Zainab Jah
Acting
21
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Watching Mr. Pearson
2026
as The Advisor
Drift
2024
as Etweda Kamara
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2023
as Older Mack
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
2023
as Mazie
Launch at Paradise
2022
as Elsa
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Mining Tribe Elder
Sherman
2022
as Sherman
East New York
2022
as Adama Gueye
The Black Disquisition
2021
as Sedalia / Mom
False Positive
2021
as Grace Singleton
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Ndidi Idoko
Farewell Amor
2020
as Esther
The Good Lord Bird
2020
as Harriet Tubman
Buried Deep
2016
as Zainab
Emily & Tim
2015
as Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing')
Blindspot
2015
as President Botros
The Blacklist
2013
as Aïssa Joachim
Elementary
2012
as Vicki
Homeland
2011
as Aby Bah
Dinner Rush
2000
as Adrian
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Homeless Person