Naomie Harris

In between these roles, she assumed a more down-to-earth persona, such as a comely detective in Michael Mann's big-screen "Miami Vice" (2006).

Born Sept. 6, 1976 in North London, England, Naomie Melanie Harris was the only child of television writer Lisselle Kayla. She took to acting at a very early age, joining the Anna Scher Theatre School, a prestigious children's drama club in London, and was encouraged by the school's founder to audition …