Zainab Jah

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Zainab Jah was raised in Sierra Leone and returned to London at the age of ten. After graduating from London Contemporary Dance, she toured as a modern dancer, eventually trading dance for acting. She appeared in numerous plays, winning rave reviews for shows both on and off-Broadway including the Tony-nominated Eclipsed, and won Best Actress from the Philadelphia Critic’s Circle for Hamlet at the Wilma Theatre. Her work in film & TV includes anti-corruption minister Aminata Sissoko in the second season of Deep State, Aby Bah in Homeland, and Harriet Tubman in Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird. Other work includes appearances on Blindspot, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the EPIX series Deep State, and the Sundance hit Farewell Amor. Most recently, she was featured in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She can currently be seen in the John Wick spin-off mini-series The Continental.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Danie Dnia
    Danie Dnia2000

Known For

  • Fałszywy traf
    Fałszywy traf2021
  • Danie Dnia
    Danie Dnia2000
  • Żegnaj, moja miłości
    Żegnaj, moja miłości2020
  • Dryft
    Dryft2024

Filmografia

2023
Drift · as Etweda Kamara
2023
2023
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Mining Tribe Elder
2022
East New York · as Adama Gueye
2021
2021
False Positive · as Grace Singleton
2020
Farewell Amor · as Esther
2020
The Good Lord Bird · as Harriet Tubman
2018
2018
Deep State · as Aminata Sissoko
2018
Instinct (2018) · as Rebreau
2015
Blindspot · as President Botros
2015
Emily & Tim · as Helayne Specter (segment 'healing')
2013
The Blacklist · as Aïssa Joachim
2012
Elementary · as Vicki
2011
Homeland · as Aby Bah
2001
2000
Dinner Rush · as AdrianNa Plex
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Homeless Person
1979