Ncuti Gatwa

Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 October 1992.[10] [11] His father, Tharcisse Gatwa, who hails from the Karongi District, is a journalist with a PhD in theology.[12][13]

Gatwa was raised in Scotland, primarily in Edinburgh and Dunfermline. He attended Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School and graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow with a BA in Acting in 2013. [14][15]

Gatwa began acting with a cameo appearance in the 2014 sitcom Bob Servant.[16] In 2015, he appeared in a supporting role in the miniseries Stonemouth, an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name. That same year, he performed in the Kneehigh Theatres production of 946, which was adapted from Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips about the rehearsals for the D-Day landing in Devon with numerous fatalities.[17] Gatwa starred in the role of Demetrius in the 2016 production of A Midsummer's Nights Dream at Shakespeare's Globe directed by Emma Rice.[18]

In May 2018, it was announced that Gatwa was cast in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education as Eric Effiong;[16] the show was released in 2019 and garnered critical acclaim.[19] Gatwa received praise for his portrayal of Eric from audiences and critics alike, particularly for how his character was not relegated to the cliché of "gay or Black best friend slash sidekick stock character".[6][7] He has earned numerous accolades for the role, which include winning a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television in 2020, and earning three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance, one in 2020, 2021 and 2022 consecutively.[5][6][7][8][9]

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