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‘I May Destroy You’ Actor Paapa Essiedu Signs With WME

'I May Destroy You' Actor Paapa Essiedu signs with WME for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy and BAFTA nominated actor Paapa Essiedu has inked with WME for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned. Other recent projects for Essiedu include the National Theatre in The Effect, written by Lucy Prebble and directed by Jamie Lloyd, which is transferring to The Shed in New York this year, season 6 of the cult anthology series, Black Mirror(Demon 79), and Working Title/Universal Christmas movie The Genie, directed by Sam Boyd and written by Love Actually ‘s Richard Curtis. Essiedu will also appear in the film The Scurry, a comedy horror directed by Craig Roberts and written by Tim Telling, where he stars alongside Rhys Ifans, Olivia Cooke, Antonia Thomas, and Steve Oram.

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