| Birth Name: | Maimuna Enya Memon |
| Birth Date: | 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Alma Mater: | Oxford School of Drama |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
Maimuna Enya Memon (born 1992) is a British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award in 2023.
Memon was born in Preston, Lancashire to an Irish mother and a Pakistani father and spent her early childhood in Darwen.[1] [2] As a teen, her family moved to Australia, where they settled in Chuwar, a suburb of Ipswich near Brisbane.[3] Upon returning to England at the age of 18, Memon studied at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2015.[4]
Upon graduating from drama school, Memon made her professional stage debut as Florinda in the Manchester Royal Exchange production of Into the Woods.[5] The following year, she made her television debut in an episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors,[6] and appeared in The Busker's Opera at the Park Theatre and Lazarus at King's Cross Theatre.[7]
In 2017, Memon played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.[8] She wrote the music and lyrics for, and performed in, James Meteyard's Electrolyte in 2019.[9]
Memon originated the role of Nikki in Richard Hawley's musical Standing at the Sky's Edge, which premiered in 2019 at the Sheffield Crucible. Memon reprised her role when the musical returned to Sheffield in 2022, and in 2023 at the National Theatre in London.[10] For her performance, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
Memon began releasing music in 2022, beginning with the singles "First Born Child" and "Calling". Her one-woman play Manic Street Creature premiered at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it won a Fringe First Award, before having a London run at Southwark Playhouse in 2023.[11] She also composed a score for Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe and, as of 2023, was in the midst of composing a score for Portia Coughlan.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Doctors | PC Kelsey Phillips | Episode: "Grey Area" |
| 2018 | Unforgotten | Officer | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Anoushka Aram | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Time | Tahani | |
| TBA | Domino Day | Vedita | Series Regular: 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Into the Woods | Florinda | Royal Exchange, Manchester | |
| 2016 | The Busker's Opera | Jenny Diver | Park Theatre, London | |
| 2016–2017 | Lazarus | Teenage Girl | King's Cross Theatre, London | |
| 2017 | Winnie and Wilbur | Various | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
| 2017 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mary Magdalene | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London | |
| 2018 | The Assassination of Katie Hopkins | Shayma | Theatr Clwyd, Mold | |
| 2019 | Hobson's Choice | Sunita | Royal Exchange, Manchester | |
| 2019 | Electrolyte | Allie Touch | Music Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| 2019 | Ghost Quartet | Pearl White/Sheherazade/Soldier/Lady Usher/Camera Shop Owner | Boulevard Theatre, London | |
| 2019, 2022–2023 | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Nikki | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield / National Theatre, London | |
| 2021 | The Band Plays On | Jess | Sheffield Theatres | |
| 2021 | Living Newspaper Edition 6 | C | Royal Court Theatre, London[13] | |
| 2021 | Nine Lessons and Carols | Singer | Almeida Theatre, London | |
| 2022 | Henry VIII | Music Globe Theatre, London | ||
| 2022–2023 | Manic Street Creature | Ria | Playwright Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Southwark Playhouse, London | |
| 2024 | The Grapes of Wrath | Band vocal, banjo, woman with guitar | Lyttleton theatre |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Fringe First Award | Manic Street Creature | [14] | |
| 2023 | Laurence Olivier Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Standing at the Sky's Edge | [15] | |