#221 Susan Wokoma: Life On and Off Stage

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🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today's guest is the brilliant Susan Wokoma, an actor and writer. Best known for comedies such as Crazyhead on Netflix, Year of the Rabbit and Chewing Gum, Susan can be seen next year in both the feature film Enola Holmes (starring alongside Millie Bobbie Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter and Fiona Shaw) and the new Amazon comedy Truth Seekers also starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.

Susan is also a seasoned stage actress having work in theatres such as the Royal Court, Bush Theatre, Almeida, and The Royal National Theatre. This summer she played the iconic role of Bottom to rave reviews in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Susan will next appear on stage in ‘Teenage Dick’ this December through to next feb at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

As a writer Susan is currently developing 3 tv shows and is currently writing a feature film with BBC Films called ‘Three Weeks’ - a comedy drama about abortion. Susan’s short film Love The Sinner (which also stars her longtime friend Daisy May Cooper, co-creator of This Country) will be screened at London Film Festival this month. Susan is also a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist podcast. She was a member of The National Youth Theatre as a teenager before going on to train at RADA. We discuss acting, stand up, finding yourself and why it's OK to say out loud that you love what you do.

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0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-Alt Delete. I'm so thrilled that today's
1:08.3	guest is the amazing Susan Wachoma. She is someone I've wanted to get on the podcast for a long time and I've finally managed to pin her down.
1:16.4	And I just know that you're going to love this episode.
1:18.4	Susan Wachoma is an actress, comedian and a writer. She is best known or at least may be recognized for her TV roles in the E4 Netflix show Crazyhead and also playing the very entertaining Cynthia in chewing gum.
1:32.0	She was listed as one of Europe's 30 under 30 in the Forbes list in 2017 and she's also been named a Bafter breakthrough Brit.
1:40.0	She made her first television debut at just aged 14.
1:43.6	She has also been a member of the National Youth Theatre
1:46.4	and she trained at Rada.
1:48.4	She has had many on-screen appearances and I would be here all day if I listed them all but she's been in some
1:53.6	incredible things like crashing the film adaptation of half of a yellow sun and the
1:59.1	in-betweeners too. Her theatre work is extremely wide-ranging as well and she's been in many productions at the Royal Court,
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