Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo
Soulful, luxurious & cool with authority, confidence and intelligence.
They naturally have a soft and neutral South African accent and can completely remove the South African accent if needed.
Luyanda speaks Xhosa, Zulu & English fluently.
Luyanda is one of few artists who appears in both our International section and our British section and has used their accents and languages in their theatre work. Check out Luyanda in our International section.
Audio Samples
Accents
Singing Ability
- Beatbox (Skilled)
Credits
- Cyrano de Bergerac (Theatre, West End, 2022) Marie-Louise. West End/BAM
- Wednesday (TV, 2022) Deputy Santiago. Netflix
- The Dungeon Run (TV, 2021) Layla Mittens. Caffeine Studios
- Devs (TV, 2020) Angela. BBC
- Macbeth (Theatre, 2019) Ross. Chichester Festival Theatre
- I'll Take You to Mrs. Cole (Theatre, 2019) Assistant Director. Complicite
- Convert (Theatre, West End, 2018) Ola Ince. The Young Vic.
- Apple Tree House (TV, 2018) Finn's mum. CBeebies.
- Generations (Theatre, 2018) Girlfriend/Older Sister. Chicester Festival Theatre
- The Sound and The Fury (Theatre, 2018) Dilsey Gibson. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Julius Caesar (Theatre, 2017) Julius Caesar. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
- Uncle Vanya (Theatre, 2016) Yelena. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
- The Comedy of Errors (Theatre, 2016) The Courtesan, Balthasar, Merchant. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Worked With
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28/10/2020
Doctor Who: The War Master Heart of Darkness is out now with Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo and Sandra Huggett!
Recruited by the Celestial Intervention Agency to track down his oldest enemy, the Master finds himself thrown into a mission that will take him into deepest Dalek territory. Abandoned on the planet Redemption, he assembles a crew and acquires a ship – the journey that follows is certain to test them all... and not everyone will survive. Available from Big Finish!
14/04/2020
New multi-dimensional tech thriller ‘Devs’ starring Jefferson Hall and featuring Georgia King & Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo.
A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend. Watch on Wednesday 15th April at 9pm on BBC2.