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Calypso was portrayed by Naomie Harris, who also portrayed Tia Dalma, in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. In At World's End, Davy Jones referred to Calypso as a heathen god.
Tia Dalma | |
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Pirates of the Caribbean character | |
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | |
First appearance | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
Based on | Calypso |
Naomie Melanie Harris (September 6, 1976 in London) is an English actress. She portrayed Tia Dalma/Calypso in Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, and, while not taking a huge role, lending her voice in the making of On Stranger Tides.
British actress Naomie Harris was born in London, England, the only child of television scriptwriter Lisselle Kayla. Her father is from Trinidad and her mother is from Jamaica. They separated before she was born, and Harris was raised by her mother and has no relationship with her father.
Calypso, in Greek mythology, the daughter of the Titan Atlas (or Oceanus or Nereus), a nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia. In Homer's Odyssey, Book V (also Books I and VII), she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality.