Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu (born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He grew up in East London with his mother, who was a fashion and design teacher. His family comes from Ghana, where he has a half brother and sister. He won a scholarship to The Forest School, Walthamstow and his ambition as he grew older was to become a doctor. Essiedu became more involved with Shakespeare when he was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Perhaps Essiedu's most famous Shakespeare role was for the lead character in Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet in 2016.

  • Title: Paapa Essiedu
  • Popularity: 9.801
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1990-06-11
  • Place of Birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
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Paapa Essiedu Movies

  • 2017
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    Canned

    Canned

    6 2017 HD

    A dark comedy. Three school friends each suffering from a 'quarter-life-crisis' are thrown back together again following a tragedy. Can their...

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  • 2021
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    The Exit Plan

    The Exit Plan

    7.5 2021 HD

    Martha is a widow living out in the remote English countryside. She's also living at a time when overpopulation has strained the world's limited...

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  • 2024
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    The Outrun

    The Outrun

    6.9 2024 HD

    Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more...

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  • 2023
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    Genie

    Genie

    6.73 2023 HD

    Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is...

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  • 2024
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    National Theatre Live: The Effect

    National Theatre Live: The Effect

    1 2024 HD

    Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden and intoxicating chemistry real, or a side effect of...

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  • 1970
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    Sweet Dreams

    Sweet Dreams

    1 1970 HD

    In the forgotten English seaside town of Claypole, a series of serendipitous and unfortunate coincidences conspire to bring the lives and...

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  • 1970
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    The Scurry

    The Scurry

    1 1970 HD

    Chaos erupts at an eco-café when a horde of deranged squirrels seeks revenge on the staff and visitors, forcing two summoned pest controllers...

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  • 2016
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    5.2 2016 HD

    At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to...

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  • 2016
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    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

    7.5 2016 HD

    From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th...

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  • 2014
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    National Theatre Live: King Lear

    National Theatre Live: King Lear

    6.9 2014 HD

    An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite,...

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  • 2016
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    RSC Live: Hamlet

    RSC Live: Hamlet

    8 2016 HD

    Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. ...

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  • 2017
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    The Miniaturist

    The Miniaturist

    7.4 2017 HD

    A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems.

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  • 2018
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    Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70

    Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70

    1 2018 HD

    A special documentary to mark the seventieth birthday of HRH the Prince of Wales. For this observational documentary, film-maker John Bridcut has had...

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  • 2016
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    RSC Live: King Lear

    RSC Live: King Lear

    8 2016 HD

    King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without...

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  • 2021
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    Femme

    Femme

    9 2021 HD

    When Jordan gets into the car of a flirtatious drug-dealer, his night takes a dangerous turn.

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  • 2019
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    Stand Still

    Stand Still

    1 2019 HD

    The darkness of postnatal depression threatens to overwhelm Susannah, but a chance encounter with Rupa might be the help she needs.

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  • 2022
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    Men

    Men

    6.102 2022 HD

    In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone...

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  • 2017
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    Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

    6.7 2017 HD

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

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  • 2021
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    Anne Boleyn

    Anne Boleyn

    2.5 2021 HD

    The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth,...

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  • 2011
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.3 2011 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

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  • 2020
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    I May Destroy You

    I May Destroy You

    7.409 2020 HD

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great...

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  • 2018
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    Kiri

    Kiri

    6.3 2018 HD

    A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame,...

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  • 2017
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    The Miniaturist

    The Miniaturist

    7.1 2017 HD

    A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems. Based on the...

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  • 2022
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    The Lazarus Project

    The Lazarus Project

    7.2 2022 HD

    George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organization that turns...

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  • 2018
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    Press

    Press

    7 2018 HD

    The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist tabloid.

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  • 2007
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2007 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

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  • 2018
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    Black Earth Rising

    Black Earth Rising

    6.85 2018 HD

    As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past...

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  • 2020
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    Gangs of London

    Gangs of London

    7.879 2020 HD

    When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between...

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  • 2019
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    The Capture

    The Capture

    7.8 2019 HD

    When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with...

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  • 2013
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    Utopia

    Utopia

    8 2013 HD

    The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original ...

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  • 1970
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    Babies

    Babies

    1 1970 HD

    Lisa and Stephen are dealing with the painful struggle of pregnancy loss while life continues around them. However, despite facing dark times of...

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  • 2024
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    Black Doves

    Black Doves

    7.3 2024 HD

    When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and...

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