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| Born | 2002 |
| Hometown | Hackney, England |
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| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Leading Actress | Rocks | Nominated |
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- EntertainmentRefinery 29 UK
Bukky Bakray Stars In This Weekend’s Unmissable BBC Crime Thriller
How well do you know your partner? Spend every day beside someone and it’s like an unintentional study of a living, breathing subject. Their smell. The curve of their face. The way they make coffee: strong, milky, right up to the rim, as if those messy extra millilitres are the urgent divide between awake and comatose. What would happen if, one day, you realised that you didn’t know them at all? That they were a stranger. That all the perceived intimacy you had shared was just scratching the sur
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
‘I didn’t think this would air on the BBC’: the stars of shocking legal drama You Don’t Know Me
Samuel Adewunmi, Bukky Bakray and writer Tom Edge discuss highlighting startling racial prejudice in the justice system – and showing that it isn’t fit for purpose
- EntertainmentPA Media: Entertainment
Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery on new role shortlisting upcoming talent
The EE Rising Star Award will celebrate its 17th anniversary in 2022.
- NewsPA Media: Entertainment
Dame Helen Mirren among stars supporting Christmas Jumper Day
Save the Children’s annual fundraising event takes place on December 10.
- CelebrityEvening Standard
BAFTA winner Bukky Bakray ‘will continue to grow’ says her theatre coach
The theatre coach of EE Bafta rising star winner Bukky Bakray has said the teen star was “humble” following her win and continued to want to "improve herself as an actress” despite her success. Suzann McLean is the CEO & Artistic Director of Theatre Peckham - where east Londoner Bakray, 18, is currently studying the Originate Actor Training course. Star Wars actor John Boyega, 29, started acting as a child at the same theatre.
- EntertainmentEvening Standard
Baftas 2021 hailed as a ‘huge step forward’ for diversity in British film
The Baftas were today hailed as a “huge step forward” for diversity in British film as Daniel Kaluuya and Bukky Bakray won top prizes at this year’s virtual awards. Last night, Londoners Daniel Kaluuya - who won supporting actor for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah - and Rocks star Bukky Bakray - who won the EE Rising Star Award - were among those honoured. Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao was the first woman of colour and only the second in history to win best director.
