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Noma Dumezweni, who's currently starring on the Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy Murderbot, was born to South African parents in Swaziland. Her father was an anti-apartheid activist and her mother took her and her sister to England as refugees when she was seven. Noma didn't see her father for 30 years. In 2015 she was the subject of a docco about reuniting with him titled Noma: Forgiving Apartheid. >>

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TVSA Team
26 Jun 2025 21:30

Noma as Dr Mensah on Murderbot.

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During the 1970's, the apartheid regime in South Africa was at its height. Seven-year-old Noma Dumezweni only knew a life on the run from the police until one day, her mother chose to leave Noma's father and his life of activism for refuge in the UK.

Fast-forward to 2014, Noma, now an award winning stage actress in London has been offered the role of a lifetime portraying a legendary South African psychologist famous for her interviews with convicted apartheid-fueled mass murderer Eugene De Kock.

Noma gladly accepts the role but in doing so, plunges herself into a journey of self discovery as the play moves to South Africa and forces her to reconnect with her childhood, her present life and a father she has not seen in over 30 years.

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