She has won Best Supporting Performer in a Play
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London
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9 February 2025
At the 25th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, Freema Agyeman was crowned Best Supporting Performer in a Play.
The award is for her performance as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, which played in the West End last year.
In her speech, Agyeman thanked director Jamie Lloyd and co-star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. Tom Holland also starred in the revival. Our reviewer commented that the cast shone in the “stripped-back Shakespeare”.
The 25th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards honoured the best of UK theatre in a concert ceremony at The London Palladium.
Agyeman returns to the RSC later this year to play Beatrice, re-imagined by director Michael Longhurst, as a football correspondent alongside Nick Blood as football player Benedick.
The WhatsOnStage Awards are the only major UK theatre awards decided by the theatregoers themselves. At the annual concert ceremonies, alongside seeing the winners crowned, audience members also enjoy a host of exclusive live performances from top theatrical talent.
The Broadway transfer is now officially open, old sport!
