Nigerian Actress Wunmi Mosaku bags 2022 Black Reel Awards

Nigerian-British actress, Wunmi Mosaku, has won the Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series category at the 2022 Black Reel Awards.

Zaria-born ‘Lovecraft Country’ star won the award for her role in HBO’s ‘We Own This City’ series on Showmax.

The crime drama was also nominated for Outstanding Limited Series, Directing (Reinaldo Marcus Green of King Richard fame), Writing (for D. Watkins), and Supporting Actor (Jamie Hector from The Wire and Bosch).

‘We Own This City’ chronicles a real-life scandal that broke in 2017: the story of a city held to ransom by its own police force when the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of meaningful police work.

“It was quite emotional to be hearing the stories from passersby telling us what it felt like, and what hasn’t changed, and what needs to change,” says Mosaku, who won a BAFTA for ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’ and a British Independent Film Award for ‘His House’; was nominated for Critics Choice, Critics Choice Super and Screen Actors Guild awards for ‘Lovecraft Country’; and has acted in Emmy-nominated shows like ‘Loki’and ‘Luther’

The talented actress was born in Zaria in Nigeria but has lived most of her life in the UK. “It’s very different living here now and being Black in America, being married to an African American, knowing that my future is here and therefore, my safety is in the hands of the people in charge. It’s very sobering and scary. It does feel different, being in a country where police officers have guns. That’s not a thing in the UK.”

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