Raven Dauda is a Canadian writer and actress. She has appeared in numerous roles in film and television, and wrote and starred in a one-woman show, Addicted.
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Early life and education
Dauda was born in Ottawa in 1973 to a Jamaican mother and a father from Sierra Leone. She attended Studio 58, but did not complete the program.
Career
Dauda gained recognition in the Toronto theatre scene for her performance as Esther in Intimate Apparel in 2008.
In 2018, Dauda's one-woman show, Addicted, premiered with Adedo Collective and Watah Theatre. She began creating the work while studying the Anitafrika method at the Watah theatre under d'bi young anitafrika. The play follows Penelope Day, an alcoholic with a family history of addiction, who checks herself into a rehab centre. The play was written to be the first part of a trilogy. In March 2024, Dauda brought Addicted to Halifax's Neptune Theatre.
