Black Actress Cast as Hermione in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
Swaizland-born Noma Dumezweni is set to play the adult Hermione, alongside actor Paul Thornley as Ron Weasley and Jamie Parker as Harry Potter. In the past, Dumezweni has won an Olivier Award for her role in a 2005 revival of A Raisin in the Sun, in addition to acting in productions from the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.