Aurora Dawson-Hunte

Aurora Dawson-Hunte is an English actress. Her mother is of Guyanese and Barbadian heritage, and her father is of English and Scandinavian ancestry. Dawson-Hunte speaks several languages, including French. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2018 and made her television debut in 2018 with a role in Sex Education for Netflix and the lead role Viv in October Faction, also for Netflix, alongside Tamara Taylor and J. C. MacKenzie. She also played Jenna in The Stranger (Netflix) and Abigail in There She Goes (BBC) opposite David Tennant and Jessica Hynes. In 2021, Dawson-Hunte made her West End theatrical debut as Elizabeth Seymour in Hilary Mantel's stage version of novel The Mirror and the Light, starring Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell and and Nathaniel Parker as Henry VIII. In 2022, she starred in Dmitry, Peter Oswald's version of Friedrich Schiller's unfinished tragedy Demetrius. Broadway World noted "a standout performance from Aurora Dawson-Hunte".