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Harris went on to receive international recognition and critical acclaim in her role as Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. Learn 50 interesting facts about Naomie Harris.
1. As well as working on big budget Hollywood Movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Naomie Harris continues to choose challenging and exciting roles in smaller and more diverse films such as The first grader.
2. She was born in London.
3. Naomie graduated with honors from Cambridge University in 1998.
4. She has a degree in social and political science.
5. She went on to train at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
6. Her first major acting breakthrough in 2002 with Danny Boyle's zombie horror film 28 Days Later.
7. She went on to receive further international recognition and critical acclaim in her role as Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End.
8. Other major feature film credits include Michael Mann's Miami Vice, Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, and Street Kings with Keanu Reeves and Forrest Whittaker.
9. Most recent feature film projects include: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll with Andy Serkis; Ninja Assassin directed by James McTeigue; Julian Kemp's My Last Five Girlfriends: and, THE FIRST GRADER, written by Ann Peacock and directed by Justin Chadwick.
10. Major television drama credits have included: Julian Jarrold's White Teeth, based on Zadie Smith's best-selling novel; Peter Kosminsky's The Project; Poppy Shakespeare: and, more recently Blood and Oil and Small Island for the BBC.
11. In 2003 she won Best Actress at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
12. In 2007 she won Rising Star Tribute Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival.
13. In 2007 she was nominated for BAFTA Orange Rising Star.
14. In 2007 and 2009 she won Best actress at the Screen Nation Awards.
15. In 2010 Naomie won Best Actress at The Royal Television Society Awards.
16. In 2011 she won Best Theatre Actress at The Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
17. Naomie Melanie Harris is British.
18. She played voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, Selena in 28 Days Later.
19. She starred as Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
20. She also played Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond film Skyfall.
21. Will reprise the role of Moneypenny in the upcoming Spectre.
22. Her mother, Lisselle Kayla, is originally from Jamaica.
23. Her father is from Trinidad.
24. Her parents separated before she was born.
25. She was raised by her mother.
26. Her mother worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders.
27. Her mother is now a healer.
28. Harris has appeared in television and film since she was nine.
29. She starred in the remake of the science fiction series The Tomorrow People.
30. In November 2002, she starred in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later.
31. She also starred in the television adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth.
32. She also did a comic turn in Michael Winterbottom's indie ensemble piece, A Cock and Bull Story.
33. She starred in Channel 4's adaptation of the novel Poppy Shakespeare, which was first shown on 31 March 2008.
34. She also appeared in BBC's historical drama Small Island in December 2009.
35. She played Elizabeth Lavenza in Danny Boyle's stage production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the National Theatre from 22 February to 2 May 2011.
36. She plays the lead role in The First Grader, directed by Justin Chadwick, which premiered on 18 May 2011 in the Seattle International Film Festival.
37. Harris co-starred in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, playing Eve Moneypenny.
38. She is the first black actress to play Moneypenny.
39. She is the first Moneypenny to be given a first name.
40. In 2012, Harris was the voice-over for the Boss Nuit Pour Femme advert starring actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
41. Harris portrayed Winnie Mandela in the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, based on the book of the same name, opposite actor Idris Elba.
42. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on viewing the film told Harris that it seemed like she wasn't acting, but channeling her and that it was "the first time she felt truly captured on film".
43. Harris is set to reprise her role as Eve Moneypenny in the 24th Bond film Spectre, which will be released on 23 October 2015.
44. She is affliated with the charity Hands For Africa.
45. Her middle name is Melanie.
46. Naomie Harris replaced actress Lupita Nyong'o in the role of Angela Rivera in Southpaw after Nyong'o backed out.
47. She resides in London, UK.
48. She will be featured on Cosmopolitan UK's November 2015 cover.
49. She also graced the cover of The Edit.
50. She went through a therapy to help her deal with rough childhood.
Source: facebook.com/OfficialNaomieHarris, Wikipedia.org
