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British actor David Oyelowo is drawn to portraying impactful characters, especially Black historical figures throughout the diaspora. He first gained recognition for playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 film Selma. King Seretse Khama of Botswana in 2016 film, A United Kingdom, and now, with his recent Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series Made For Television in Paramount Plus’ Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Oyelowo takes on the role of the legendary figure believed to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger. 

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film A United Kingdom.The 2016 movie is about a love story that threatened to destabilise the African nation of Botswana, with Pike receiving critical acclaim for her role playing a real life character.King Seretse Khama's loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams — played by Pike in the film adaptation — put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil after the Second World War.Pike has a decorated film career, having had starring roles in the likes of Gone Girl, for which she was nominated for best actress at the Oscars in 2014, An Education and Made In Dagenham.The Brit is currently wowing fans in the Amazon Prime original series The Wheel of Time, which is being dubbed as the streaming service’s answer to fantasy drama Game Of Thrones.Away from the camera, Pike and her husband Robie Uniacke have a fascination with Chinese culture, so much so that she has given herself an alternative name.Rosamund Pike said her partner, the businessman and mathematician Robie Uniacke, wanted to teach their two children, Solo and Atom, a new language.And he decided that it should be a language that even he did not know, meaning he decided to teach himself Mandarin from scratch.The 43-year-old told the BBC’s Graham Norton Show last year about her family’s learning.“I have been trying [to learn Mandarin],” said the Die Another Day star.“I’ve got my kids home-schooling me because my kids speak Mandarin, and I don't."They grew up bilingual really because my partner thought that if he was going to have more kids — he had four already — he thought it might be exciting to talk to them in a language he didn’t already know.“So he taught himself Chinese from the ground up.“You could call it brilliant, or you

Actor David Oyelowo has spent his career tackling harrowing stories of racism and those that overcame it – from Martin Luther King, Jr. in “Selma” to King Seretse Khama in “A United Kingdom.” Ironically, the film of his that has gotten the most ridiculous racist reaction is his most recent movie, “Come Away,” which has very little to do with racism as a subject.