Kwame Kwei-Armah biography

Profile

British actor Kwame Kwei-Armah was introduced to U.K. households in 1999 as paramedic Finlay Newton on the BBC hospital drama Casualty. In addition to having a run on Comic Relief’s Celebrity Fame Academy, he is a playwright whose latest effort, Elmina’s Kitchen, premiered at London’s National Theatre in 2003. The acclaimed work was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play of 2003.