked for the National Health Service.
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Naomi Ackie is one of three children and has an older brother and sister.
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Naomi Ackie studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2014.
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Naomi Ackie subsequently appeared in Idris Elba's directorial debut Yardie and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Naomi Ackie will portray American singer Whitney Houston in the upcoming biographical film I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
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Naomi Ackie is committed to star in Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut Pussy Island, co-starring Channing Tatum, and in Bong Joon-ho's Mickey7, based on Edward Ashton's science-fiction novel, alongside Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
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