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Naomi Sarah Ackie (born 22 August 1991) is an English actress. She is known for her television roles in The End of the F***ing World (2019), for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Master of None (2021) and her film roles in (2019), (2022), Blink Twice (2024), Sorry, Baby (2025), and Mickey 17 (2025).
Her first role was at the age of 11, playing the angel Gabriel in a school nativity play. She studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2012.
Ackie portrayed American singer Whitney Houston in the biographical film . The film opened to mixed reviews but widespread praise for Ackie's performance, with Variety calling her "a veritable artist of lip-syncing." The Hollywood Reporter noted that Ackie herself is "a capable singer" and can be heard briefly in a few early scenes.
Ackie starred in Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut Blink Twice in 2024, and a year later starred opposite Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17, an adaptation of the science-fiction novel. In the same year, Ackie starred in Eva Victor's directorial debut, Sorry Baby, alongside Victor and Lucas Hedges.
| 2015 | I Used to Be Famous | Amber | Short film |
| 2016 | Lady Macbeth | Anna | |
| 2018 | Yardie | Mona | |
| 2019 | The Corrupted | Grace | |
| Jannah | |||
| 2021 | The Score | Gloria | |
| 2022 | Whitney Houston | Also executive producer | |
| 2024 | Blink Twice | Frida | |
| 2073 | |||
| 2025 | Sorry, Baby | Lydie | |
| Mickey 17 | Nasha Adjaya | ||
| Donna De Freitas | Post-production | ||
| TBA | Post-production | ||
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| 2015 | Doctor Who | Jen | Episode: "Face the Raven" |
| 2016 | The Five | Gemma Morgan | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Damilola, Our Loved Boy | Council Worker | Television film | |
| 2018 | Vera | Louise Everitt | Episode: "Black Ice" |
| The Bisexual | Ruby | Recurring role | |
| 2019 | Cleaning Up | Beth | 2 episodes |
| The End of the F***ing World | Bonnie | Main cast (season 2) | |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Hazel | Episode: "Education" |
| 2021 | Master of None | Alicia | Main cast (season 3) |
| 2024 | Jedi Jannah (voice) | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2009 | Success | Lucy | National Theatre, London | with Islington Youth Theatre |
| 2012 | The Day the Waters Came | Esther | UK Tour | with Theatre Centre |
| 2013 | The Snow Queen | Gowrie | Greenwich Theatre, London | |
| Life Mould | Rita | Canada Water, London | as part of "Write Lines Conference" by Theatre Centre | |
| Missing | Kevin Godsen | Engineer Theatre, Edinburgh | as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| Billy the Girl | Amber | Soho Theatre, London | ||
| 2015 | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King | Mama | Unicorn Theatre, London | |
| Walking the Tightrope | Mercedes | Theatre Delicatessen | ||
| Solace of the Road | Grace Gibson | Derby Theatre, Derby | ||
| 2022 | Jannah |
| 2017 | British Independent Film Award | Best Supporting Actress | Lady Macbeth | |
| Most Promising Newcomer | ||||
| Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| Screen International Star of Tomorrow | 2017 Actors | |||
| 2020 | British Academy Television Award | Best Supporting Actress | The End of the F***ing World | |
| 2021 | Black Reel Award for Television | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Master of None | |
| 2023 | British Academy Film Awards | EE Rising Star Award | ||
| Trophée Chopard | Female Revelation of the Year |
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