A biography for Wunmi Mosakuhasn’t been written yet.
“Me and Hermione Norris are now best friends.”
“I don't know what can be done about knife crime, gang culture and people carrying weapons because it's a world I don't know about, but I hope that people decide to disarm and walk away from conflict.”
“I Googled every actor from my favorite film 'Annie.' Albert Finney was also from Manchester and he went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - so I auditioned there, too.”
“I've been woken up by things like the MeToo movement. I didn't realize how much of the patriarchy was ingrained within my spirit.”
“I'm an actor, after all, and I need to be able to pay my rent.”
“I think the thing I feel most comfortable in and the sexiest in is a headwrap and a t-shirt and jeans or a sweatshirt and jeans.”
“It is humbling to be a part of 'Our Loved Boy.'”
“I've realized that I am very rarely honest. Outside of my family, I am very rarely honest when I step outside of the door.”
“I censor myself all the time.”
“I feel middle-class, but my family had to start from scratch. There was no inheritance from a great-aunt. It feels like a slog.”
“I'm always playing someone grumpy or sad or grieving or downtrodden or stoic. As people get to know me within the industry, they know it's completely the opposite of what I'm like because I am a hyperactive, energetic ball.”
“I definitely think things are changing... I thought I would never be cast on network TV in America and here I am, cast on network TV - and not skinny!”
“The problem isn't being a woman, and the problem isn't being Black; the problem is the people out there making it difficult for us - the patriarchy, the racism.”
“I am the product of two very strong women, my mum and my grandma, who prioritized education.”
“The taste of guava is my first memory. I remember somebody picking it from the tree and throwing it down to me.”
“The beauty with U.K. productions is that, most of the time, you get all of the scripts when you audition for them.”
“In my head, racism was an issue that needed to be fixed by the racists. Like you needed to convince that person one at a time rather than a systemic thing that needs a whole group effort.”
“When I step out of my front door, I have to paint on a bright, big smile to make sure people treat me kindly rather than with suspicion, or assume that I'm going to be aggressive.”
“The day after Brexit I had a moment when someone said, 'Don't you want to go back to your own country?' I wasn't 100 per cent sure if he was thinking he was being kind? I was like, 'Um... this is my home, thank you.'”
“If I was to go around as a white woman, a white man, an Asian woman, an Asian man... the world would just respond to you so differently because of your outward form, right?”