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Name
  
Kananu Kirimi

Role
  
Actress

Movies
  
The Queen


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Kananu Kirimi (born 1977) is a British actress.

Biography

Kirimi was born in Nairobi, Kenya of a Kenyan father and Scottish mother. Her early years were spent at Strathallan School in Perthshire, she then took a three-year course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Kirimi's career developed as a classical actor in the theatre taking roles such as Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night and in Adrian Noble's 2002 Pericles, Prince of Tyre. She received a commendation at the 2002 Ian Charleson Awards for her performance in Pericles.

Film credits include the 2006 film, The Queen. In 2008 she starred as locum Dr. Joan Makori in the ITV1 drama series The Royal.

References

Kananu Kirimi Wikipedia