Nkenna Akunna is a British Nigerian writer and performer from London. Her work primarily explores Black femme agency across time and space, and has been staged at the Southwark Playhouse and VAULT Festival in London, and New York's WOW Cafe Theatre. Her work has been developed with VoxFest, Soho Theatre, and Tamasha.

Winner: VAULT Festival New Writers Award, Finalist: SPACE on Ryder Farm's Greenhouse Residency; BBC Felix Dexter bursary BA: Economics, Dartmouth College.