Lashana Lynch

Lashana Lynch (born 27 November 1987) is a British actor. She first gained recognition for her role as Rosaline Capulet in the ABC period drama series Still Star-Crossed (2017) going on to win the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022. She portrayed Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with Captain Marvel (2019). She has since had roles in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), Matilda the Musical (2022), The Woman King (2022), and Bob Marley: One Love (2024), as well as the television series Day of the Jackal (2024).

Lashana Lynch
Lynch in 2019
Born	(1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 37)[1] Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	Arts Educational School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Zackary Momoh

Early life

Lynch was born on 27 November 1987^[1] in Hammersmith, London.^[2][3] She is of Jamaican descent.^[4] She attended Twyford CofE High School and ArtsEd drama school in London.^[5]

Career

Lynch made her film debut in the 2012 drama film Fast Girls, a production presented at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.^[6][7] In it, she plays a runner from a British team nominated for the World Athletics Championships.^[8] She later co-starred in the BBC television film The 7.39 with David Morrissey, Olivia Colman and Sheridan Smith.^[9] On television, she has appeared in Silent Witness and Death in Paradise, and was a regular cast member on the short-lived BBC comedy Crims in 2015.

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 Guardian's review described her as "dazzlingly fresh".^[10] In 2016, Lynch was cast as leading character Rosaline Capulet in the American period drama series Still Star-Crossed, produced by Shonda Rhimes.^[11][12] In 2018, she joined the cast of the pilot episode of Y: The Last Man as Agent 355, but was replaced by Ashley Romans in the main series.^[13]

In 2019, she played Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain Marvel.^[14][15] Her character is an Air Force pilot, and the single mother of Monica Rambeau, who grows into an important character in the MCU in her own right.^[8] 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.^[16]

In 2020, at the Black Women in Hollywood Awards, she won an award of distinction along with Niecy Nash and Melina Matsoukas.^[17] 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.^[2][18][19]

In 2022, Lynch portrayed an Earth-838 variant of her Maria Rambeau character from Captain Marvel in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. On this Earth, Rambeau became Captain Marvel.^[20] The same year, Lynch also played veteran warrior, Izogie, in the historical epic, The Woman King, about the Agojie, the all-female military unit of the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.^[21][22] Also in 2022, Lynch was cast in the upcoming Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love, along with Kingsley Ben-Adir and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.^[23][24]

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.^[25] She also played the major role of Bianca Pullman, an MI6 agent, in the British television series The Day of the Jackal.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Fast Girls	Belle Newman
2013	Powder Room	Laura
2016	Brotherhood	Ashanti
2019	Captain Marvel	Maria Rambeau
2020	The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud	Shee
2021	No Time to Die	Nomi
	Ear for Eye	US Female
2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Maria Rambeau / Captain Marvel
	The Woman King	Izogie
	Matilda the Musical	Miss Honey
2023	The Marvels	Maria Rambeau / Binary	Cameo; mid-credits scene
2024	Bob Marley: One Love	Rita Marley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Bill	Precious Miller	Episode: "Man Down"
2013	Silent Witness	Shona Benson	Episodes: "Trust: Part 1", "Trust: Part 2"
2014	The 7.39	Kerry Wright	Television film
	Atlantis	Areto	Episode: "Telemon"
2015	Death in Paradise	Jasmine Laymon	Episode: "The Perfect Murder"
	Crims	Gemma	5 episodes
2016	Doctors	Leah Gattis	Episodes: "Nighthawks: Part One", "Nighthawks: Part Two"
2017	Still Star-Crossed	Rosaline Capulet	7 episodes
2018–2021	Bulletproof	Arjana Pike	6 episodes
2024	The Day of the Jackal	Bianca Pullman	10 episodes

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Directive 8020	Brianna Young	Likeness Voice

Accolades

Award	Year	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
Black Reel Awards	2025	Outstanding Supporting Performance	Bob Marley: One Love	Nominated	[26]
British Academy Film Awards	2021	Rising Star Award	Herself	Won	[27]
Critics' Choice Awards	2023	Best Acting Ensemble	The Woman King	Nominated	[28]
Critics' Choice Super Awards	2022	Best Actress in an Action Movie	No Time to Die	Nominated	[29]
MOBO Awards	2022	Best Performance in a TV Show/Film	No Time to Die	Nominated	[30]
NAACP Image Awards	2022	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	The Woman King	Nominated	[31]
		Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	2025	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Bob Marley: One Love	Pending	[32]
		Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture		Pending
San Diego Film Critics Society	2022	Best Supporting Actress	The Woman King	Nominated	[33]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2025	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Day of the Jackal	Pending	[34]

• 2020: Essence Black Women in Hollywood: Award of Honour^[17]
• 2023: Girls on Film Award (shared award for Best Ensemble Acting)^[35][36]

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External links

• Media related to Lashana Lynch at Wikimedia Commons
• Lashana Lynch at IMDb