<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1987--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Naomie Melanie Harris, OBE (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress . She started her career as a child actress, appearing on the children television series Simon and the Witch in 1987 . She played voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean films, Selena in 28 Days Later, and Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom . She played Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre . In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed film Moonlight; a performance which earned her several nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards, including the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the Academy Award . </P> <P> Harris was born on 6 September 1976 in Islington, London, where she was raised . Harris' mother, Lisselle Kayla, came to London as a child with her parents from Jamaica, and her father, a fashion designer, came there from Trinidad . They separated before she was born, and Harris was raised by her mother and has no relationship with her father . Her mother later remarried and Harris has two younger half - siblings . Her mother worked as a screenwriter on EastEnders and is now a healer . Harris attended London's St Marylebone School, before attending Woodhouse College as a 6th form student . She graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1998 with a degree in Social and Political Sciences . Harris gained her training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School . </P>

Who played the witch in pirates of the caribbean