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Chess prodigy of the Katwe slum: how Phiona Mutesi’s story reached Hollywood in Queen of Katwe Celebrity Buzz Chess prodigy of the Katwe slum: how Phiona Mutesi’s story reached Hollywood in Queen of Katwe Phiona Mutesi learned chess in a slum in Kampala, Uganda, and became a national champion and Olympiad player. Her story was told in the 2016 Disney film Queen of Katwe, directed by Mira Nair, with Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo. Movies & TV The Duke of Hastings grew up in Harare: Regé-Jean Page and the Bridgerton phenomenon Regé-Jean Page, who played the Duke of Hastings in Netflix's Bridgerton, was born in London to a Zimbabwean mother and an English father and spent much of his childhood in Harare. The 2020 series made him a global star. Movies & TV Accra-born Hugh Quarshie played Ric Griffin in Holby City for two decades, and a Jedi-era captain in Star Wars Hugh Quarshie, born in Accra in 1954 and raised in Britain, spent about two decades as surgeon Ric Griffin in the BBC drama Holby City. He also played Captain Panaka in Star Wars: Episode I and is a respected Shakespearean actor. Born in Addis Ababa, raised in Limerick: Ruth Negga and the Oscar nomination for Loving Movies & TV Born in Addis Ababa, raised in Limerick: Ruth Negga and the Oscar nomination for Loving Ruth Negga was born in Addis Ababa to an Ethiopian father and an Irish mother and grew up in Limerick. Her role as Mildred Loving in the 2016 film Loving earned an Academy Award nomination. Her father died in a car accident in Ethiopia when she was a child. From a farm near Benoni to an Oscar: Charlize Theron, South Africa’s first acting Academy Award winner Movies & TV From a farm near Benoni to an Oscar: Charlize Theron, South Africa’s first acting Academy Award winner Charlize Theron grew up on a farm near Benoni, South Africa. After a childhood trauma and a failed ballet career, she moved to Los Angeles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Monster in 2004, the first South African to win an acting Oscar. Ncuti Gatwa’s family fled the Rwandan genocide. He became the first Black actor to lead Doctor Who Movies & TV Ncuti Gatwa’s family fled the Rwandan genocide. He became the first Black actor to lead Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa was born in Rwanda and grew up in Scotland after his family fled the 1994 genocide. He became famous as Eric in Netflix's Sex Education and was cast as the Fifteenth Doctor, the first Black actor to play the lead in Doctor Who. He spent his boyhood in Lagos and played Martin Luther King in Selma: David Oyelowo’s long road Movies & TV He spent his boyhood in Lagos and played Martin Luther King in Selma: David Oyelowo’s long road David Oyelowo, born in Oxford to Nigerian parents and raised partly in Lagos, played Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma in 2014. His career has moved from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Hollywood, with roles in A United Kingdom and Queen of Katwe. Gugu Mbatha-Raw played a real 18th-century heiress in Belle. Her own story starts in Oxford and Johannesburg Movies & TV Gugu Mbatha-Raw played a real 18th-century heiress in Belle. Her own story starts in Oxford and Johannesburg Gugu Mbatha-Raw, born in Oxford to a South African father and an English mother, broke through as Dido Elizabeth Belle in the 2013 film Belle. She went on to star in Black Mirror's San Junipero and Marvel's Loki. Her Nigerian parents wanted a doctor. Yvonne Orji got a public health degree and then an Emmy nomination for Insecure Movies & TV Her Nigerian parents wanted a doctor. Yvonne Orji got a public health degree and then an Emmy nomination for Insecure Yvonne Orji was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and raised in Maryland. She earned a master's in public health before turning to comedy. Her role as Molly in HBO's Insecure brought an Emmy nomination in 2020. A council estate in north London to the Oscar shortlist: Sophie Okonedo and Hotel Rwanda Movies & TV A council estate in north London to the Oscar shortlist: Sophie Okonedo and Hotel Rwanda Sophie Okonedo, the British actress whose father was Nigerian, was nominated for an Oscar for Hotel Rwanda (2004). She later won a Tony Award for A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway and was appointed CBE.