Zainab Jah
Acting
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 second season of Deep State, Aby Bah in Homeland, and Harriet Tubman in Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird. Other work includes appearances on Blindspot, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the EPIX series Deep State, and the Sundance hit Farewell Amor. Most recently, she was featured in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She can currently be seen in the John Wick spin-off mini-series The Continental.
movieWatching Mr. Pearson
as The Advisor · 2026 · 10.0
movieDrift
as Etweda Kamara · 2024 · 6.3
movieAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
as Older Mack · 2023 · 5.8
tvThe Continental: From the World of John Wick
as Mazie · 2023 · 7.4
movieBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Mining Tribe Elder · 2022 · 7.0
tvEast New York
as Adama Gueye · 2022 · 7.1
movieLaunch at Paradise
as Elsa · 2022 · 0.0
movieSherman
as Sherman · 2022 · 0.0
movieThe Black Disquisition
as Sedalia / Mom · 2021 · 0.0
tvOnly Murders in the Building
as Ndidi Idoko · 2021 · 8.4
movieFalse Positive
as Grace Singleton · 2021 · 5.6
tvThe Good Lord Bird
as Harriet Tubman · 2020 · 6.7
movieFarewell Amor
as Esther · 2020 · 6.8
movieBuried Deep
as Zainab · 2016 · 0.0
tvBlindspot
as President Botros · 2015 · 7.4
movieEmily & Tim
as Helayne Specter (segment 'Healing') · 2015 · 5.6
tvThe Blacklist
as Aïssa Joachim · 2013 · 7.6
tvElementary
as Vicki · 2012 · 7.6
tvHomeland
as Aby Bah · 2011 · 7.6
movieDinner Rush
as Adrian · 2000 · 7.0
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Homeless Person · 1999 · 7.9