Lashana Lynch

Lynch was born on 27 November 1987 in Hammersmith, London.{{cite news|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/lashana-lynch-5-things-to-know-about-the-rumored-new-007/|title=Lashana Lynch: 5 Things to Know About the Actress Who Is Rumored to Take Over 007 Role|first=Nicholas|last=Hautman|date=15 July 2019|access-date=4 December 2019|work=Us Weekly|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204214705/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/lashana-lynch-5-things-to-know-about-the-rumored-new-007/|url-status=live}} She is of Jamaican descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.afridiziak.com/theatrenews/interviews/february2014/lashana-lynch.html|title=Lashana Lynch – interview Dog Days, Theatre 503|website=Afridiziak|first=Gillian|last=Fisher|date=27 February 2014|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-date=28 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428011254/http://www.afridiziak.com/theatrenews/interviews/february2014/lashana-lynch.html|url-status=live}} She attended Twyford CofE High School and ArtsEd drama school in London.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-lashana-lynch-ana-de-armas-are-helping-modernize-james-bond-1252345|title=Bond Women: How Rising Stars Lashana Lynch and Ana de Armas Are Helping Modernize 007|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|date=6 November 2019|access-date=4 December 2019|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=20 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120103102/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-lashana-lynch-ana-de-armas-are-helping-modernize-james-bond-1252345|url-status=live}}

Lynch made her film debut in the 2012 drama film Fast Girls, a production presented at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite news|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|date=22 May 2012|title=Fast Girls: the Cannes sprint|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/22/fast-girls-tricep-dips-and-beach-heels|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314103028/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/22/fast-girls-tricep-dips-and-beach-heels|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=5 minutes with... Lashana Lynch|url=http://www.bmsworldmission.org/engagecatalyst/engage-interviews/5-minutes-with-lashana-lynch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604170724/http://www.bmsworldmission.org/engagecatalyst/engage-interviews/5-minutes-with-lashana-lynch|archive-date=4 June 2016|access-date=14 May 2016|publisher=BMS World Mission}} In it, she plays a runner from a British team nominated for the World Athletics Championships.{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Sam|date=30 July 2019|title=Everything you need to know about Lashana Lynch, the first-ever female 007|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/lashana-lynch-british-actor-female-007-james-bond|publisher=Vogue|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221104553/https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/lashana-lynch-british-actor-female-007-james-bond|url-status=live}} She later co-starred in the BBC television film The 7.39 with David Morrissey, Olivia Colman and Sheridan Smith.{{Cite web|last=Obenson|first=Tambay A.|date=6 May 2013|title=Lashana Lynch Books Role in BBC One's Upcoming 2-part Rom|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lashana-lynch-books-role-in-bbc-ones-upcoming-2-part-romantic-drama-the-739|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602235641/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lashana-lynch-books-role-in-bbc-ones-upcoming-2-part-romantic-drama-the-739|archive-date=2 June 2013|access-date=14 May 2016|publisher=Shadow and Act}} On television, she has appeared in Silent Witness and Death in Paradise, and was a regular cast member on the short-lived BBC comedy Crims in 2015.

Also in 2015, she starred opposite Lenny Henry in the title role of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Educating Rita by Willy Russell, which played in the Minerva Theatre from 18 June to 25 July. The Guardian{{'}}s review described her as "dazzlingly fresh".{{Cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=24 June 2015|title=Educating Rita review – Lenny Henry walks off stage but returns with conviction|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/24/educating-rita-review-lenny-henry-leaves-stage-but-returns-with-conviction-chichester|archive-date=21 February 2023|access-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221104551/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/24/educating-rita-review-lenny-henry-leaves-stage-but-returns-with-conviction-chichester|url-status=live}} In 2016, Lynch was cast as leading character Rosaline Capulet in the American period drama series Still Star-Crossed, produced by Shonda Rhimes.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=10 March 2016|title='Still Star-Crossed': ABC Pilot Casts Zuleikha Robinson, Finds Female Lead – Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/still-star-crossed-zuleikha-robinson-cast-female-lead-lashana-lynch-1201717529/|access-date=14 May 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513102729/https://deadline.com/2016/03/still-star-crossed-zuleikha-robinson-cast-female-lead-lashana-lynch-1201717529/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Obenson|first=Tambay A.|date=29 March 2016|title=Lashana Lynch Books Lead Role in Shondaland's 'Romeo & Ju|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lashana-lynch-books-lead-role-in-shondalands-romeo-juliet-sequel-pilot-20160329|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502231552/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lashana-lynch-books-lead-role-in-shondalands-romeo-juliet-sequel-pilot-20160329|archive-date=2 May 2016|access-date=14 May 2016|work=Shadow and Act}} In 2018, she joined the cast of the pilot episode of Y: The Last Man as Agent 355, but was replaced by Ashley Romans in the main series.{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=11 July 2018|title='Y': Diane Lane To Star in FX Drama Pilot Based On 'Y': The Last Man' Comic Book Series; Barry Keoghan, More Round Out Cast|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/y-diane-lane-star-fx-drama-pilot-based-y-the-last-man-comic-book-series-1202424783/|access-date=11 July 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711214654/https://deadline.com/2018/07/y-diane-lane-star-fx-drama-pilot-based-y-the-last-man-comic-book-series-1202424783/|url-status=live}}

In 2019, she played Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain Marvel.{{Cite web|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|date=16 March 2018|title=Lashana Lynch Replacing DeWanda Wise in 'Captain Marvel' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-lashana-lynch-replacing-dewanda-wise-1094066|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317000509/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-lashana-lynch-replacing-dewanda-wise-1094066|archive-date=17 March 2018|access-date=10 March 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Joanna|date=8 March 2018|title=Captain Marvel Breakout Lashana Lynch Is Ready to Take Flight|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/captain-marvel-who-plays-maria-rambeau-lashana-lynch|access-date=10 March 2019|website=Vanity Fair|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331202153/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/captain-marvel-who-plays-maria-rambeau-lashana-lynch|url-status=live}} Her character is an Air Force pilot, and the single mother of Monica Rambeau. At the same time, she also appeared in the British science fiction comedy The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud with Scott Adkins and John Hannah.{{Cite web|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=5 February 2019|title=UK sci-fi thriller 'The Intergalactic Adventures Of Max Cloud' wraps for Goldfinch|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-sci-fi-thriller-the-intergalactic-adventures-of-max-cloud-wraps-for-goldfinch-/5136500.article|work=Screen Daily|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206175327/https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-sci-fi-thriller-the-intergalactic-adventures-of-max-cloud-wraps-for-goldfinch-/5136500.article|url-status=live}} In 2020, at the Black Women in Hollywood Awards, she won an award of distinction along with Niecy Nash and Melina Matsoukas.{{Cite web|last=Essence|title=ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards To Honor 'Pose' Series, Melina Matsoukas, Niecy Nash & Lashana Lynch|url=https://www.essence.com/feature/essence-black-women-in-hollywood-melina-matsoukas-niecy-nash-lashana-lynch-pose-cast/|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Essence|date=21 January 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221153137/https://www.essence.com/feature/essence-black-women-in-hollywood-melina-matsoukas-niecy-nash-lashana-lynch-pose-cast/|url-status=live}} In 2021, Lynch played Nomi, the new 007 agent, alongside Daniel Craig as the retired 007 agent James Bond, in the James Bond film franchise entry No Time to Die; the change to a woman holding the 007 designation in the franchise drew international headlines.{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Tim|title=Lashana Lynch, the first female 007: 'I never had a plan B'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/12/lashana-lynch-first-female-007-i-never-had-a-plan-b-no-time-to-die|access-date=12 September 2021|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 September 2021|archive-date=16 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816191540/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/12/lashana-lynch-first-female-007-i-never-had-a-plan-b-no-time-to-die|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|title=Lashana Lynch on making history as the first Black female 007|first=Yrsa|last=Daley-Ward|author-link=Yrsa Daley-Ward|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=29 September 2021|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a34517814/lashana-lynch-black-female-007-interview/|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105000726/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a34517814/lashana-lynch-black-female-007-interview/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bond-25-daniel-craig-rami-malek-1203197623/|title='Bond 25' Team Reveals Cast, Plot Details, but No Title|last=Lang|first=Brent|work=Variety|date=25 April 2019|access-date=25 April 2019|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425135248/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bond-25-daniel-craig-rami-malek-1203197623/|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Lynch portrayed an alternate version of Maria Rambeau in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, who became her universe's Captain Marvel.{{Cite web|last=Garbutt|first=Emily|date=5 May 2022|title=The Illuminati members in Doctor Strange 2, listed and explained|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/illuminati-doctor-strange-2-list/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505133231/https://www.gamesradar.com/illuminati-doctor-strange-2-list/|archive-date=5 May 2022|access-date=5 May 2022|website=Total Film|publisher=GamesRadar+}} The same year, Lynch also played veteran warrior, Izogie, in the historical epic, The Woman King, about the Agojie, the all-female military unit of the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.{{Cite web |last1=Galuppo |first1=Borys Kit,Mia |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |last3=Galuppo |first3=Mia |date=2 September 2021 |title=Lashana Lynch Joins Viola Davis in Historical Epic 'The Woman King' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lashana-lynch-viola-davis-the-woman-king-movie-1235007190/ |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902223033/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lashana-lynch-viola-davis-the-woman-king-movie-1235007190/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Evangelista |first=Chris |date=10 September 2022 |title=The Woman King Review: A Rousing Historical Epic With Great Action And Even Better Characters [TIFF] |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1001904/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/ |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=/Film |language=en-US |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003222226/https://www.slashfilm.com/1001904/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2022, Lynch was cast in the upcoming Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love, along with Kingsley Ben-Adir and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/no-time-to-dies-lashana-lynch-bob-marleys-wife-rita-marley-paramount-marl-1235085372/|title='No Time To Die's Lashana Lynch To Play Bob Marley's Wife, Rita, In Paramount Biopic|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=4 August 2022|website=Deadline|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052007/https://deadline.com/2022/08/no-time-to-dies-lashana-lynch-bob-marleys-wife-rita-marley-paramount-marl-1235085372/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/lashana-lynch-cast-bob-marley-biopic/|title=Lashana Lynch Cast as Rita, Bob Marley's Wife, in Upcoming Biopic|last=Mendelsohn|first=Jon|date=4 August 2022|website=Collider|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121024438/https://collider.com/lashana-lynch-cast-bob-marley-biopic/|url-status=live}} At the end of 2023, Lynch appeared as Rambeau in The Marvels during a flashback scene, and made a cameo in the end-credits scene as a version of Rambeau who became the superhero Binary.{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/the-marvels-missed-detail-quantum-bands-maria-rambeau/|title=Everyone Missed 1 Detail In The MCU’s Most Recent Movie, But I Can't Wait To See What It Means|accessdate=April 29, 2025|website=Screen Rant|date=June 15, 2024|last=Young|first=Kai}}

In 2024, Lynch was revealed to be the voice actress and likeness for the main character of Directive 8020, Brianna Young, marking her first work on a video game project.{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3826605/gamescom-2024-the-dark-pictures-anthology-directive-8020-announced-trailer/|title=‘The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020’ Announced for 2025 [Trailer]|website=Bloody Disgusting|first=Mike|last=Wilson|date=20 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024|archive-date=20 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820185931/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3826605/gamescom-2024-the-dark-pictures-anthology-directive-8020-announced-trailer/|url-status=live}} She also played the major role of Bianca Pullman, an MI6 agent, in the British television series The Day of the Jackal.

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