Zainab Jah

Zainab Jah is a British actress of Sierra Leonean descent who works in theater, television and film. She first became known on stage, playing Maima in Danai Gurira's Broadway play Eclipsed. Zainab Jah went nude in Farewell Amor, the Sundance hit released in 2020. She won Best Actress from the Philadelphia Critic's Circle for Hamlet at the Wilma Theatre. On television she played anti-corruption minister Aminata Sissoko in the second season of Deep State. She also played Aby Bah in Homeland and Harriet Tubman in Showtime's The Good Lord Bird. Guest spots followed on Blindspot and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. More recently she appeared in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the John Wick spin-off The Continental.