Black Mirror
2011
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Nov 9, 2023 · Essiedu picked up Emmy and BAFTA nominations for his haunting portrayal of Kwame, a fitness instructor who is raped by a stranger he meets on Grindr.
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ ˈ p ɑː p ə ˌ ɛ s i ˈ eɪ d uː /) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), King Lear (2014), Hamlet (2016), and Romeo and Juliet (2016).
Jul 15, 2020 · There’s a quiet ease to the way Paapa Essiedu plays Kwame in I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel ’s staggering BBC series about sexual assault and consent. Kwame spends most of his time...
Paapa Essiedu was born on 11 June 1990 in Walthamstow, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for I May Destroy You (2020), The Outrun (2024) and Men (2022).
Jul 20, 2020 · How Paapa Essiedu Crafted the Most Gut-Wrenching Performance of I May Destroy You. Essiedu's character Kwame captures the haunting nature of sexual assault with piercing clarity. Here’s how he prepared for the role. By Michael Cuby. July 20, 2020. Courtesy of HBO.
May 20, 2022 · Paapa Essiedu, who stars in Alex Garland's 'Men,' says the superhero he'd love to play is Bernard from British kids drama 'Bernard's Watch.'
Aug 25, 2020 · Paapa Essiedu’s role as Kwame is particularly crucial—after episode four, when Kwame is raped in a Grindr meetup gone wrong, it becomes clear that his plotline will parallel and in illuminating...
Jul 20, 2020 · Paapa Essiedu: ‘Drama school was a confusing place to be black – I played people who murdered my own ancestors’. The ‘I May Destroy You’ star has broken through as Arabella’s gay friend Kwame but...
Jul 18, 2023 · Nobody can take their eyes off Taylor Russell and Paapa Essiedu—or, rather, the alchemy burgeoning between the fledgling co-stars—as they shoot their British Vogue portraits.
Jul 6, 2020 · The actor, who plays Kwame on the HBO show, discusses assumptions about sexual assault, his character’s survival mechanisms and why the show needs room to breathe.
