{{short description|English actress}} {{use British English|date=March 2025}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Dujonna Rhea Gift-Simms | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1997|7|16}} | birth_place = | other_names = Dujonna Gift | occupation = Actress, singer, photographer | website = {{URL|https://www.shotbydujonna.com/}} | years_active = 2016–present }}
'''Dujonna Gift''' (born 16 July 1997) is a British actress, singer and photographer. She has worked in theatre and film. She appears as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of ''Snow White'' (2025).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Rachel Zegler's ''Snow White'' Release Date Set for 2025|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/snow-white-release-date-rachel-zegler-1235575567/|website=Variety|date=22 March 2023|access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Gift was born to a Grenadian mother and a British father of Jamaican heritage and grew up in West London and Streatham. Gift took classes at Hammersmith and Fulham's Michelle Bourne Dance Academy from a young age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicalsmagazine.com/features/article/rising-star-dujonna-gift|title=Rising Star: Dujonna Gift|work=Musicals Magazine|first=Julia|last=Rank|date=7 August 2024|accessdate=17 March 2025}}</ref> She attended the BRIT School for sixth form. She then began a degree at Bird College, but left after a year when she was cast in ''Motown''.<ref name="es nov 24">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/dujonna-gift-west-end-carnival-hamilton-motown-b1191460.html|title=Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen|work=Evening Standard|first=Nick|last=Clark|date=1 November 2024|accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Dujonna Gift, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |url=https://theatreandtonic.co.uk/blog/dujonna-gift-two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york-interview |website=Theatre & Tonic}}</ref>
==Career== === Theatre === Gift has performed on London's West End. She was a member of the ensemble cast of ''Hamilton'' at the Victoria Palace Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/watch-dear-evan-hansens-sam-tutty-and-dujonna-gift-sing-if-i-believed-from-londons-two-strangers...-musical|title=Watch Dear Evan Hansen's Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift Sing 'If I Believed' From London's Two Strangers… Musical|website=Playbill|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=27 December 2023}}</ref> She performed in ''Motown: The Musical'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where she portrayed Motown artist Anna Gordy.<ref name="es nov 24"/>
In 2023, Gift took on a lead role alongside Sam Tutty in the musical ''Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)'', performed at the Kiln Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Two Strangers Musical Cast |url=https://twostrangersthemusical.com |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Two Strangers: The Musical}}</ref>
=== Film === Gift made her film debut in 2025, as Maple in Disney's live-action adaptation of ''Snow White''.<ref name="auto" />
===Photography=== In addition to performing, Gift works as a headshot photographer and portrait photographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/superstudies|title=Hall of Super Studies|work=West End Best Friend|date=May 2021|accessdate=17 March 2025}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable" |+ Film ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2025 || ''Snow White'' || Maple || Live-action adaptation of Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''<ref name="auto"/> |}
=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable" |+ Theatre ! Year !! Production !! Role !! Venue !! Notes |- | 2017|| ''Motown: The Musical'' || Anna Gordy || Shaftesbury Theatre || |- | 2018|| ''Caroline, or Change'' || Radio 1 || Playhouse Theatre || |- | 2019|| ''Hamilton'' || Angelica Schuyler/Eliza Hamilton/Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds || Victoria Palace Theatre || |- | 2023-2024 || ''Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)'' || Robin Delafosse || Kiln Theatre and Criterion Theatre|| |- | 2024 || ''Little Piece Of You'' || Britt and the Daughters|| Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|| |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|12293026}}
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