ZAINAB JAH                                                                            SAG - AFTRA _EQUITY    

Dress 0/2                                                                                                               Ht: 5’3”


Television - Film                   Character                            Production / Director                                      
Law & Order, SVU                       Diane, Witness                           CBS, Peter Leto
Dinner Rush                                 Adrianne                                     Bob Giraldi
Everyman                                     Confession                                 Doug Morse       
April’s Child                                  Ursula                                         Channel 4, M. Marris               
Abidjan, Tale of Two Cities          Massingo                                    BBC TV, Ian Davis      
And Then Came Love                  Dr. Jessup                                  Warners Bros, Richard Schenkman
Harlem 125                                  Cherish                                       Sahel TV, Awoye Timpo


Theatre                                Role                                     Production / Director                                
The Convert                                Prudence                                    Kirk Douglas Theater
                                                                                                       Goodman Theater
                                                                                                       McCarter Theater
                                                                                                       Dir. Emily Mann
Ruined                                        Josephine                                   La Jolla Playhouse
                                                                                                       Huntington Theatre
                                                                                                       Berkely Rep, 
                                                                                                       Dir. Liesl Tommy
A Doll’s House                            Anne Marie                                 Williamstown Theatre Fest, Dir. Sam Gold
Eclipsed                                      Maima                                        Yale Repertory Theater, Dir. Liesl Tommy
Fela !                                           Wife                                            Broadway Workshop, Dir. Bill T. Jones
In Darfur                                      Hamida                                       The Public Theatre, Dir. Joanna Settle
Children of Herakles                   Macaria                                       European Tour, Dir. Peter Sellars
Elektra                                        Elektra                                         Classical Theatre of Harlem, Alfred Preisser
Waafrika                                     Awino                                          Blue Heron, NYC
Trojan Woman                            Helen of Troy                              Classical Theatre of Harlem, Alfred Preisser
Valley Song                                Veronika                                      National Tour, Rattler Productions


Awards
Best Featured Actress, Bay Area Critics Circle Awards
Best Featured Actress, San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards
Best Actress Award, Fresh Fruit Festival, NYC
Best Ensemble, Drama Desk Excellence Awards, NYC


Education
Bachelors of Performing Arts, Leeds University, UK
Shakespeare Lab, The Public Theater, w/ Barry Edelstein, Janet Zarish, Lisa Benevides
The Actors Center, Bob Krakower and Lloyd Richards, NYC
London Contemporary Dance School, Professional Certificate


Specials Skills
Dialects: British - London, Cockney and Regional, West Indian, West/Central African
Dance: Professional Level - modern, ballet, African, Jazz (Fosse, Mattox, Theatre)
Athletic: Kickboxing, fencing, horseback riding, track, tree climbing