Temi Wilkey

Temi Wilkey
Wilkey at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Born1992 or 1993 (age 33–34)
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
  • screenwriter
Writing career
Notable worksThe High Table (2020)
Main Character Energy (2024)
Notable awardsThe Stage Debut Award for Best Writer (2020)

Temi Wilkey (born 1992 or 1993) is a British-Nigerian performer, playwright and television writer. She has written for the sitcom Sex Education, and her debut play, The High Table, premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2020, which went on to win a Stage Debut Award. In 2024, she performed a one-woman play, Main Character Energy, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Wilkey is also the co-founder of a drag king group called Pecs, where she played a character named Drag King Cole, who is a singer, songwriter and producer from Chicago, Illinois.

Wilkey is an alumna of the University of Cambridge, where she studied English Literature.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work(s) Result Refs
2020 The Stage Debut Awards Best Writer The High Table Won
2020 George Devine Award The High Table Shortlisted

References

  1. ↑ Paskett, Zoe (2020-02-13). "Temi Wilkey: 'I never saw myself represented – it was holding me back'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ↑ Minamore, Bridget (2020-02-11). "Trailblazing drama The High Table: 'Queer or not, we all come out in some way'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  3. ↑ Akbar, Arifa (2020-02-17). "The High Table review – coming out and coming together in tender debut". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  4. ↑ Healy, Rachael (2024-08-04). "Main Character Energy review – boudoir cabaret deconstructs Temi Wilkey's inner celeb". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Sam Tutty and Temi Wilkey among The Stage Debut Awards 2020 winners". The Stage. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  6. ↑ Miren, Frankie Miren and Frankie (2017-05-05). "Meeting London's Drag Kings". VICE. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  7. ↑ Healy, Rachael (2025-02-21). "Actor Temi Wilkey: 'No one saw me as a Blanche DuBois or a Juliet'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
  8. ↑ Wood, Alex (27 September 2020). "Winners of The Stage Debut Awards 2020 announced – including Sam Tutty, Shan Ako and more". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  9. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe (23 November 2020). "Daniel Ward Announced as the Winner of the 51st George Devine Award". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 10 August 2026.