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Zainab Jah
Acting
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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 seco...
Also Known As
자이냅 자
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Zainab Jah's Movies
70%
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
09 Nov 2022
56%
False Positive
18 Jun 2021
70%
Dinner Rush
01 Sept 2000
68%
Farewell Amor
25 Jan 2020
64%
Drift
09 Feb 2024
58%
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
03 Nov 2023
56%
Emily & Tim
29 Aug 2015
0%
The Black Disquisition
01 Oct 2021
0%
Launch at Paradise
03 Jun 2022
0%
Buried Deep
19 Jan 2016
0%
Sherman
24 Apr 2022
0%
Watching Mr. Pearson
09 Apr 2026
Zainab Jah's TV Shows
79%
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20 Sept 1999
76%
The Blacklist
23 Sept 2013
76%
Homeland
02 Oct 2011
74%
Blindspot
21 Sept 2015
85%
Only Murders in the Building
31 Aug 2021
76%
Elementary
27 Sept 2012
74%
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
22 Sept 2023
67%
The Good Lord Bird
04 Oct 2020
71%
East New York
02 Oct 2022