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Nikki Amuka-Bird

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Actor · Born February 27, 1976 (50) · Delta State, Nigeria

BAFTA Award nominee

Nikki Amuka-Bird (born 27 February 1976) is a Nigerian-born British actress of the stage, television, and film.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 27, 1976 (50)
From
Delta State, Nigeria
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Nikki Amuka-Bird's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Survival
18%
Bonds
18%
Power
12%
Self
10%
Society
8%
Ideas
5%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 7
Shapeshifter
2 of 7
Ally
2 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
9
Melancholic
10
Contemplative
5
Absurd
2
Other
11

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nikki Amuka-Bird's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nikki Amuka-Bird's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

56 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Clarissa(2026)

    as Sally

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Maggie Bray

  • A Knock at the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Maggie Bray

  • The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • I, Jack Wright(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sally Wright

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Here(2024)

    as Helen Harris

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Marriage Unplugged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Suzanna

  • E for Eileen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Eileen Gray

  • Rumours(2024)

    as Cardosa Dewindt

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Jericho Ridge(2023)

    as Tabby

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Citadel(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Grace Helgoff

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Knock at the Cabin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Sabrina

  • Knock at the Cabin(2023)

    as Sabrina

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Persuasion(2022)

    as Lady Russell

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Outfit(2022)

    as Violet LaFontaine

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Old(2021)

    as Patricia

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Vert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Emelia

  • Avenue 5(2020)

    Show 17 episodes · as Rav Mulcair

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Gold Digger(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marsha Okello

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • The Novels That Shaped Our World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield(2019)

    as Mrs. Steerforth

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Laundromat(2019)

    as Miranda

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Private War(2018)

    as Rita Williams

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Children Act(2017)

    as Amadia Kalu

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • To Provide All People(2018)

    as A&E Consultant

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hard Sun(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Grace Morrigan

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as The Glass Woman

  • NW(2016)

    as Natalie

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Denial(2016)

    as Libby Holbrook

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Quarry(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ruth

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Jupiter Ascending(2015)

    as Diomika Tsing

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Lovesick(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Anna Leslie

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Face of an Angel(2014)

    as Roxanne

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Joanne

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Sinbad(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Anna Jackson

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Coriolanus(2011)

    as TV Pundit

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Luther(2010)

    Show 8 episodes · as Erin Gray

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Survivors(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · as Samantha Willis

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Disappeared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Shelley Cartwright

  • The Last Enemy(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Ross

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Born Equal(2006)

    as Itshe

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Torchwood(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Beth

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Omen(2006)

    as Dr. Becker

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Line of Beauty(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rosemary Charles

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Shoot the Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Heather

  • Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Subira

  • Afterlife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Murder Prevention (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gemma Andrews

  • Canterbury Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Constance Musa

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Michelle Lopez

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Forgive and Forget(2000)

    as Nicky

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Bad Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · as Paula Miles · as PO Miles

  • Grafters(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Martha

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Silent Witness(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Det. Supt. Gaynor Jenkins

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Cold Comfort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Joanne

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 53 of them dated from 1996 to 2025; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

$184M worldwide

Highest rated

Luther (2010)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

19962025

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting55 of 55: 55 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

By decade

1990s3 · acting2000s14 · acting2010s20 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 6% of 18 roles
061621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2017, Best Leading Actress.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Nikki Amuka-Bird's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 21; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Clarissa (2026)

91st percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Luther (2010)

Midcredits 96th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Nikki Amuka-Bird's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles13–82 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles14–60 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles23–76 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles20–53 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles30–78 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Nikki Amuka-Bird work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nikki Amuka-Bird's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; M. Night Shyamalan shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers