---
name: "Sekou Diaby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sekou-diaby"
fi1m_id: "sekou-diaby"
imdb_id: "nm14857597"
tmdb_id: 2992096
wikidata_id: "Q139567713"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 May 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-28T16:20:03.079545+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."
---

# Sekou Diaby

## Identity

Sekou Diaby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sekou-diaby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sekou-diaby
- **IMDb ID:** nm14857597
- **TMDB ID:** 2992096
- **Wikidata ID:** Q139567713
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekou_Diaby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139567713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14857597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2992096

Actor. Born 1 May 2001 in Lambeth, London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 May 2001, Lambeth, London, England
- **Active:** 2025–present
- **Also known as:** Sekou Mark Diaby
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekou_Diaby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139567713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14857597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2992096

## Biography

Sekou Mark Diaby is an English actor. He trained at the BRIT School and was a member of the National Youth Dance Company.

Diaby is known for his role as Toby in the BBC Three series *Boarders* (2024–2026). His films include *My Fault: London* (2025) and *Animol* (2026), in which he played Dion. He was named a 2026 *Screen International* Star of Tomorrow and received a nomination for Breakthrough Performance at the 2025 Edinburgh International Television Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Animol* (2026), Fi1m 75, as Dion — [page](https://film.one/film/animol.md)
- *What It Feels Like for a Girl* (2025), Fi1m 84, as Rinze — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Animol* (2026), as Dion — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/animol.md)
- *What It Feels Like for a Girl* (2025), series, as Rinze — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl.md)
- *My Fault: London* (2025), as Zach
- *Boarders* (2024), series, as Toby
- *Dancing Nation* (2021), series, Conceptual Design
- *Code Zero*, series, as Cal Walters

## Gallery

- ![Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank.](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-208035ba5b5b.jpg) Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank. — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_2.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-1babd9c6a6a7.jpg) Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026 — Mateusz Malta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sekou_Diaby_03.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank.](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-a32aa5a7e5a2.jpg) Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank. — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_3.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-9f11089829e9.jpg) Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026 — Mateusz Malta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Sekou_Diaby_01.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank.](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-a11dac26a376.jpg) Sekou Diaby attending the premiere of Animol at 70th BFI London Film Festival, 11th of October 2026, at Blue Room, BFI Southbank. — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_1.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_BFI_LFF_2026_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/378989/gallery-bd279cf7e76c.jpg) Sekou Diaby attends the "Animol" Screening during the 70th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 11, 2026 — Mateusz Malta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sekou_Diaby_02.jpg/1280px-Sekou_Diaby_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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