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Ansu Kabia
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Ansu Kabia is a British actor. He attended the Drama Centre London and was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company Ensemble. [1] He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series Miss Scarlet & the Duke as the character Moses.

Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of To Sir, With Love, based on E. R. Braithwaite’s autographical novel. [2] The 2013 play was adapted by Ayub Khan Din and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic Michael Billington: “Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly patrician figure slowly unbending before the less privileged without ever losing his dignity.” [3] This was the first time To Sir, With Love was produced as a live performance. [4] [5] E. R. Braithwaite attended the play and called Kabia's performance of Ricky Braithwaite "excellent". [6]

Career performances

TV programs

The following are selected television programs with performances by Ansu Kabia:

Year TV Program Role Notes
2022 The Sandman Ruthven Sykes
2021 The Irregulars John Cooper Appeared in one episode.
2020 Miss Scarlet & the Duke Moses Main character since 2020 on this British-American period crime television drama.
2020 I May Destroy You Derae Appeared in one episode.
2019 World On Fire Eddie Knight Appeared in five episodes.
2018 The Long Song James Richards Appeared in two episodes of this TV miniseries.
2014 Utopia Security Guard Appeared in one episode.
2012 Wizards vs. Aliens Security Man Appeared in two episodes.
2011 London's Burning 2011 UK docudrama film.
2008 10 Days to War Charlie Appeared in one episode.
2006 The Bill Devon Power Appeared in one episode.
2005 Casualty Kevin Mellor Appeared in one episode.

Films

The following are selected films with performances by Ansu Kabia:

Year Film Role Notes
2025 Snow White † Huntsman Post-production
2024 Back to Black Raye
2019 Maude Henry Short British film.
2019 Last Christmas Rufus
2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw UK Newsreader
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Police Captain (Newsreel)
2014 Sedu Sedu 23-minute short film.
2013 Patriarch Appeared as Father. Reggie Yates wrote and directed this 4-minute short film. [7]

Theatre

Below are selected live performances by Ansu Kabia.

Year Play Role Theatre Notes
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet [8] Played Tybalt [9] Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company
2013 To Sir, With Love Played main character Ricky Braithwaite. [10] Oxford Playhouse Based on the novel, To Sir, with Love.

References

  1. ^ "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Ansu is proud to return classic story to war roots". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ Billington, Michael (11 September 2013). "To Sir, With Love – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "Ansu Kabia – interview - To Sir With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (16 Sep 2013). "Fifty years from page to stage - and still a hit". The Daily Telegraph. Newspaper.com. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ^ Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "E.R Braithwaite – interview -To Sir, With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  7. ^ Munday, Rob (14 October 2013). "Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates". Directors Notes. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. ^ Felperin, Leslie (26 May 2016). "'Romeo and Juliet': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. ^ Fort, Hugh (21 November 2013). "To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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