Amaka Umeh

Chiamaka Umeh, known professionally as Amaka Umeh, is a Nigerian actor who became the first Black actor and first genderfluid performer to portray Hamlet at the Stratford Festival in Canada in 2020, receiving critical acclaim for the performance. Umeh has received various accolades, including five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Umeh moved to Canada at the age of 11 and has acted in numerous theatre productions, including The Tempest (2014), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018), The Wolves (2018), Hamlet (2020–22), Death and the King's Horseman (2023), Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (2023), and A Strange Loop (2025). In 2026, Umeh made their television debut with the role of Dee Pharma on AMC's gothic horror series The Vampire Lestat.

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