---
name: "Zawe Ashton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zawe-ashton"
fi1m_id: "zawe-ashton"
imdb_id: "nm1534698"
tmdb_id: 118034
wikidata_id: "Q8067447"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 July 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T18:19:19.418252+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."
---

# Zawe Ashton

## Identity

Zawe Ashton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zawe-ashton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zawe-ashton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1534698
- **TMDB ID:** 118034
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8067447
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawe_Ashton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8067447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118034

Actor. Born 25 July 1984 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 July 1984, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Zawedde Emma Ashton
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 75 (3), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $235m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawe_Ashton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8067447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118034

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Wanderlust*](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fresh Meat*](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*The Marvels*](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Zawe Ashton is a British actress and playwright. Born Zawedde Emma Ashton on 25 July 1984 in Hackney, London, she attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She later gained a degree in acting from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ashton gained recognition for her role as Vod in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series *Fresh Meat* (2011–2016) and for her performance as Joyce Carol Vincent in the film *Dreams of a Life* (2011). Her other film roles include *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), *Velvet Buzzsaw* (2019) and *Greta* (2019). In 2023 she portrayed Dar-Benn in the Marvel Studios film *The Marvels*.

She has written plays and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her stage work includes the 2019 West End and Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's *Betrayal*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Marvels* (2023), Fi1m 63, as Dar-Benn — [page](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md)
- *Wanderlust* (2018), Fi1m 76, as Claire Pascal — [page](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md)
- *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Alex — [page](https://film.one/film/nocturnal-animals.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Violet 'Vod' Nordstrom — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Jessica — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Broken English* (2026), as The Media Archivist
- *All of You* (2025), as Andrea
- *Mog's Christmas* (2023), as Mrs. Gaynor (voice)
- *The Marvels* (2023), as Dar-Benn — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md)
- *Maryland* (2022), as Also Mary
- *Mr Malcolm's List* (2022), as Julia Thistlewaite
- *Egypt's Lost Pyramid* (2019), as Narrator
- *Greta* (2019), as Alexa Hammond
- *Velvet Buzzsaw* (2019), as Josephina
- *Wanderlust* (2018), series, as Claire Pascal — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wanderlust.md)
- *World's Tiniest Masterpieces* (2018), as Narrator
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, as Oona — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Guerrilla* (2017), series, as Omega
- *Oasis* (2017), series, as Severin
- *Oasis* (2017), as Severin
- *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), as Alex — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/nocturnal-animals.md)
- *Little Soldier* (2016), Actor
- *The Tall Tales of Urchin* (2016), as Ragamuffin (voice)
- *Not Safe for Work* (2015), series, as Katherine
- *Flinch* (2014), as Emily
- *The Place We Go To Hide* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Happy Toys* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Psychobitches* (2013), series, as Eartha Kitt, Cleopatra
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as Eartha Kitt
- *Lapland* (2011), as Jingle Jill
- *A bloody muddle* (2011), as Kate
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, as Violet 'Vod' Nordstrom — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Weekender* (2011), as Sarah
- *Dreams of a Life* (2011), as Joyce Vincent
- *Case Histories* (2011), series, as Deborah Arnold
- *Blitz* (2011), as Elizabeth Falls
- *Tomato Soup* (2010), as Gun Girl
- *St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold* (2009), as Bianca
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Jessica — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Othello - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2008), as Bianca
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Journey Blue — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Crust* (2005), series, as Sasha
- *Shooters* (2002), as Charlie’s Girl
- *The Demon Headmaster* (1996), series, as Rebecca
- *Game On* (1995), series, as Little Girl

## Gallery

- ![WP - random_-25 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-6f4544538870.jpg) WP - random_-25 (2014) — Christopher William Adach from Mexico, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/WP_-_random_-25_%2814097497885%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Zawe Ashton (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-b2c2e90c6827.jpg) Zawe Ashton (2013) — Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Zawe_Ashton_%288463801491%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-c175aedc06a4.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Zawe_Ashton_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Zawe Ashton at the 74th Tony Awards in September 2021](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-47209d9e4550.jpg) Zawe Ashton at the 74th Tony Awards in September 2021 — The Tony Awards, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Zawe_ashton_2021_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-22db0fd1dd65.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Image via TMDB
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-38cbad7dbc7c.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Image via TMDB
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-4ba4f92a27a8.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Image via TMDB
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-1ea739975994.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Image via TMDB
- ![Zawe Ashton](https://film.one/media/person/15510/gallery-32f26bcbd112.jpg) Zawe Ashton — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2021: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)

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

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