“I grew up watching period dramas, as we all did in the 1980s and '90s - endless adaptations of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - and I loved them. But I never saw anyone like me in them, so I decided to find a story to erode the excuses for me not doing one.”

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About David Oyelowo

British actor, director, and producer

David Oyelowo is a British actor, director, and producer. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2016 for services to drama. He has received a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards, and he has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. His work spans screen performance and filmmaking.

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