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Zawe Ashton

Zawe ashton
Zawe Ashton is an actress, playwright and director who started acting at the age of six. Her portrayal of Vod in Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s Fresh Meat won her a cult following and the diversity of her work across television, film and stage has attracted numerous accolades. Recent credits include the BBC/Netflix TV series Wanderlust, the Netflix feature film Velvet Buzzsaw and Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Her play for all those women who thought they were Mad will be staged for the first time this year. She lives in London.

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  • Diana Henry
  • Alice Lascelles
  • Mariam Khan
  • Sophie Naufal
  • Daniel Trilling
  • Paul Scraton
  • Ken Worpole
  • Joe Kerr
  • John Osborne
  • Ken Worpole
  • Geoff Nicholson
  • Richard Boon
  • Martin Rowson
  • Natasha Carthew
  • Caroline Bobby
  • Suzanne Noble
  • Henny Beaumont
  • Jo Neary
  • Tim Wells
  • Emanuelle Dirix
  • Debora Robertson
  • Melanie McGrath
  • Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley
  • Valerie Brandes
  • Felicity Cloake
  • Sue Quinn
  • Karen Liebenguth
  • Lauren Laverne
  • Ed Miliband
  • Niki Segnit
  • Nikesh Shukla
  • Michael Bravo
  • Wendy Jones
  • Sophie Parkin
  • Jody Porter
  • Serena Constance
  • Paul Burston
  • Sheila Dillon
  • Jenny Linford
  • Caroline Rosie Dent
  • Dan O’Brien
  • Nadia Valman
  • Michael Goldfarb
  • Lee Jackson
  • Joe Haddow
  • Lara Maiklem
  • Jean McNeil
  • Ryann Donnelly
  • Ana Seferović
  • Crystal Mahey-Morgan
  • Bruno Vincent
  • Xanthi Barker
  • Francesca Segal
  • Zia Ahmed
  • Jamie Lee
  • Alex Jackson
  • Yasmin Khan
  • Joel Golby
  • Ben Moor
  • Francesca Cassini
  • Roger Robinson
  • Sophie Parkin
  • Rachel McCormack
  • Michele Kirsch
  • Thurston Moore
  • Saima Mir
  • Eloise Millar
  • Rosie Price
  • Will Wiles
  • Shiromi Pinto
  • Mazin Saleem
  • Kirsten Norrie
  • Alan Johnson
  • John Hegley
  • Niall McDevitt
  • Zawe Ashton
  • Suzi Feay
  • Sean Longden
  • Kerry Hudson
  • Kiare Ladner
  • Jeremy Reed
  • Fernando Sdrigotti
  • Robyn Travis
  • Neil Denny
  • Anna Birch
  • Olia Hercules
  • Magdalene Forés
  • Sali Hughes
  • Gareth E. Rees
  • Claire Armitstead
  • Jessica Martin
  • Julia Bueno
  • Golnoosh Nour
  • Nigella Lawson
  • Natasha Carthew
  • Tom Huddleston
  • Julius Beltrame
  • Nick Thorpe
  • Briony Bax
  • Dorian Lynsky
  • Andy Miller
  • Robert Montgomery
  • Coco Khan
  • Jan Noble
  • Anita Sethi
  • Amir Dotan
  • Sav Akyuz
  • Nadia Shireen
  • Louie Stowell
  • Ashley Hickson-Lovence
  • Georgina Pringle
  • Stephen Morris
  • Anthony Cartwright
  • Alissa Timoshkina
  • Torcuil Crichton
  • Kit Caless
  • Nicola Kent
  • Patrice Lawrence
  • Lynn Enright
  • Travis Elborourgh
  • Elizabeth Macneal
  • Pete Brown
  • Johny Pitts
  • Alex Clark
  • Kostya Tsolákis
  • Dina Nayeri
  • Greta Bellamacina
  • Catherine Steadman
  • Isobel Galleymore
  • Jude Rogers
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