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
Reunion - WriterWatching Mr. Pearson (2026) - The AdvisorDrift (2024) - Etweda KamaraThe Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023) - MazieAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) - Older MackReunion (2023) - DirectorBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) - Mining Tribe ElderEast New York (2022) - Adama GueyeLaunch at Paradise (2022) - ElsaSherman (2022) - ShermanOnly Murders in the Building (2021) - Ndidi IdokoFalse Positive (2021) - Grace SingletonThe Black Disquisition (2021) - Sedalia / MomThe Good Lord Bird (2020) - Harriet TubmanFarewell Amor (2020) - EstherBuried Deep (2016) - ZainabBlindspot (2015) - President BotrosEmily & Tim (2015) - Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing')The Blacklist (2013) - Aïssa JoachimElementary (2012) - VickiHomeland (2011) - Aby BahDinner Rush (2000) - AdrianLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) - Homeless Person