Idris Elba Timeline

By XavierBenjamin
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    Elba's places of living

    Idris Elba has lived in Canning Town and East Ham
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    Idris Elba's health issues

    Idris Elba has asthma and was fearful of covid.

  • Idris Elba's birth

    Idrissa Akuna Elba was born on September 6th 1972 in the London Borough of Hackney to Winston Elba and Eve.

  • Idris Elba's Early life

    Elba was raised in Hackney and East Ham. At some point during school Idrissa shortened his name to Idris. At school in Canning Town, is where he first became involved in acting. He credits the stage with giving him his first big break.

  • Idris Elba's theatre schooling

    Elba briefly attended Barking and Dagenham College leaving school in 1988 and winning a place in the National Youth Music Theatre after a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant.

  • Idris Elba's first big roles

    Elba scored a few big jobs in the ’90s, appearing in a number of BBC television series including Bramwell, a medical drama set in the 1800s in which he played one of his first significant characters.

  • Idris Elba's start in acting

    Beginning in his late teens, he worked as a disc jockey under the name DJ Big Driis (later Big Driis the Londoner) while auditioning for acting roles. From the mid-1990s he appeared often on British TV, his roles including recurring characters on Insiders (1997), Family Affairs (1997), and Dangerfield (1999).

  • Idris Elba performed in guys and dolls

    National youth Music Theatre patron in guys and girls

  • Idris Elba's first marriage

    Idris Elba was married to Hanne "Kim" Nørgaard from 1999 to 2003. Although the pair didn't last they still coparented their daughter Isan

  • First stage roles

    After joining the soap opera Family Affairs, Elba moved to New York City and brought his talents to the stage in a 2001 production of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.
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    Idris Elba's music

    "Elba has appeared in music videos for Fat Joe (2002), Angie Stone (2004), and rapper Giggs (2010). Elba's music is rooted in hip-hop, African music, and reggae, with his rich, resonant voice adding weight and texture to his atmospheric, edgy beats."

  • Idris Elba's daughter was born

    Idris Elba and Hanne 'Kim' Nørgaard welcomed their daughter Isan in 2002

  • Other roles from Idris Elba

    This Is How It Goes, Donmar Warehouse, Bristol Old Vic
    Bristol, UK, Donmar Warehouse, London, UK
    The Lowry, Salford Quays, UK
    Jul 12 – 23, 2005

  • Idris Elba's second wife

    Idris Elba married Sonya Hamlin. The couple met via a mutual friend in 2006 the couple got hitched in Las Vegas very quickly into their relationship, but only lasted four months

  • Some of Idris Elba's awards

    His interpretation of the brilliant but self-destructive Luther earned him a Golden Globe Award (2012) as well as three Emmy Award nominations and a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award nod.

  • Idris Elba's relationship to K Michelle

    Idris Elba and K Michelle got together in 2013. By early 2016, however, reports began circulating that they had called time on their relationship.

  • Idris Elba's son's birth

    Idris Elba had a relationship with former girlfriend Naiyana Garth. In 2014, Naiyana welcomed their son, Winston, who they named after Idris' father.

  • Idris Elba expresses wanting to perform in muisicals

    "Actor Idris Elba has revealed a surprising project on his wish list: doing a musical. The 43-year-old admitted to music magazine NME that it is something he would like to explore. The star of Luther and The Wire said: “I don’t know if I’ve got the chops to sing, but I’d like to explore it.”"

  • Idris Elba's current wife

    Idris is happily married to his wife Sabrina Dhowe Elba. The actor met the Canadian model in a bar in 2017 and hit if off straight away. They became engaged in 2018 and got married in 2019

  • Idris Elba proposes

    Idris Elba pops the question on stage
    https://www.facebook.com/WeekendExpressHLN/videos/actor-idris-elba-pops-the-question-on-stage/1606990052671060/

  • Idris Elba performs in the movie adaption of Cats

    Idris Elba played the role of Macavity in the movie adaptation of Cats the musical that first premiered in 1981

  • Idris Elba halts Tree play mid-performance to help fainting woman

    "The Luther actor briefly halted the show on Wednesday while he made sure the audience member was seen by paramedics. Bosses of Manchester International Festival (MIF), which is hosting a two-week run of Tree at Upper Campfield Market Hall, said the woman is now “well and fine”. Most of the audience stands up for the entirety of the 90-minute play, which is a mixture of drama and dance."

  • Idris Elba plays at coachella

    "Idris Elba is playing at Coachella. The news came as a shock to many who were surprised to see the actor's name on the set list. Elba has actually been moonlighting as a DJ since his teens and is passionate about music. He has collaborated with artists including Fatboy Slim and Skepta in the past."

  • Coronavirus: Idris Elba says illness had 'traumatic' effect on his mental state

    But the 47-year-old added that the illness took a toll on him mentally, saying: "I was asymptomatic so I didn't get the major symptoms everyone else got. Mentally, it hit me very bad, because a lot was unknown about it. I felt very compelled to speak about it, just because it was such an unknown. So the mental impact of that on both myself and my wife was pretty traumatic."

  • Idris Elba was tested positive for covid

    "This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus."

  • Idris Elba has a show called "Cordi ELba"

    "Cordi Elba is a collaborative extended play (EP) by Australian pop rock group Lime Cordiale and English musician and actor Idris Elba. It was announced in September 2021[5] and released on 14 January 2022."

  • Idris Elba laments that British Actors are only taken seriously if they perform Shakespeare

    "The actor said to IndieWire, “America gave me technical understanding of my craft. It was an enhancement. I learned a lot. American actors have always been great. The works of Shakespeare live in a world of wonderment, poetry, fairy tale, the language of beauty and eloquence. The performer uses a skillset that amplifies that."

  • Idris Elba Boards U.K. Production of ‘School Girls’ as Associate Producer

    “Luther” star Idris Elba has joined the team at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as an associate producer for the U.K. production of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by Jocelyn Bioh, in association with Mark Gordon Pictures and Francesca Moody Productions.

  • Idris Elba And Mo Abudu On Bringing African Talent Into Entertainment Mainstream

    "Africa needs talent and capacity. It’s important for us to amplify the voices in the continent. If we can build a footprint that is pan-African, then it allows for more diversity in terms of what’s on offer to Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Paramount and all of those guys."

  • more works cited

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Idris-Elba https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/307636-idris-elba https://variety.com/2023/global/news/idris-elba-school-girls-associate-producer-jocelyn-bioh-1235596303/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/13/idris-elba-expresses-desire-to-perform-in-musicals#:~:text=Actor%20Idris%20Elba%20has%20revealed,d%20like%20to%20explore%20it.%E2%80%9D

  • even more works cited

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/idris-elba-woman-faint-play-tree-london-a8988771.html
    https://movieweb.com/idris-elba-frustrated-with-uk-working-environment/
    https://deadline.com/2023/05/idris-elba-mo-abudu-interview-africa-movies-1235360283/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordi_Elba
    https://www.insider.com/idris-elba-playing-coachella-people-didnt-realize-he-was-a-dj-2019-1#:~:text=Idris%20Elba%20is%20playing%20at%20Coachella.,and%20Skepta%20in%20the%20past.

  • works cited

    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1622492/idris-elba-health-coronavirus-long-covid-symptoms-treatment https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/496916/hijack-idris-elbas-love-life-history-revealed-from-ex-wives-to-famous-past-girlfriends/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_Elba# https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Idris-Elba/ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/idris-elbas-most-memorable-roles-through-the-years/