Lashana Lynch

 ( 1987 Births ) 

Also in 2015, she starred opposite Lenny Henry in the title role of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Educating Rita by Willy Russell, which played in the Minerva Theatre from 18 June to 25 July. The Guardians review described her as "dazzlingly fresh". In 2016, Lynch was cast as leading character Rosaline in the American period drama series Still Star-Crossed, produced by Shonda Rhimes. In 2018, she joined the cast of the pilot episode of as Agent 355, but was replaced by Ashley Romans in the main series.

In 2019, she played Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain Marvel. Her character is an Air Force pilot, and the single mother of Monica Rambeau. At the same time, she also appeared in the British science fiction comedy The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud with Scott Adkins and John Hannah. In 2020, at the Black Women in Hollywood Awards, she won an award of distinction along with Niecy Nash and Melina Matsoukas. In 2021, Lynch played Nomi, the new 007 agent, alongside Daniel Craig as the retired 007 agent James Bond, in the James Bond film franchise entry No Time to Die; the change to a woman holding the 007 designation in the franchise drew international headlines.

In 2022, Lynch portrayed an alternate version of Maria Rambeau in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, who became her universe's Captain Marvel. The same year, Lynch also played veteran warrior, Izogie, in the historical epic, The Woman King, about the Dahomey Amazons, the all-female military unit of the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also in 2022, Lynch was cast in the upcoming Bob Marley biopic, , along with Kingsley Ben-Adir and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. At the end of 2023, Lynch appeared as Rambeau in The Marvels during a flashback scene, and made a cameo in the end-credits scene as a version of Rambeau who became the superhero Binary.

In 2024, Lynch was revealed to be the voice actress and likeness for the main character of Directive 8020, Brianna Young, marking her first work on a video game project. She also played the major role of Bianca Pullman, an MI6 agent, in the British television series The Day of the Jackal.