Naomi Ackie is a British actress who went from stage-school training to leading roles in film and television. In 2026 she plays Dr. Caitlyn Corr in the DC film Clayface and won an Independent Spirit Award for Sorry, Baby, according to Wikipedia. This guide summarises her career.
Background and training
Wikipedia says she was born on 22 August 1991 in Walthamstow, London. Capital City College says she studied A Levels in drama, English literature and textiles there from 2007 to 2009 and later trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Early roles
Her screen debut was a 2015 episode of Doctor Who. Lady Macbeth in 2016 was her breakthrough film role, and Wikipedia lists a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for it. She followed with Yardie in 2018, directed by Idris Elba, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, where she played Jannah.
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Television
She played Bonnie in the second season of The End of the F***ing World, which won her the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2020, according to Wikipedia and HuffPost UK.
Whitney Houston biopic
She led I Wanna Dance with Somebody in 2022, directed by Kasi Lemmons, playing Whitney Houston. The role earned her a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination in January 2023, with Sheila Atim, Daryl McCormack, Aimee Lou Wood and Emma Mackey as the other nominees, according to Capital City College.
Recent work
Wikipedia lists Blink Twice, Mickey 17, Sorry, Baby and The Thursday Murder Club among her 2024 and 2025 films, and credits Sorry, Baby with her 2026 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance. In Clayface she plays a doctor whose experimental treatment transforms the main character, as described in the film’s Wikipedia entry.
