# Dujonna Gift
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{{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](/source/Walt_Disney_Pictures) [live-action adaptation](/source/Live_action) of ''[Snow White](/source/Snow_White_(2025_film))'' (2025).[{{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}}]
== 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](/source/Streatham). Gift took classes at Hammersmith and Fulham's Michelle Bourne Dance Academy from a young age.[{{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}}] She attended the [BRIT School](/source/BRIT_School) for sixth form. She then began a degree at [Bird College](/source/Bird_College), but left after a year when she was cast in ''Motown''.[{{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}}][{{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}}]
==Career==
=== Theatre ===
Gift has performed on London's West End. She was a member of the ensemble cast of ''[Hamilton](/source/Hamilton_(musical))'' at the [Victoria Palace Theatre](/source/Victoria_Palace_Theatre).[{{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}}] She performed in ''[Motown: The Musical](/source/Motown%3A_The_Musical)'' at the [Shaftesbury Theatre](/source/Shaftesbury_Theatre), where she portrayed Motown artist [Anna Gordy](/source/Anna_Gordy_Gaye).[{{Cite web |title=Two Strangers Musical Cast |url=https://twostrangersthemusical.com |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Two Strangers: The Musical}}]
=== Film ===
Gift made her film debut in 2025, as Maple in [Disney's](/source/Walt_Disney_Pictures) live-action adaptation of ''[Snow White](/source/Snow_White_(2025_film))''.[{{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}}]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Film
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2025 || ''[Snow White](/source/Snow_White_(2025_film))'' || Maple || Live-action adaptation of Disney's ''[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs](/source/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs)''