---
name: "Sennia Nanua"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sennia-nanua"
fi1m_id: "sennia-nanua"
imdb_id: "nm6451469"
tmdb_id: 1611984
wikidata_id: "Q62036411"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 November 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:40:24.541805+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."
---

# Sennia Nanua

## Identity

Sennia Nanua

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sennia-nanua
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sennia-nanua
- **IMDb ID:** nm6451469
- **TMDB ID:** 1611984
- **Wikidata ID:** Q62036411
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennia_Nanua, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62036411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6451469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611984

Actor. Born 13 November 2002 in Nottingham, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 November 2002, Nottingham, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennia_Nanua, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62036411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6451469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611984

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with All the Gifts*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) (75)

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## Biography

Sennia Nanua is a British actress. Born in Nottingham, England, she made her screen debut in the 2015 short film *Beverley* and her feature film debut as Melanie in the 2016 adaptation of *The Girl with All the Gifts*.

She has since appeared in *The Fight* (2018), *Frankie* (2019) and the series *The Serpent Queen* (2022) as Rahima. Nanua won the Best Actress award at the 2016 Sitges Film Festival for her performance in *The Girl with All the Gifts* and received nominations including Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, as Melanie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Serpent Queen* (2022), series, as Rahima
- *Frankie* (2019), as Maya
- *The Fight* (2019), as Emma Bell
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), as Melanie — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Beverley* (2015), as Jess
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Esther Owens — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- Empire Award for Best Newcomer 2017: Empire Award for Best Newcomer (nominated), for *The Girl with All the Gifts*
- London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year 2017: London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year (nominated), for *The Girl with All the Gifts*
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award 2016: Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award (won), for *The Girl with All the Gifts*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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