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Beautiful Nigeria-born British actress, Wunmi Mosaku, on Sunday clinched the best-supporting actress award at the annual BAFTA TV awards.She won for her role in ‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy,’ seeing off competition from Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) and Nicola Walker (Last Tango in Halifax). Mosaku relocated to Manchester, England and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2007.
Her acting debut was in a production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s The Great Theatre of the World .She also appeared in Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. The epoch making event which was hosted by Sue Perkins, was attended by British TV’s biggest stars including Ant and Dec, Olivia Colman, Thandie Newton and Ed Balls.
‘Damilola, Our Loved Boy’, produced by BBC1’s Happy Valley and one-off BBC drama, had three nominations.
Mosaku was named one of ‘The Seven Fresh Faces of Toronto International Film Festival’ for starring in ‘I Am Slave’ in 2010 .She played the role of Malia, a girl who has been kidnapped from her village in Sudan, and sold into slavery.