Nina Sosanya Biography

Nina Sosanya is an actress from England who has garnered fame for portraying Lucy Freeman in the TV series ‘W1A’ and Kate McKenzie in ‘Last Tango in Halifax’. A native of London, Sosanya studied at the Vale of Catmose College in Oakham before receiving training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, obtaining A-Levels in performing arts. She began her acting career on stage. Her breakthrough role was in a production of ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ at the National Theatre. She made her screen debut in 1992 in an episode of the police procedural drama series ‘The Bill’. She had her first significant television stint in the Channel 4 series ‘Teachers’. In 2003, she appeared on the big screen for the first time, in the sci-fi romance drama ‘Code 46’. Active in the industry for nearly three decades, she has accumulated over 60 film and TV credits and numerous theatre credits. In recent years, she has played significant roles in shows like ‘Marcella’, ‘Strike Back: Retribution’, and ‘Good Omens’. As part of the cast of the 2003 romantic comedy ‘Love Actually,’ Sosanya along with her co-stars was nominated for a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast in 2004.