Zainab Jah
Actor · Director · Writer
Active 1999–present
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.
Filmography
Watching Mr. Pearson (2026) — The AdvisorLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Homeless PersonOnly Murders in the Building (2021) — Ndidi IdokoThe Blacklist (2013) — Aïssa JoachimBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — Mining Tribe ElderHomeland (2011) — Aby BahBlindspot (2015) — President BotrosElementary (2012) — VickiThe Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023) — MazieDinner Rush (2000) — AdrianThe Good Lord Bird (2020) — Harriet TubmanFalse Positive (2021) — Grace SingletonEast New York (2022) — Adama GueyeFarewell Amor (2020) — EstherDrift (2024) — Etweda KamaraAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) — Older MackEmily & Tim (2015) — Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing')The Black Disquisition (2021) — Sedalia / MomLaunch at Paradise (2022) — ElsaBuried Deep (2016) — ZainabSherman (2022) — ShermanReunion (2023) — DirectorReunion — Writer