Dujonna Gift
Dujonna Gift | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dujonna Rhea Gift-Simms 16 July 1997 |
| Other name | Dujonna Gift |
| Occupations | Actress, singer, photographer |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Website | www |
Dujonna Gift (born 16 July 1997) is a British actress, singer and photographer. She has worked in theatre and film. She appears as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of Snow White (2025).[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Gift was born to a Grenadian mother and a British father of Jamaican heritage and grew up in Streatham, South London. Gift took classes at Hammersmith and Fulham's Michelle Bourne Dance Academy from a young age.[2] She attended the BRIT School for sixth form. She then began a degree at Bird College, but left after a year when she was cast in Motown.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Theatre
[edit]Gift has performed on London's West End. She was a member of the ensemble cast of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre.[5] She performed in Motown: The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where she portrayed Motown artist Anna Gordy.[3]
In 2023, Gift took on a lead role alongside Sam Tutty in the musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), performed at the Kiln Theatre.[6]
Film
[edit]Gift made her film debut in 2025, as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of Snow White.[1]
Photography
[edit]In addition to performing, Gift works as a headshot photographer and portrait photographer.[7]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Snow White | Maple | Live-action adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[1] |
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Production | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Motown: The Musical | Anna Gordy | Shaftesbury Theatre | |
| 2018 | Caroline, or Change | Radio 1 | Playhouse Theatre | |
| 2019-2021 | Hamilton | Angelica Schuyler/Eliza Hamilton/Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds/Ensemble | Victoria Palace Theatre | |
| 2023-2024 | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) | Robin Delafosse | Kiln Theatre and Criterion Theatre | |
| 2024 | Little Piece Of You | Britt | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | |
| 2026 | Once On This Island | Ti Moune | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Rachel Zegler's Snow White Release Date Set for 2025". Variety. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ Rank, Julia (7 August 2024). "Rising Star: Dujonna Gift". Musicals Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- 1 2 Clark, Nick (1 November 2024). "Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ "Interview with Dujonna Gift, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)". Theatre & Tonic.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (27 December 2023). "Watch Dear Evan Hansen's Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift Sing 'If I Believed' From London's Two Strangers… Musical". Playbill.
- ↑ "Two Strangers Musical Cast". Two Strangers: The Musical. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ "Hall of Super Studies". West End Best Friend. May 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Dujonna Gift at IMDb
- Living people
- 1997 births
- 21st-century English actresses
- 21st-century English women singers
- Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Actors from the London Borough of Lambeth
- Alumni of Bird College
- Black British actresses
- Black British photographers
- British portrait photographers
- English musical theatre actresses
- English people of Grenadian descent
- English people of Jamaican descent
- People educated at the BRIT School
- People from Streatham
- Photographers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Photographers from the London Borough of Lambeth