Anni Domingo
British actress, director and writer
Anni Domingo (born 1950s) is a British actress, director and writer, working in theatre, television, radio and films. She additionally holds positions on the boards of several organisations in various sectors, and has said: "You can't make a difference unless you have a seat at the table." Her writing includes plays, poetry and fiction, with her debut novel Breaking the Maafa Chain published in 2021.
Background and career
Anni Domingo was born in London, England, to Sierra Leonean parents, who when she was four years old decided to go back to their birth country so that their children would grow up with African culture. She attended school in Freetown (St Joseph's Convent School and Freetown Secondary School for Girls), going on to further education in the UK, where she pursued an ambition to act.
She applied for and was accepted on a drama course to train as a performer, also qualifying in her early 20s as a teacher of Speech and Drama at Rose Bruford College, and during her three years studying there she worked for the BBC at Bush House on radio plays to be broadcast in the Commonwealth. When in her mid-50s, over a seven-year period she earned a first-class BA Honours degree in Literature, another BA Honours degree (first-class) in Humanities with Creative Writing from The Open University, and an MA in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, later receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities.
Her acting career encompasses theatre, television, radio and film, with on-screen appearances in numerous TV series and feature films ranging from Outland (1981) to Wondrous Oblivion (2003). More recently, in 2019 she appeared in several episodes of BBC One's EastEnders, and on stage in Inua Ellams' adaptation of Three Sisters at the National Theatre. Her theatre work over the years has included Blood Wedding at the National, Treasure Island at Birmingham Rep, The Last Bloom at Traverse Theatre, The Crucible at Regent's Park, The Children's Hour and Yerma at the Royal Exchange, Blithe Spirit at the Leicester Haymarket, and No Boys Cricket Club at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Among other work that Domingo undertakes is radio broadcasting, as well as lecturing (at such institutions as St Mary's University, Twickenham, and Rose Bruford College) and directing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the Central School of Speech and Drama) and elsewhere, recent productions being Ilé la Wà ("We are Home") by Tolu Agbelusi at Stratford Circus in 2019, and The Story of John Archer at Battersea Arts Centre in 2021.
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