--- name: "Anita-Joy Uwajeh" canonical: "https://film.one/person/anita-joy-uwajeh" fi1m_id: "anita-joy-uwajeh" imdb_id: "nm6783876" tmdb_id: 2138086 wikidata_id: "Q139731338" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 April 1989" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 51 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-24T11:15:51.641443+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Anita-Joy Uwajeh ## Identity Anita-Joy Uwajeh - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anita-joy-uwajeh - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** anita-joy-uwajeh - **IMDb ID:** nm6783876 - **TMDB ID:** 2138086 - **Wikidata ID:** Q139731338 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139731338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6783876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2138086 Actor. Born 11 April 1989 in Lewisham, London, England. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 April 1989, Lewisham, London, England - **Active:** 2023–present - **Also known as:** アニータ＝ジョイ・ウワジェ - **Average Fi1m score:** 51, as actor, over 3 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $62m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139731338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6783876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2138086 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Medusa Deluxe*](https://film.one/film/medusa-deluxe.md) (64) - **Apple TV:** [*Fightland*](https://film.one/tv/fightland.md) (47) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Anita-Joy Uwajeh > In *Fightland*, Anita-Joy Uwajeh gives a tough character more than the script requires. We rate the care she brings to Cece Marshall, but the surrounding series asks rather too much patience. In *Fightland* (2026), Cece Marshall is tough, but Anita-Joy Uwajeh keeps that from becoming her only characteristic. She gives the part enough complexity to make us want more time with her, even as the boxing crime drama loses our interest. We were frustrated, because the care she gives Cece makes the series' muddled motives harder to forgive. The gangsters take up time that the boxing badly needs. There is only so much an actor can do when the characters' behaviour has not been made persuasive. Much of her screen work has been in ensembles, including the fantasy series *Vampire Academy* (2022) and *Medusa Deluxe* (2023). On stage, substantial parts came earlier: Cordelia in *King Lear* (2018), then Roxane opposite James McAvoy in *Cyrano de Bergerac* (2019). The move to a leading television role in *Fightland* gives her more space than those supporting screen appearances. It also means that the failures of the writing around her are harder to ignore. In *Medusa Deluxe*, Uwajeh plays Timba in Thomas Hardiman's debut, a whodunnit set around a hairdressing contest. The film is staged as one unbroken shot, a considerable achievement that does not make the murder its most interesting feature. It is funny, and the cast has more to offer than the mystery, though Clare Perkins is the performer we would single out. This is useful ensemble work from Uwajeh, rather than the clearest demonstration of what she can carry herself. *Fightland* provides that demonstration, albeit in a series we cannot recommend except to those coming for its cast. Howard Charles is worthwhile and Nicholas Pinnock gives Kingsley Marshall an unnerving edge, but Uwajeh is our stronger reason to persevere. The series keeps asking the performances to compensate for unconvincing motives and perfunctory fights. Cece shows why Uwajeh merits a substantial screen role; it need not be another character expected to survive on toughness. Give her better writing before asking us for another eight episodes. ## Biography Anita-Joy Uwajeh is a British actress. She studied Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham before training at Drama Centre London. She played Timba in the film *Medusa Deluxe* (2023). Her other screen credits include Tatiana Vogel in *Vampire Academy* (2022), Eniola in *Atlanta* (2022) and Dr Aliya Kimani in *Kraven the Hunter* (2024). Stage roles include Roxane in *Cyrano de Bergerac* (2019) and Cordelia in *King Lear* (2018). *Sources: imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, mandy.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Fightland* (2026), Fi1m 47, as Cebella 'Cece' Marshall — [page](https://film.one/tv/fightland.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fi1m 41, as Dr. Aliya Kimani — [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Medusa Deluxe* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Timba — [page](https://film.one/film/medusa-deluxe.md) ## Complete filmography (11) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fightland* (2026), series, as Cebella 'Cece' Marshall — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/tv/fightland.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), as Dr. Aliya Kimani — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Medusa Deluxe* (2023), as Timba — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/medusa-deluxe.md) - *Vampire Academy* (2022), series, as Tatiana Vogel - *The Skin I Move In* (2022), as Amor - *Ice Cream & Doughnuts* (2021), as Emily - *National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac* (2020), as Roxanne - *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2018), as Cordelia - *Atlanta* (2016), series, as Eniola — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md) - *Not Safe for Work* (2015), series, as Bim - *Seatbelt*, as Secretary --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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