Tiwa Lade is a British-Nigerian actor and writer, represented by 42MP and Independent Talent Group in London.

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A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she began her writing career with two plays presented in rehearsed readings across New York, Lagos, and London.

She later adapted her play RUSH into her first screenplay, which was shortlisted for the Neal Street Productions Screenwriting Bursary (Top 10), BBC Writers’ Script Room (Top 2%), and UKTV’s Commissioning Comedy 50:50.

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In 2021, Tiwa was awarded the BBC Felix Dexter Bursary and selected for Channel 4’s Screenwriting Programme. Since then, she has contributed to writers’ rooms for the BBC, ITVX and Sky, and wrote an episode of the second season of BBC’s Phoenix Rise.

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On stage, she played Peace in My Father’s Fable at the Bush Theatre, winning Best Female Lead in a Play at the Black British Theatre Awards. She also appeared in Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, alongside Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

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Most recently, Tiwa played Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare's Globe, and will next appear as Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband at Lyric Hammersmith, directed by Nicholai LaBarrie.

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Her screen work includes Season 2 of BBC’s Black Ops (as Yas), as well as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (dir. James Mangold) and ITVX’s Tell Me Everything (dir. Marley Morrison).​

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Read my writing → https://substack.com/@thetiwalade