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name: "Ann Akinjirin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ann-akinjirin"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T03:30:26.478598+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."
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# Ann Akinjirin

Actor. Born 1 January 1980 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1980, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Ann Akin, 安·阿克因

## Biography

Ann Akinjirin, also credited as Ann Akin, is a British actress and theatre maker of Nigerian descent. She trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, the BRIT School, the University of Bedfordshire and the Drama Centre London.

In 2013 she founded the theatre company Harts and served as its artistic director. Her television credits include recurring roles as DS Vanessa Ekwensi in *Strike* (2018–2020), Dee in *Trigonometry* (2020), Alissa in *I May Destroy You* (2020), Bobbi in *Moon Knight* (2022) and Aunt Fanny in *The Famous Five* (2023–). Film roles include Detective Constable Amy in *King of Thieves* (2018), Opal in *Old Guy* (2024) and Farah in *Dreamers* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Alissa — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)

## Also known for

- *Moon Knight* (2022), Bobbi
- *Humans* (2015), Police Woman
- *King of Thieves* (2018), Detective Constable Amy
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), Dr. Simpson
- *Beforeigners* (2019), Precious
- *Strike* (2017), DS Ekwensi
- *Brave New World* (2020), DJill29
- *Old Guy* (2024), Opal

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