# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paapa-essiedu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:05:34.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paapa-essiedu"
name: "Paapa Essiedu"
slug: "paapa-essiedu"
description: "Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award."
tagline: "British actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paapa_Essiedu_(The_Outrun%2C_Berlinale_2024)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1990-06-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.20931466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5469396/"
    handle:    "nm5469396"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c998bb0d-a16e-448d-9c06-8e2efcd1f77f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "پاپا اسیدو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95"
    title: "פאפה אסיידו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paapa_Essiedu"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Эссьеду, Паапа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
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    title: "Паапа Ессієду"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23882712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611824"
    title: "Paapa Essiedu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump