Zainab Jah
Acting
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (13)
Watching Mr. Pearson
2026
The Advisor
Drift
2024
Etweda Kamara
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2023
Older Mack
Reunion
2023
Director
Launch at Paradise
2022
Elsa
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Mining Tribe Elder
Sherman
2022
Sherman
The Black Disquisition
2021
Sedalia / Mom
False Positive
2021
Grace Singleton
Farewell Amor
2020
Esther
Buried Deep
2016
Zainab
Emily & Tim
2015
Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing')
Dinner Rush
2000
Adrian
📺 TV Shows (9)
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
2023
Mazie
East New York
2022
Adama Gueye
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Ndidi Idoko
The Good Lord Bird
2020
Harriet Tubman
Blindspot
2015
President Botros
The Blacklist
2013
Aïssa Joachim
Elementary
2012
Vicki
Homeland
2011
Aby Bah
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Homeless Person