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Zawe Ashton
Born: 25th Jul 1984 London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Zawedde Emma Ashton (born 25 July 1984) is a British actress, playwright and narrator. She is best known for her roles in the comedy dramas Fresh Meat and Not Safe for Work, the Netflix horror thriller film Velvet Buzzsaw and for her portrayal of Joyce Carol Vincent in Dreams of a Life (2011). She will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dar-Benn in The Marvels (2023).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 46
Film: 26 (57%)
Television: 20 (43%)
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Filmography
2026
A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectations — releasing over thirty-five albums while c ... view
Character:
The Media Archivist
2025
Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they— ... view
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Andrea
Sep 2024 (first aired)
Charting the shocking story of how some of music’s most loved artists - from Louis Armstrong to Prince - were exploited by the music industry on the ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator (voice) (3 ep.)
2024
Take an intergalactic trip with the cast and crew of "The Marvels" as they tell their experiences making this weird and wonderful film. Step into all ... view
Character:
Self - 'Dar-Benn'
2023
Mog feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the ... view
Character:
Mrs. Gaynor (voice)
2023
When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan K ... view
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Dar-Benn
2022
Two women named Mary -- both recently sexually assaulted by the same man -- meet at the police station and enter into the world that victims of assaul ... view
Character:
Also Mary
2022
When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm ... view
Character:
Julia Thistlewaite
Oct 2021 (first aired)
Twenty five years since their debut album Spice, the story of how five British women became a global phenomenon, reflecting and influencing a generati ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator (3 ep.)
2019
Follows archaeologists working on a 4,000-year-old pyramid containing a burial chamber, still apparently sealed. As light enters the tomb for the firs ... view
Character:
Narrator
2019
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow ... view
Character:
Alexa Hammond
2019
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discover ... view
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Josephina
Sep 2018 (first aired)
Joy Richards is a therapist trying to find a way to keep the spark with her husband, Alan, after a cycling accident causes her to reassess their relat ... view
Character:
Claire Pascal (5 ep.)
2018
Miniaturist sculptor Willard Wigan makes artworks often only visible through a microscope. Can he carve a carpet fibre, then place it inside a human c ... view
Character:
Narrator
Jun 2018 (first aired)
Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilliga ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2018
A documentary on the last year of Prince's life, including interviews with close friends. ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator
Apr 2017 (first aired)
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. ... view
Character:
Oona (3 ep.)
Apr 2017 (first aired)
Set against the backdrop of one of the most explosive times in U.K. history, discover the story of a politically active couple whose relationship and ... view
Character:
Omega (6 ep.)
Mar 2017 (first aired)
Set in the near future, Oasis tells the story of priest Peter Leigh, who is called to a remote planet where a mysterious multinational company is buil ... view
Character:
Severin (1 ep.)
2017
A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'. ... view
Character:
Severin
2016
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she read ... view
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Alex
2016
Anya lives and cares for her mother, Amanda. When Derek threatens to come between them, 10 year old Anya takes matters into her own hands in order to ... view
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2016
Three orphans take on a pair of snooty toffs in the Old Town Dog Show. ... view
Character:
Ragamuffin (voice)
Jun 2015 (first aired)
Not Safe for Work is a 2015 British comedy-drama series created and written by D.C. Moore for Channel 4. A group of disillusioned Londoner civil serva ... view
Character:
Katherine (6 ep.)
Sep 2014 (first aired)
The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate ma ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator (voice) (8 ep.)
Aug 2014 (first aired)
Doctor Who Extra brings you unprecedented access to the making of Doctor Who... Featuring interviews with Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, it's the ul ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2014
Paula, her son Carl, and his estranged partner Emily, join family members to mark the birthday of their missing son. As Carl fights to convince Emily ... view
Character:
Emily
May 2013 (first aired)
Psychobitches is a British sketch comedy programme created by Jeremy Dyson for Sky One Arts. Rebecca Front stars as The Therapist, who holds sessions ... view
Character:
Eartha Kitt (1 ep.)
Cleopatra (1 ep.)
Jan 2013 (first aired)
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days. ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Apr 2012 (first aired)
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Ar ... view
Character:
Eartha Kitt (1 ep.)
2011
Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Chr ... view
Character:
Jingle Jill
2011
Carl and Katie are the kind of people that never normally meet, but they're also the kind of people that retreat to the toilets when they need to sort ... view
Character:
Kate
Sep 2011 (first aired)
Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second yea ... view
Character:
Violet 'Vod' Nordstrom (30 ep.)
2011
The exploits of two friends who make the move from partying at illegal warehouse raves to becoming successful promoters at the peak of the Manchester, ... view
Character:
Sarah
2011
A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years ... view
Character:
Joyce Vincent
Jun 2011 (first aired)
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Br ... view
Character:
Deborah Arnold (9 ep.)
2011
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. ... view
Character:
Elizabeth Falls
2010
Set in the parallel worlds of gritty, urban reality and bright, sunny fantasy, Tomato Soup is the story of a teenage boy's journey to avenge the death ... view
Character:
Gun Girl
2009
After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a ... view
Character:
Bianca
Nov 2009 (first aired)
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers. ... view
Character:
Jessica (1 ep.)
2008
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the ... view
Character:
Bianca
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a ... view
Character:
Journey Blue (1 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
The Crust is a British television series about a pizza parlour which was originally shown by CBBC. ... view
Character:
Sasha (1 ep.)
2002
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to h ... view
Character:
Charlie’s Girl
Jan 1996 (first aired)
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was firs ... view
Character:
Rebecca (2 ep.)
Mar 1995 (first aired)
Following the lives of three 20-somethings sharing a flat in Battersea. They're young, bright and sexy - so why aren't they having a good time ? Join ... view
Character:
Little Girl (1 ep.)