Wunmi Mosaku

**Oluwunmi Mosaku** (; born July 31, 1986) is a Nigerian-British actress. She is known for her television roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries _Moses Jones_ (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series _Vera_ (2011–2012). She starred as Hunter B-15 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series _Loki_ (2021) and _Deadpool & Wolverine_ (2024). In 2025, she portrayed Annie in the horror movie _Sinners_. For this role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2026.

## Early life

Mosaku was born in Zaria, Nigeria, to Yoruba parents. At the age of one, she and her family moved to Manchester, England. She went to the two schools, Trinity Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College. She later studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where she graduated in 2007 with a BA Honours in Acting.

## Personal life

Mosaku works with ActionAid, an organization that helps fight against poverty, gender inequality, and injustice.

### Movie

|Year|Title|Role|Director|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_The Women of Troy_|Helen of Troy|Phil Hawkins|||
|rowspan="3"|2010|_Honeymooner_|Seema|Col Spector||
|_Womb_|Erica|Benedek Fliegauf||||
|_I Am Slave_|Malia|Gabriel Range||||
|2011|_Citadel_|Marie|Ciaran Foy|||
|2013|_Philomena_|Young nun|Stephen Frears|||
|rowspan=2|2016|_Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_|Kahina Ziri|Zack Snyder||
|_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_|Beryl|David Yates||||
|2018|_Leading Lady Parts_|Herself|Jessica Swale|Short film||
|2019|_Sweetness in the Belly_|Amina|Zeresenay Berhane Mehari|||
|2020|_His House_|Rial|Remi Weekes|||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Call Jane_|Gwen|Phyllis Nagy||
|_Alice, Darling_|Sophie|Mary Nighy||||
|2024|_Deadpool & Wolverine_|Hunter B-15|Shawn Levy|||
|2025|_Sinners_|Annie|Ryan Coogler|||
|TBA|_The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd_||Tim Blake Nelson|Filming||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|_Sold_|Firefighter|Episode #1.5|||
|rowspan="3"|2008|_Never Better_|Server|Episode: "First Week Euphoria"||
|_Doctors_|Nurse Kelly Strathairn|Episode: "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding?"||||
|_The Bill_|Sophie Oduya|Episode: "Trial and Error: Part 1"||||
|2009|_Moses Jones_|Joy|Miniseries|||
|rowspan="4"|2010|_Silent Witness_|Charlie Gibbs|4 episodes||
|_One Night in Emergency_|Beautiful Nurse|Television film||||
|_Father & Son_|Stacey Cox|Miniseries||||
|_Law & Order: UK_|Tamika Vincent|Episode: "Survivor"||||
|rowspan="4"|2011|_Vera_|DC Holly Lawson|rowspan="2"|5 episodes|
|_32 Brinkburn Street_|Joy|||||
|_The Body Farm_|Rosa Gilbert|Miniseries||||
|_Stolen_|Sonia Carney|Television film||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_Dancing on the Edge_|Carla|rowspan="2"|Miniseries|
|_Jo_|Angélique Alassane|||||
|_Truckers_|Danielle|Episode #1.3||||
|2014|_In the Flesh_|Maxine Martin|6 episodes|||
|rowspan="2"|2015|_Don't Take My Baby_|Belinda|Television film||
|_Capital_|Quentina|Miniseries||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Black Mirror_|Katie|Episode: "Playtest"||
|_Damilola, Our Loved Boy_|Gloria Taylor|rowspan="2"|Miniseries|||
|rowspan="2"|2017|_Fearless_|DCS Olivia Greenwood|||
|_The End of the F***ing World_|DC Teri Darego|5 episodes||||
|2018|_Kiri_|DI Vanessa Mercer|Miniseries|||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_Luther_|DS Catherine Halliday|4 episodes||
|_Animal Babies: First Year on Earth_|Narrator|Docuseries||||
|_Temple_|Mercy King|Miniseries||||
|2020|_Lovecraft Country_|Ruby Baptiste|10 episodes|||
|2021–2023|_Loki_|Hunter B-15 / Dr. Verity Willis|11 episodes|||
|2022|_We Own This City_|Nicole Steele|6 episodes|||
|2023|_Scavengers Reign_|Azi (voice)|12 episodes|||
|rowspan="2"|2024|_Boarders_|Grace|||
|_Passenger_|Riya Ajunwa|6 episodes||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Wunmi Mosaku
- **image**: Wunmi Mosaku (cropped) 2.jpg
- **image size**: 150px
- **caption**: Mosaku at The Old Vic in 2010
- **birth name**: Oluwunmi Mosaku
- **birth place**: Zaria, Nigeria
- **nationality**: British, Nigerian
- **education**: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 2006–present