Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
25 Juli 1984 (42)
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
Zawedde Emma Ashton · Zawedde Emma Muwanga-Ashton
Biography
Zawedde Emma Ashton (born 25 July 1984) is an English actress, playwright and narrator. She is best known for her roles in the comedy dramas Fresh Meat and Not Safe for Work, the Netflix horror thriller film Velvet Buzzsaw and for her portrayal of Joyce Carol Vincent in Dreams of a Life (2011). She will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dar-Benn in The Marvels (2023). She was born in Hackney, London to an English father and a Ugandan mother. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre and graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Bekannt für
5.9
Film
The Marvels
Dar-Benn
2023
7.4
Film
Nocturnal Animals
Alex
2016
7.2
Series
Fresh Meat
Violet 'Vod' Nordstrom
2011–2016
5.6
Film
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Bianca
2009
7.0
Series
Oasis
Severin
2017
6.2
Film
Blitz
Elizabeth Falls
2011
7.8
Series
Case Histories
Deborah Arnold
2011–2013
6.6
Film
Greta
Alexa Hammond
2019
6.4
Film
All of You
Andrea
2025
7.6
Film
Broken English
The Media Archivist
2026
5.4
Film
Velvet Buzzsaw
Josephina
2019
8.0
Series
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
6.8
Series
Not Safe for Work
Katherine
2015
5.5
Series
Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain
Self - Narrator
2021
5.8
Film
Mr Malcolm's List
Julia Thistlewaite
2022
7.1
Film
Oasis
Severin
2017
5.2
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
Self - 'Dar-Benn'
2024
7.3
Film
Mog's Christmas
Mrs. Gaynor (voice)
2023
7.0
Film
Maryland
Also Mary
2022
9.0
Film
World's Tiniest Masterpieces
Narrator
2018
Acting credits 20 titles
Broken English
as The Media Archivist
7.6
2026
All of You
as Andrea
6.4
2025
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
as Self - Narrator (voice)
8.0
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
as Self - 'Dar-Benn'
5.2
2024
The Marvels
as Dar-Benn
5.9
2023
Mog's Christmas
as Mrs. Gaynor (voice)
7.3
2023
Maryland
as Also Mary
7.0
2022
Mr Malcolm's List
as Julia Thistlewaite
5.8
2022
Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain
as Self - Narrator
5.5
2021
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Josephina
5.4
2019
Greta
as Alexa Hammond
6.6
2019
World's Tiniest Masterpieces
as Narrator
9.0
2018
Oasis
as Severin
7.0
2017
Oasis
as Severin
7.1
2017
Nocturnal Animals
as Alex
7.4
2016
Not Safe for Work
as Katherine
6.8
2015
Fresh Meat
as Violet 'Vod' Nordstrom
7.2
2011–2016
Case Histories
as Deborah Arnold
7.8
2011–2013
Blitz
as Elizabeth Falls
6.2
2011
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Bianca
5.6
2009