Zainab Jah
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...
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...
Known For
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Mining Tribe Elder
False Positive
as Grace Singleton
Drift
as Etweda Kamara
Cast Credits
Watching Mr. Pearson
as The Advisor
Drift
as Etweda Kamara
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
as Older Mack
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Mining Tribe Elder
Launch at Paradise
as Elsa
Sherman
as Sherman
The Black Disquisition
as Sedalia / Mom
False Positive
as Grace Singleton
Farewell Amor
as Esther
Buried Deep
as Zainab
Emily & Tim
as Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing')
Dinner Rush
as Adrian