---
name: "Babirye Bukilwa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/babirye-bukilwa"
fi1m_id: "babirye-bukilwa"
tmdb_id: 2373347
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:17:12.054058+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."
---

# Babirye Bukilwa

## Identity

Babirye Bukilwa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/babirye-bukilwa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** babirye-bukilwa
- **TMDB ID:** 2373347
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2373347

Actor. Born in Homerton, London.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2373347

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dreaming Whilst Black*](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Babirye Bukilwa is a British actor, poet and playwright. They trained with a BTEC in Acting at Westminster Kingsway College and began their career in theatre, appearing in productions including debbie tucker green’s *truth and reconciliation* at the Royal Court (2011), *random* (Channel 4), *Beautiful Thing* at Leicester Curve and *When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other* at the National Theatre.

On screen, Bukilwa is known for playing DC Dominique Parkes in *We Hunt Together* (2020–2022), Vanessa in *Dreaming Whilst Black* (pilot 2021; series 2023–2025) and Sammie in *Domino Day* (2024). They have also appeared in *Grace* and earlier short films and series, often credited as Vanessa Babirye before adopting their current name.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thecrushbar.substack.com, thepinknews.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), Fi1m 81, as Vanessa — [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Domino Day* (2024), series, as Sammie
- *Fourteen* (2022), as Sister
- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), series, as Vanessa — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)
- *Fourteen Fractures* (2020), Actor
- *Beneath The Surface* (2017), as Minomi/Office Manager
- *Babylon* (2014), series, as Selena Jeffries
- *BBC Comedy Feeds* (2012), series, as Rachel
- *Phantom Carousel*, as Olara Adeyemi

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