Early life

Harris was born on 6 September 1976 in London, where she was raised, and where she attended St Marylebone School, before attending Woodhouse College as a 6th form student. She graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1998 with a degree in Social and Political Sciences. Her mother, Lisselle Kayla, is originally from Jamaica, and her father from Trinidad. They separated before she was born, and she was raised by her mother. Her mother worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders and is now a healer. Harris gained her training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Harris has appeared in television and film since she was nine, including a starring role on the remake of the science fiction series The Tomorrow People. In November 2002, she starred in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later. In the same year, she starred in the television adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Since then, Harris has appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Michael Mann's Miami Vice. She also did a comic turn in Michael Winterbottom's indie ensemble piece, A Cock and Bull Story. She starred in Channel 4's adaptation of the novel Poppy Shakespeare, which was first shown on 31 March 2008. She also appeared in BBC's historical drama Small Island in December 2009.

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. She played the lead role in The First Grader, directed by Justin Chadwick, which premiered on 18 May 2011 in the Seattle International Film Festival.

Harris co-starred in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, playing Eve Moneypenny. She is the first black actress to play Moneypenny, and is the first Moneypenny to be given a first name. In 2012, Harris was the voice-over for the Boss Nuit Pour Femme commercial starring actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Harris portrayed Winnie Mandela in the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, based on the book of the same name, opposite actor Idris Elba. The film was released on 29 November 2013. 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". Harris reprised her role as Eve Moneypenny in the 24th Bond film, Spectre, which was released on 26 October 2015.

Personal life

Harris has been in a relationship with Peter Legler since 2012.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2001	Crust	Receptionist
2002	Living In Hope	Ginny
2002	Anansi	Carla
2002	28 Days Later	Selena
2004	Trauma	Elisa
2004	After the Sunset	Sophie
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Tia Dalma
2006	Miami Vice	Det. Trudy Joplin
2006	A Cock and Bull Story	Jennie
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Tia Dalma/Calypso
2008	Street Kings	Linda Washington
2008	Explicit Ills	Jill
2008	August	Sarah
2009	Morris: A Life with Bells On	Sonja
2009	Ninja Assassin	Mika Coretti
2009	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Denise
2009	My Last Five Girlfriends	Gemma
2010	The First Grader	Jane Obinchu
2012	Skyfall	Eve Moneypenny
2013	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Winnie Mandela
2015	Southpaw	Angela Rivera
2015	Spectre	Eve Moneypenny
2016	Our Kind of Traitor	Gail Perkins
2016	Moonlight
2016	Collateral Beauty	Madeleine
2018	Jungle Book	Nisha (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
1987-1988	Simon and the Witch	Joyce	12 episodes
1989	Erasmus Microman	Millie	1 episode
1992-1993	Runaway Bay	Shuku	17 episodes
1992-1995	The Tomorrow People	Ami Jackson	16 episodes
2000	Dream Team	Lola Olokwe	1 episode
2002	Trial & Retribution V	Tara Gray	1 episode
2002	White Teeth	Clara	4 episodes
2002	The Project	Maggie Dunn
2002-2003	Dinotopia	Romana	2 episodes
2008	Poppy Shakespeare	Poppy Shakespeare
2009	Small Island	Hortense Roberts
2009	Blood and Oil	Alice Omuka
2010	Accused	Alison Wade	1 episode

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2010	Fable III	Page
2012	007 Legends	Eve Moneypenny

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
2011	Frankenstein	Elizabeth Lavenza

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	Golden Nymph	Best Performance by an Actress	White Teeth	Nominated
2004	Black Reel Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	28 Days Later	Won
2007	BAFTA Awards	Rising Star		Nominated
2010	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries	Small Island	Nominated
2011	Glamour Awards	Theatre Actress of the Year	Frankenstein	Won
2012	Black Reel Awards	Best Actress	The First Grader	Nominated
2013	Essence Awards	Shining Star Award	Skyfall	Won
2014	London Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Nominated
2014	London Film Critics Circle Awards	British Actress of the Year		Nominated
2014	NAACP Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]